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Quick question: I brewed a Belgian strong ale on Friday. It was already going strong 12 hours later and one of the strongest fermentation's I've seen 24 hours later. I lost about 1/2 or a little more due to blowoff. About 48-60 hours later the fermentation slowed and now it appears to have...

A friend got me interested in beekeeping a little over a year ago and another friend gave me hops, which got me interested in homebrewing. My homebrewing took off like gangbusters this winter. I just got my first honey harvest and made a basic mead today. Here's the first harvest (3.5 gal). I...

I'm on batches #13 and #14, so still new to this and have ran across something different this time. I have two pales that have been in the primary for 3 weeks. These come from the same mash, but separate boils and hops additions. The other difference between batches is one was pitched with dry...

Bought a digital thermo for my batch last weekend, so I could mash with more precision. It seemed to work fine as that batch fermented vigorously for 5-6 days with blow off and now has an airlock bubbling every 10-15 sec. I brewed again this Friday night and get my mash to what I though was a...

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First of all, thanks to everyone for the great information in all these forums. I've been lurking for the last month or so, and have absorbed a lot from the experienced brewers as well as the newbies. I'm the type that jumps straight into the deep end when trying something new. Since I had an...