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i've just dumped it in. Cold crashed and did gelatin and everything has settled pretty neatly on the bottom. never had a problem. But i keg. First and last pour are a little cloudy.. but nothing major.

My beers have been crystal clear and i do the following based on feedback in this forum. 1) Whirfloc 15 minutes before end of boil. 2) Use a wort chiller to get temp down quickly after boil 3) Extended time in primary and i don't use a secondary (good advice i got from Revvy). 4) Cold crash for...

i've been a big fan of the northernbrewer IPAs.. here's my ranking 1. Dear Ringer IPA is my favorite, although i'm worried it will make me an alcoholic because it tastes awesome and the ABV is around 7%. The great taste mean I can't stop at one. And the high ABV results in me texting my...

I've dry hopped a number of times in the primary with pellets using similar time frames as you and never had a problem. Two things i do differently is cold crash and use gelatin to get everything to settle into the trub prior to kegging. My beers have always been clear and well colored.

Welcome fellow Virginian!

A picture that my daughter drew for me on farther's day is on huffington post. I didn't get a call from protective services like i was expecting. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/funny-kid-drawings_n_1304693.html#s735408&title=Funny_kid_pictures

Bummer!!! Same thing happened to me 6 months ago, here's the thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/first-screw-up-boy-pic-264043/ I bought better bottles and will never ever go back.

i also put in a solid stopper, sit on a chair, lay it side wise on my lap and rock it back and forth like ... oh.. let's just say i rock it real hard.

Are you putting water or vodka in your airlocks? I wouldn't think there would be any issue with ants or fruit flies with vodka. unless they are Russian.

a lot of beers taste like crap when compared to a 90min.

As a matter of fact, the name is in reference to the band, one of my favorite bands of all time :rockin:! In fact i'm planning on seeing them in concert this Saturday!

good to know.. I'm heading out to the LHBS on Tuesday.. and buying a couple Better Bottles. Seeing some of these posts made me realize i'm pretty lucky that i didn't get hurt and didn't get glass every where. Thank god i have two homebrews on tap to calm me down.

Wait... what? Really?

I'm a beginner with 10 batches under my belt. Today i had my first disaster. After brewing for a few hours..I went to lower my carboy into my swamp cooler and "CRASH"!!!!! I must not have been gentle enough while lowering and the whole thing shattered. :( I'm pretty bummed out about...

I put the keg in the kegerator at 30PSI for 36 hours.. no shaking... hooked up to the gas with it on. After that i purge, and bring it down to 12psi. It's drinkable after three days, but i try not to hook it up to a tap (too tempting to start drinking) and after a week it isgood.. and after...

Thanks Pseudo! Great stuff!

Ok. i'm getting ready for Batch number 6. I've been using the smack packs for my 5 gallon ale's and have been pleased. But i think i need to learn how to do starters and want to confirm that i'm doing this correctly. My next batch will be 5 gallons with a target OG of 1.064. i still plan...

Ok.. thanks for the advice... I'll try it again. maybe it was a bad jug.

It was an HDPE 2 container. It was just 2.5 gallon of purified water purchased at Target. I dumped in 1/2 oz of star-san. I looked at the container and counted four leaks on the bottom.