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I brewed a Partial Mash Yeti clone 6/16/11 and transferred it to a better bottle 7/23/11, where it has since sat in my basement at about 58*. There was a period where the airlock was unknowingly off, and then dried up, before eventually I just used a stopper. Anyway, it does not appear to be...

Could you ferment apfelwein in a coors home draft with some sort of air lock, then seal it when its done and serve? Basically a no-transfer method

Can anyone describe the flavor difference between these two yeasts? WLP545 is limited edition, both seem to be Ardennes. WLP545 seems to have higher attenuation and 3522 has a larger (and higher) temperature range

Either tomorrow or Sunday we are brewing a Double IPA, and I want to make an extra effort to drop the temperature faster on this one. We normally fill the laundry sink up with water, add the (5 gallon) kettle, drain the water once it warms up then refill, then add a tray of ice (from an ice...

Today I'm brewing Northern Brewers RyePA and am looking to substitute or add some hops. I wasn't totally impressed with it last time, but it was not a bad beer. http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/PM-RyePA.pdf 3lb Rahr 2row 1.5 Weyermann Rye .5 CaraRed 6lb Amber LME (15 minute...

I was wondering if there was anything wrong with doing a partial boil without adding top off water. Seems like an easy way to have a smaller batch of a stronger beer, as long as you figure out the required yeast. I've noticed that if we don't tend to top off during the boil we need between 1.25...

I was wondering what the consensus of bulk aging when you still maintain the same exposure to air. For example, we just transferred our Yeti clone from a 6.5 gallon bucket to a 5 gallon better bottle, and it is low enough in secondary that the shape of the bottle doesn't really help at all (same...

Got some specific timing questions coming up in the next two weeks. Basically we have two 6.5g buckets, two 5 gallon BB, and a bottling bucket, and are trying to decide which beers to age for longer and where. For the week in question we have: Raspberry Tart at 3 weeks (6.5g bucket) 1.052 OG...

So two weeks ago or so I bought the ingredients for AHS Raspberry tart, including the WLP051 yeast (equivalent to 1272) with ice pack. Immediately put all the yeast in the fridge, and moved the hops to the freezer, crushed grains (mini mash) to the basement and liquid to the fridge. I doubted...

This is more out of curiosity than anything else Our third batch of beer, the Houblonmonstre from Northern Brewer, continues to get darker. At bottling it was a bit deeper gold than expected (partial boil), and now when it pours it almost looks more like a hazy brown ale, and the head is...

Has anyone cloned this beer? Out of the four Surly beers I was able to try in MN, Abrasive was the one I brought back several four-packs of. I'd be looking for an extract / partial mash version if it's possible. Here is what their website currently lists: "STYLE: Double Oat IPA MALT: 2-Row...

Right now I have my RyePA (1.065 OG) in primary, and it's been around 48 hours. So far there is no airlock activity but the temperature is a few degrees above ambient (fermometer reading around 70). I will check for visible activity before I leave. I originally pitched S-05 without rehydrating...

For you Kindle users out there, if you were buying homebrewing books today would you buy the paperback or Kindle versions? I'm on the edge of ordering one now but am having trouble weighing the costs and benefits. I don't read much fiction or current best-sellers, and what fiction I do read is...

Bottled my Dry Irish Stout stout today after 4 weeks in primary. Made the priming solution ahead of time, let it cool, added it to the bottling bucket. Racked onto the priming solution, then bottled. After we filled the last bottle we had a little leftover, so we decided to taste it. It...

Am I doing this right? I came up with this recipe in BeerSmith. The reason I have the extract in separate pounds is that I was originally going to add the 5lb with 10 minutes left, but BeerSmith put me way above style IBUs. I found on the last batch that using 5-10 drops of FermCap-S let me boil...

I'm brewing the NB Peace Coffee stout porter. As of today it's been in the primary (bucket) for two weeks. Somewhere around this time I am supposed to be moving it to secondary, waiting two weeks, then adding the coffee and bottling a week later. The kit included a 4oz blend of coffee and tells...

I'm having trouble figuring out what is the ideal temperature for fermenting. In my house it is 55 in the basement, about 62 on the ground floor, and 66-67 in my space on the second floor. Now I get confused because from what I understand, the fermentation can add up to 10 degrees but I have no...

Hey guys, I'm Zach from NE Indiana. Right now my first batch is in primary; I'll probably bottle it after two weeks given the FG is stable. So far I've been reading a lot on the HBT forums, but I've also been getting advice from the homebrewing subforum on BeerAdvocate, How To Brew 3rd ed., and...