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Brewed an American Amber yesterday and decided to try pitching both a lager (WL San Francisco) and an ale (WL Pacific). The San Fran says 58-65F and the Pacific 65-68F. Never tried this before. Anyone have any ideas what this will do? Didn't make a starter for either, and in controlled temp of 63F

Last weekend I found a motherlode of imported beers in a little deli shop in Hayden Lk. , Idaho. I live in the Tri-Cities, Wash. which is about a 3 hr. drive away. There must have been about 50 different types and styles. Sooo... like a kid in a candy store bought a few. One of the ones I tried...

Anyone know how much of an adjustment adding 3/4 gal. of water to top off of fermenter? Like an idiot I took a sample prior to adding the water then found out I was short of my volume, so added the 3/4 gallon of water to bring it back up to the 5 gal mark, added my yeast and buttoned it all up...

ok, so I've been doing all grain for the past 3yrs. or so and never really tried to mess with the water profiles before. I'd like to get to understand it better now though. questions: (1) How much do the grains drop the ph of water? (2) where would I be able to find out how much of a given...

hey guys and gals, don't know if I had a problem. used Nottingham for the first time 2 wks ago on 2 different brews 1st a Brown Ale and 2nd a Stout. OG on 1st was 1.053. OG on 2nd, 1.063, I used 1 pack of Notingham on the 1st and 2 packs on the 2nd. Just finished racking to secondary for both...

Just wondering if there was a way to test the actual abv of a beer. I have a pale ale that according to Beersmith is only in at 4.2% but I know tht I can only drink a couple before I can start feeling the affects. I've been drinking beer for a lonngg time and know that the abv is usually much...

does anyone know how much og you lose per gal of top off water? I started with 3 gals for mash on : 1lb honey malt 1lb biscuit 10lbs 2 row pale malt 3 gals batch sparge boil for 1 hr and only end up with 3 gals of 1.070 wort a added 2 gals top water to bring back to 5 gals the og...

howdy everyone, I've just stared to use star-san for a sanitizer. just a question that I hope someone might be able to help with.... If I have cleaned using one-step then use star-san in my kegs, can I just leave the star-san in the kegs till it is time to rack to them from secondary?, or...

Hey all, just been reading and checking up on what's happenin around the site.... My question is... when do most of you add in your honey? before or after boil? So far, I've been adding my honey into the mix just prior to boil. What's the dif? Do I boil it off or will adding later add a more...

Hey guys and gals, anybody out there use Paint.NET v 3.07? I downloaded this the other day and have been playing around with it. Has some pretty cool features and it's FREE! Check out this design and let me know what you think. Please.

ok fellas, here's my attempt using Gimp and Artweaver. please let me know what ya all think.

ok check these out and let me know what you think. Took me a while to figure out how to use Gimp and Artweaver.

The grandsons b-day is today. mine is next week. the SWMBO let me have my b-dya gift this AM. It's a new CRANKENSTEIN grain mill (which I begged her and the kiddo's for). I'm now in the process of making another batch of pale ale (just doughed in and waiting) after running down to the LHBS and...

:ban: howdy all! Last night I decided to try my 2nd nut brown recipe as follows: 10 lbs. Great Western Pale ale 1 lb. Crystal 60L 1lb. Victory 25L 6 oz. biscuit 6 oz. biscuit roasted 4 oz. chocolate 8 oz. Wheat 2 lbs. Clover Honey .9 Cascade pellets 7.6% 60 min .5 Willamette whole...

Hey everybody! I'm about to start ordering bulk grains and was curious of how you all store yours. In the bag or in plastic or what ? Learning from people with experience is a good thing. Don't want to waste it before I can use it up. Thanks

hey everybody! I'm new to the forum but have been reading for about a year. When I first started reading I came across a link for some brew widgets that you could use online and was able to use them. Recently my 'puter took a dump and I lost the hard drive,arrgh! Yep, lost everything. including...