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Fermentation is going strong, glad I poured off a little or it would have gone over. Smells great and has a definite caramel note in the smell so far.

Drewed, I did make sure to do that before I put the cheesecloth on. On an off topic note Drewed, we currently live in MI, but I am from Sussex, WI and lived in Elm Grove Before moving here.

Thanks all, I am going to pull it out of the fridge and let it go. It's a bit warm here, going to advise the Mrs. to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't overflow. ETA, cheese clothe over opening and we are off, excited to see how this goes.

Hey all, I have been gone a long time from the forum and with starting a new job and getting my Masters degree I haven't brewed any beer or made and cider for a while. Plus all my equipment is 6 hours away. So here is the question. I have a gallon of fresh unpasteurized cider with no...

I have heard the peanut butter color comment before, but my issue is it was a fairly dark color when I first put it in a jar. Maybe I didn't wash well enough or correctly, it is not the brown of peanut butter, but not white either. I have the supplies, so might just do the starter tomorrow and...

Hey everyone, been a while since I have been on here and at least that long since I brewed, but I have a question now that I have a brew coming up, actually 3, this weekend. I brewed a Scotch ale for my Dad back in March and washed and stored a bunch of the yeast. Well I am making that...

Thanks for the advice, will be doing that tomorrow.

Ok, here is my question, I harvested some yeast from a batch that I made a while ago that I want to use again, Thames Valley strain. I started with 10g of DME in 100mL of water and let that ferment, once done I decanted, mixed, and added it to 100g of DME boiled in 1L of water. It is done...

Update on progress, brewed the AG version of this 9 days ago and pitched two packs of US-05. Started about 1.078, and it is now down to 1.011. Doubt it is going to go any lower, but planning to leave it for 2 or 3 more weeks. Tasted the hydro sample and not only is it extremely close to the...

Have you made the kit as written yet? If not I would do that first, it was my first brew and I am going to be doing it again, hopefully soon in the AG version, the first was awesome even though I knew nothing about fermentation temp control.

Thanks for the info guys, I really hope that his one turns out. It has been going steady since Monday morning and I have about a 4 inch Krausen currently. Sitting around 60-62 still. This is my biggest beer so far, so I am curious to see how long it takes for the Krausen to drop and for the...

My temps are right around 60-62 in the room I have it in. How did your sample compare to the original?

Looking forward to this one, I brewed the AG version on yesterday with my Dad as he really like DB. I think I have turned him on the home brewing which is cool as well. The wort smelled awesome, I pitched 2 packs of Us-05 as I didn't have enough time to make a starter with the other yeast...

Quick question, my first batch of homebrew I used the Wyeast Thames Valley and would really like to harvest it to recreate the batch. It has been 7 months since I brewed it and it has been refrigerated for a couple of weeks. I would like to harvest it and then store until ready. Is making a...

I would say a German Alt using the 1007. I made Norther Brewers Extract kit and kept it in the upper 50's and it is awesome. In fact, I can't wait to try it as an AG recipe one of these days. Set the temp controller at 58 or so and let it ride. I ended up letting it warm up to around 64 or...

Yeah, the game wasn't pretty, but a win is a win. Our defense needs to get it's act together or they are going to have a hard time going back to back.

Well, all in all the day went pretty well. The extract batch, which I made a starter for since I was using liquid, is already bubbling away. The AG batch went pretty good, had a add a little water as the temp dropped a few degrees because it was cold here. Then, I we ended up having a boil...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I will definitely be keeping the homebrew consumption limited as I am excited/stressed enough already. Of course there is a Packer game, so that will make it tougher but hopefully we will be close to finished by then.

Well, tomorrow is going to be my first AG brew session, and my first side by side brew day. Have some friends coming over who want to give me a hand and see what brewing is all about, so we are going to be doing one AG and one Extract with Grains. I have my MLT built, I just made an immersion...

So I added the honey, bottled, and pastuerized my batch of this last night. It was STRONG. I am hopeing that it mellows out a little with some time in the bottles. I will probably put one in the fridge in the next couple of days and try one cold and see how it is and the rest I am going to...