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Hey guys, I have two batches of yeast from two different brews that both fermented pretty warm. One reached 84 on the Fermometer strip on the carboy, the other reached 79 on the Fermometer strip on a plastic bucket. I am already aware that I need to keep them cooler than that, but a ductwork...

Welp, as of last night, I'm engaged to my beautiful SWMBO. I caught her by surprise, which makes sense since it kinda caught ME by surprise! There I was, getting home from work before her (she usually gets home before me but she had a job interview for holiday work), and I thought to...

Mead has been in secondary for 6 weeks. 6 inches of head space. What's on top?

In my last 3-4 batches I have had one last bottle only filled about 80% full. On all accounts, this bottle has been the best/most carbonated, retaining the best head and having the most bubbles throughout the glass as I drink it. Might it be a good idea to fill all of my bottles to about...

I took the lid off of my primary after about 11 days to check the gravity and was greeted with all of this stuff on top. I have not seen it on top of any of my beers before. Here are a couple of pics. The links at the bottom of this post are to the full-size hi-res versions. The white looking...

Good morning everyone, I just made my first attempt at dry hopping a beer, the DFH 60 Minute IPA clone (extract with specialty grains). Everything has been going wonderfully, but when I transferred to secondary and added a cheesecloth bag of hops, I am now seeing some white spots on the top...

Hey everyone, this might sound noobesque, but I have some DFH 60 minute IPA clone in the primary for about 19 hours now. I just got home from work and checked on it and it's blowing krausen out of the airlock. It's definitely the more vigorous fermentation I've ever seen. I topped off to 5...

Welp, it's official. I'm out of homebrew. I am now drinking gin & tonic until my beers in primary and secondary are ready. That is going to be a lot of gin...I'm at least 4 weeks until I can crack my first English Pale, even longer before the Porter. Thank god I like gin!

So, I went to my brew room (spare bathroom in apartment, constant 67 degree air temp and no windows) to check the SG on the Porter in primary and English Pale Ale in secondary. I've been watching the English Pale for a week or so and can still see plenty of yeast floating up and down...but when...

Aaaaalllloooooooo from Michigan! After a 10-12 year hiatus from brewing, my dad and I are back in the saddle and are waiting for a delicious porter to condition in bottles for another week (4 total) before we drink them...all. :tank: I've been reading lots of good info on these boards and am...