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Search this forum for revvy's ginger snap ale. I made it last year at the end of November for Christmas. It was definitely drinkable that quick but much better in January so I would think if you brew now it should be pretty decent at Thanksgiving.

+1 to the Octoberfast recipe from biermuncher. I've made it several times and it's always a huge hit

If it's only been a few days in the keg I'd say give it a little bit more time. I've had beers that I thought were awful end up being not so bad after a little aging. Otherwise I'd go with the suggestion of trying to mix it with something. If all else fails, save it for the people who mooch too...

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I've attached a blow off to the central stalk of a 3 piece airlock with no problems. The one thing that was recommended for this procedure is to cut off the plastic grids at the bottom of the stalk...it's basically just a little plastic 'x' in the part that goes into the grommet. This just keeps...

I used kegconnection.com for my set up minus the kegs, which were on sale at my lhbs at the time. One thing worth looking into that I discovered after the fact is the local welding supply Co. I spent about $60 on a 5 lb Co2 tank new (from kegconnection) and when I went to get it filled I noticed...

The guys at Barry's Homebrew are great and they have a pretty decent selection. Seems like every time I go in they have something new. Keystone is bigger and worth checking out but not necessarily local if you're in Philly. Gotta figure it takes 15 minutes to get 3 miles in much of the city due...

You can do any recipe, any size with biab. Since you're doing all grain you can just order the grains separately to do 3 gallons instead of the usual 5 that kits come in. I've had a lot of luck with the recipe database here to pick my recipes. I think brew masters warehouse has a feature where...

I actually had this same thing happen with a beer I pitched notty in 3 weeks ago. My gravity hasn't dropped like normal either so I'm not sure what the deal is. It only went from 1.052 to 1.030 in two weeks, usually notty is a work horse so I'm stumped. I posted something but didn't get much...

Bump for the evening crowd. Wondering if I should run to lhbs tomorrow to pick up amylase or if anyone has another suggestion. Thanks again!

Stir the crap out of it in the kettle after cooling and then transfer using auto siphon with hose kept at the top of the carboy so it splashes a bit and then shake the crap out of the fermenter. Those are my standard aeration methods for now until I can afford the equipment, and I've never had...

Ok, so 2 weeks ago I brewed an ale with a recipe based on a homebrew mexican lager that I had tasted. I pretty much adjusted the recipe to 5 gallons from 6 and used Nottingham yeast, figuring if I fermented as cool as I could it would be pretty clean. Here's the recipe for reference... 4lbs...

I do BIAB as well and, like the others said, stir it well in the beginning and leave it. I usually wrap an old winter coat around the kettle to retain heat and then just give it a good stir before I pull the bag out. One other thing I do that is a bit different than usual biab is put the grain...

You say they're in packets which makes me think dry yeast. If that's the case they should be fine. My lhbs keeps their dry yeast on shelves, not in the fridge. I've also ordered a ton of dry yeast online and had it shipped without any ice and have never had problems. Liquid yeast might be...

I believe 10 ft is the recommended starting point. Mostly because it's easier to shorten it if necessary than add to it. I just started kegging in Dec and got 10 ft lines and they've been fine so far. You can just coil it so it's not all over the place.

Depending on what you're bottling and where you can store it, corona has mini bottles. They'd be definitely good for root beer and as long as you can keep them out of the light they'll work for beer too. I usually fill a couple of them each batch to use as testers and haven't had any problems.

I was trying to figure that out the other day as well, seems like a lot of the Belgian strains are more tolerant of heat. If you go to their websites (I just used the northern brewer website so they were all on one page) they'll give you temperature ranges. Depends on how warm you're talking though.

It's a clean, neutral yeast so yes, you can. You won't get the esters like you would from an English yeast but you will get a good beer. I've used it for a few kinds of beer, mostly because I'm cheap and like to reuse it if I actually buy a vial of liquid yeast. I'm pretty sure I've seen posts...

X2 on more time. Two weeks is the minimum for carbonation at best. Let them age a bit more and then try them. I don't know all of the science behind why this happens but I know the longer I let it go, the better it usually is. As mentioned above you can also lose some flavor if it's too cold...

Irish moss and whirlfloc have to be added to the boil, which is what I usually do. Post fermentation you can use gelatin, which I used once. Try searching for exact directions but I basically cold crashed my primary then added the prepared gelatin directly to that instead of transferring to a...