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alright. so as per this title here is a promising story. alright so it was our irish theme party the other night at my friends frat house. this house is a decent 2 story house with 4 bedrooms that was built in the 70's. this place had a balcony that looked out over the roofs of manny apartment...

hey everyone i was out of town for a week for work. i came home to find out that my girlfriend had put the thermostat at 80. :mad: meanwhile my boston lager with california lager yeast had been fermenting for about three days when i left. the actual temp of the fermenter was at 76 or 77 when i...

best reason/excuse to have a homebrew......or five EX.1. i like beer 2. i really like beer 3. its just f*&%in there 4. the woman is pregnant 5. just got a raise at work 6. just got fired at work 8. you found out your dad is now gay 9. your at band...

why is it so important to let your beers just sit and condition for so long? what exactly is going on when you let them condition after fermentation? especialy the heavier beers. why does this mateer? i know it needs to be done, just not why.

what is the worst brew story you have? better yet what was the best RESCUE story? ill kick it off. last year i made a dopplebock lager. it was turning out perfect. at the time i only had two or three more weeks of lagering left after the three month ferment proces that i waited thru. also at...

i decided to condition my ipa in one of my cory kegs. its my first time doing this and i was wondering if there are any tips on it? the beer has already been in a primary for 7 days and in the secondary for about three days. (i had to pull it to use the carboy for my next brews fermentation. i...

today was a brew day full of firsts for me. i just made a wort chiller and got a few other neat things. i've been having clarity problems so ive been doing new things, such as utilizing a wort chiller, irish moss etc. more to the point. today during cleanup i noticed these almost rod shaped...

alright. well im mashing my grain as we speak. i have no mashtun, but i do have two brew pots. a 20 qt stainless steel pot and a 32 qt aluminum pot. the idea is to mash in the smaller pot with no grain bags or anything just like you normally would in a mashtun. to get the grain out im going to...

hey everyone im a new member to the site and still trying to figure out my way around it. looks great tho! need some friends. happy brewing! :ban: -josh

hey everyone! ok so ive been brewing for about a year now and i want to step it up from partial mash brewing (grain bag) to no extract "All grain" brewing. the problem is i live in a small studio apartment. i brew on the stove, witch is gas, and i have no space outdoors to set up propaine...

hey all! glad to be a new member. ok so ive been trying to clarify my brews with no substantial results. irish moss didnt really seem to do anything, ive left em in the secondary for about three to four weeks (on average) and ive used gelitain. the gelitain actualy brightened up my irish red...