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In my case I did an amber and a quckie saf-05 with 2 row for a light clear beer. We are having a party at our house so I anticipate probably both will be gone pretty quick

So, I posted a while back, I had my first stuck fermentation ever. It was a tripel that I pitched a large starter of trappist yeast in to start. When it stuck at 1.060 from 1.092, I stirred, moved ot warm env, and it got down a bit more, stuck again, finally racked onto a S-05 yeast cake from...

So, I just bought one today, after waiting for months for a distributor to get some to the local stores and quite frankly I am really disappointed. There isnt any bitterness and the sweetness is just cloying :( I freaking LOVE the 90 minute IPA (though I do prefer Pliny's balance) so talk...

So Ive been struggling with this for a while, but perhaps you guys can help me out. So when mashing, I am fanatic about what temperature I get things at. The problem I am having is with my digital thermometers vs metal thermometers I am always getting different readings, I never know which...

So, I have never had a stuck fermentation before, and I do mostly big beers. Belgian strong ale, triple IPA, etc no problems ever before. Well, my newest brew, a tripel, is just plain stuck. OG: 1.092 Current: 1.048 (stuck for over a week) I was using the wyeast high gravity trappist...

So, in trying to make my american hybrid taste nice and clean for my father in law, who is a die hard BMC drinker I did a test after listening to one of the Jamil shows and 3/4 of the way through fermentation I moved the carboy upstairs into the closet (close to 70 degrees) from the basement...

So, about a month ago I made Pliny the bastid, with just a bit of alteration since I wanted to make it into a triple IPA and I just want to say, I just did my first dry hop addition and oh my God it is good already. I affectionately refer to it as Pliny the stronger bastid. Here is what my...

So, my next beer Id really like to do is a tripel. My belgian strong ale that is about 2 pints from being gone turned out very well, though I have one major complaint about it: The bubblegum aroma. Its not overwhelming by any means and it doesnt get into the taste really at all and I seem to...

So I bought a bunch of grain to do a whole ton of light BMCish beer for a neighbors party - well, they cancelled their party. I already used some of it to make 10 gallons of a nice light wheat beer, but I now have 8 lbs of wheat malt, 8 lbs of pils, 1 lb cara-pils blended together sitting in a...

I have a neighbor that desperately wants to brew with me tonight and have a beer ready in 3 weeks for his party he is having. I have never attempted to do a beer so fast, even with force carbing, even though I know its 'possible.' I assume it would taste pretty green, though if he did a cream...

I just finished a massive Imperial IPA and it really got me thinking about how to get a nice, dry beer without losing too much body. I know there are somethings that people do (like Jamil raising ferment temp for second half of ferment) but Im curious what tricks you guys use?

Anyone got a 'knock your socks off'/award winning kind of Imperial American IPA recipe? I want to get one going for spring and Ive put together some possible recipes but I decided I don't really want to experiment with this one; Id rather brew something that someone else has done successfully.

So I went ahead with the gelatin in the following steps: 1) Heat 2 cup measuring cup up with filtered water up to 170 degrees 2) Add packet of knox supermarket gelatin to water 3) Important: STIR UNTIL COMPLETELY DISSOLVED 4) Allow water to cool to 120 degrees 5) Pour into secondary. I...

it was 10 degrees below freezing outside, so I was cleaning out my primary #2 in my upstairs bathroom. I filled it up with water/non scented soap and let it sit over night. I then proceeded to dump the water out into the toilet the next night. Midway it slipped sideways a bit and...

Thats right, Im the cliche; another brewer from Fort Collins. But really, Ive loved beer for a long time (definitely spoiled living by Odell, Fort Collins Brewery, New Belgium, and CB Potts) and my wife bought me the basic homebrew setup (which she now regrets). Then I had a homebrewing...

Id like to either buy a 2 corny keg kegerator kit (I have a sanyo 4912) or borrow/rent a 2 corny keg kegerator for the weekend of the super bowl. I am in Northern colorado. Thanks!

This is in response to the debate in the gelatin in secondary thread...

I found it on Craigslist, some college girl that never used it. $60 for a 4912! http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/app/1568467248.html :mug:

http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/towers/triplefaucet/D4743TT_chrome_three_faucet_beer_tower.shtml It is quite a bit cheaper than some of the other 3 tap towers so I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Im not looking for anything super fancy, just something that...

After reading the gelatin is no joke post I am considering doing this for an amber ale I have sitting in my secondary right now that is going to be kegged in about a week. I just want to know if any of you see a problem with this process: 1) Crash cool (sometime soonish) 2) Add gelatin to...