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thanks for the help guys, i'll just let it age, not worry about it, and hope for the best

I recently made a batch using Coopers Ale Yeast dry packet because the receipe specified it. It was strange that I never saw airlock bubbles. :confused: I've taken two hydro readings and the gravity is going down. Did i just miss the real active fermentation? I look at it ever morning, after...

tried it anyway today, and after steeping for 40 mins I got some nice smelling water, then i put the extract and hops in and all i smell is that, maybe the flavor will show back up after bottling. The book said it took second place in some contest. Anyway how bad can it be, I've never had a...

Planning on doing a recipe I found in "More Homebrew Favorites" that involves steeping wild rice. Anybody ever try this? Does it taste good?

I put my beer right onto the frozen strawberries, I watched the airlock throughout the week and never saw one bubble (not patient enouph to sit and watch more than 30 sec). I didn't open the lid either (I never do that) but the strawberries did get very bloated and turned nasty white. I didn't...

Just finished racking onto 8 pounds of whole frozen strawberries, and holy crap thats alot of strawberries. Took a hydro reading and it was at 1.018 started at 1.062 eight days ago. I thought it would be a little lower than that but o'well.:mug:

thanks for the help, i didn't want to unnecessarily touck the whole berries. As far as racking onto them, i still might. Reading this whole thread, it seams that some do, and some just put them in, so i'm still undecided.:drunk: However, when i was brewing this, it smelled great, i mean...

Ya I was planning on putting the strawberries into the primary in about a week from now. I was maybe thinking about cutting up the whole berries, just a rough chop, then drop them gently into my primary bucket inside a sanitized muslim bag. Anyone know any negatives about doing it this...

OK brewing this one right now. One quick question, my frozen strawberries are whole, should i cut them up? I plan on putting them in my primary about a week from today. and anybody ever put the strawberries in a muslim bag? Would that keep some of the crap out when I move the beer to my...

2.5 more w/ MrBeer fermenter 19104 + 2.5 = 19106.5

Steeped some grains for the first time last night:rockin: (30 mins), and everything went well until I went to rinse them in 170 degree water and realized:confused:, ????? I thought maybe opening the bag and pouring the hotter water over them, and did that with several cups, however it was...

I've been fermenting my second batch in a MrB on a shelf in the laundry room. Today I noticed when the washer was on a spin cycle it vibrated the shelves that the beer was on. Is this a bad thing?:confused:

It was a copy of a receipe i found somewhere on this site. Of course it was for a five gallon batch so I halfed everything, and instead of using the can of Muntons and a can of UME i just used the whole can of Muntons. I'll re-test and try the beer again today, this time before i start...

thanks for the info guys, I did save the can label and it reads O.G. 1060-1064 and FG of 1018-1022, but won't the addition of suger, honey, and hops change the O.G.? or am I overthinking this again? It fermented at between 67-70 degrees. I haven't bottled 12 oz'er out of the MrB yet, but am...

my second attempt, in a 2.5g MrB, I used a whole can of Muntons Old Ale extract (3lb 5 oz), 1/2c brown sugar, 1/3c honey, boils 1/2 oz cascade hops for 55 min, the added 1/2oz for last five. Used dry yeast that came with kit. I didn't have a hydrometer at that time but 2 1/2 weeks latter it...

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I decided to do one more batch in my new Mr. Beer, I purchased a can of Muntons Old Ale, and found a recipe somewhere on this site, where I am going to add some brown suger and cascade hops. On the back of the can it states that no priming suger is needed. Is that so? Why? Also it says to...