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It's my fourth brew and first in several months. I brewed this five days ago and its been fermenting nicely. I noticed a bunch of crap along ths sides though - this is probably normal but still not sure. I don't necessarily remember seeing this before during fermentation, but it does seem like...

I've been searching for a APA extract recipe to make with little success. I found a recipe on HBT that got great reviews but it's all grain. Since I didn't come across an extract recipe (mostly just people posting recipes they made and asking if they looked good) I thought I'd try to convert...

I'm 36 hours in with zero airlock activity. I know there's a sticky at the top explaining it can take 72 hrs, I know Revvy has a well-written response to those like me who start to freak out a bit at the sign of no airlock activity, but I can't help but worry. First homebrew and realize in...

I brewed the AHS Cream Ale last night. Baby #2 is coming Friday so I got the first batch in just in time. I'm anxious to do a pale ale or IPA...hopefully I can find the time soon. So it was an enjoyable process. After doing a batch, I think a lot of what I'm reading will start connect...

Title says it all - just finished brewing and realized I don't know the ideal fermentation temp. I've read through the instructions but the only temperature references I see are for how much to cool the wort (to 80 degrees before adding cool water on a partial boil), and references to the liquid...

I'm doing a cream ale kit for my first home brew. The directions are for a partial boil but I plan to do a full boil. I plugged the recipe in the hopville beer calculus program and to get the same IBUs it appears I need to reduce the bittering hops (1 oz Williamette 4.7 AAU) by 40%. Based on...

I'm doing my first batch tomorrow (AHS Cream Ale) with a full boil. As I understand it, I need to start off with about 6 gallons though this somewhat depends on the shape/siz of pot (I think mine is fairly standard - 14.5 in diameter that came with turkey fryer). What I don't understand is what...

So I got the 6.5G bucket and a 5G carboy with my kit from Midwest. I'm planning on brewing my first batch this weekend, but I'm anxious to get another batch going soon after. I plan on putting the cream ale in the primarty bucket and going long primary only, which leaves me with the 5G carboy...

I'm close to being ready to brew. I got the freezer off CL a few weeks ago, the Johnson A419 controller came in the mail today, and in a few days I'll get the equipment kit and other goodies SWMBO got me for my birthday that have been sitting upstairs for a couple weeks (painful to just have...

Can't wait to get started home brewing. Lucky for me, my birthday is coming up so I'm going to get most of what I need as presents. In the meantime, I'm on CL regularly looking for a freezer to convert into a fermentation chamber. So for initial equipment I settled on the Midest Supplies Kit...

I'm just getting started and I've found a few threads on chest freezer sizes, but not uprights and since things will fit a bit differently between I need some help. I know a lot of people will say go with a chest, but I think I've decided to go with an upright freezer. Really it boils down to a...