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I figured as much, but wanted to get a second opinion. Thanks!

I was kegging a beer tonight and I'm fairly certain that I didn't empty the remaining star san mix that was in my keg before transferring the beer in. I'm not sure how much was even in there. A quarter gallon, half gallon? I immediately tasted the beer from the tap once I realized what I'd done...

I like it, let me know how it turns out!

Hi Jason! I pour the beer through a wire mesh strainer (using a pitcher at first since who wants to pour six gallons of beer?) into the fermentor, so all the trub and the cinnamon sticks get filtered out. Quick note that if you didn't see it, there is a definitive recipe for this on page 2...

I've made tinctures before but I thought maybe I'd do the whole pepper for effect this time, haha. I suppose that's a bad idea, tincture it is!

Hello! I recently brewed a mango IPA which turned out awesome. I've kegged it, carbonated it and now I'm going to use my beer gun to bottle a few. I wanted to throw a habenero pepper or part of one and a few of the bottles. I plan on drinking this within the next month or so, anyone have any...

Awesome, please let me know how it turns out! WLP007 will do just fine for this. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Awesome! That's great to hear; I'm glad that you dig the recipe and that your brew turned out so well. The original incarnation of this beer had it at about 8.5% abv with way more spice. I fine tuned the spices over the years and decided that I wanted a more mid-range abv beer. There are a...

Awesome! As for the secondary, nah I'd say skip it. I honestly almost never do a secondary anymore. If you do take the lid off to spice it further, I'd recommend shooting some co2 into that bucket before putting the lid back on just to purge all the oxygen :) Any extra spices can be added right...

The overcarbbing is probably making the spices more prevalent or something? This beer does have spice to it, but it's very subtle compared to any of the commercial Christmas beers out there. Make sure you do half tsp and not half tbsp too. I'm not suggesting that you used the wrong amounts, but...

I just now saw that you responded to this thread :) How'd it turn out for you once you drank it? Citra would be good in this for sure, I'd like to try that.

Yikes, well I don't want that to happen. Hmmm well I may get this sucker filled up after all.

Haha yeah I've had them kick at those perfect moments, with a house full of people as well! I may just wait it out and see, I really don't have anything crazy coming up.

Have a 20lb tank, which is awesome. I haven't filled in in over 2 years. The needle on the gauge just recently started dropping. It's now right at the top of the red zone. The tare weight is 25lbs, and when I weighed it the scale read 28.6 lbs. I know that when that needle starts to drop, it can...

It's just a very, very slight flavor that is achieved with those additions, but it's there. And the other thing is that you get those other few IBUs out of those additions, but the bitterness imparted there is more gentle and subtle than if all IBUs come from the 60min, in my experience with...

Let me know how it turns out! And to answer the question above, I have brewed this where I added a tincture of vodka with .5tsp cinnamon and a dash of allspice, added to the secondary (or right to the primary or even the keg) but I dont think it needs it. It's really easy to over-spice a beer...

Good call about the hydro reading and the mother in law!

Perfect! It's all in the one keg, and the flavor of it seems to be fine. I just wanted to make sure it was safe to drink, and it seems to be, from what I'm hearing. I cold crashed it for over a week, and now the clarity will definitely be affected, but oh well. A little cloudy due to star san, I...

I'm also not sure that there IS any sanitizer in there. I had a larger ending volume this time, that I do know. I just do not remember dumping the sanitizer out, because my mind was kind of wandering. I'm at a total loss of what to go here.

I was kegging my beer today, and I did my usual cleaning process. I had maybe two gallons of star san solution in the keg; I rolled it around, got it nice and sterile, then I ran some through my lines. Maybe a gallon or a bit more. I didn't run it all through, because I never do. I shut off my...