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Well, my "simple" Hefeweizen took 8 hours to brew and rack to primary; lol. Everything that went wrong in the past, went right, and everything that went right in the past, went wrong... so an awesome learning experience and hopefully a good grew in the end. How long does everyone primary a...

So I got my aerator this week, and am using it now at 1:30am in the primary, and it seems to be doing nothing. If I take the end of the tubing off where it connects to the filter, I get air (albeit wussy psi, which is to be expected given the diameter of the tubing and the instructions that...

So for anyone who's been following my eclectic posts throughout the evening, it's now 12:15am and I'm near finished boiling the wort. I got my fish-tank aerator thingy this last week, and it said to boil for 15 minutes to sterilize... however the filter part got into the wort and I am...

So I just admitted to my wife that she'd probably be a better brewer than me (and she agreed). I'm very good at cooking, baking, DIY, etc. but I've never been the greatest at having a green thumb, and I see brewing similar to having a green thumb. She did agree to brew the next batch...

I had this as a second post in my floating thermometer thread, but maybe this is entitled to a separate thread. Long story short my shiny new floating therm gave incorrect readings, and I think I mashed at 130-140F, instead of 150F; my iodine tests are very poor right now with complete...

Yea... interesting topic in the scope of things :fro: I was so excited for brewing this weekend with my new floating thermometer... third brew and learning as I go! I have been doing partial-mash extracts and didn't realize at my first brew a month ago that the 12 inch thermometer wouldn't...

First brew; bottling now. Kept in primary for 3 weeks (avoided secondary due to great advice on this forum). It's an Oatmeal Stout. Question; since this is the first time I'm racking, should I stop before the trub starts getting siphoned? This is what I did... about a quarter inch of...

Will explain later. Brewing went very well; during wort chill, after a few minutes, I noticed a crack in the wort immersion chiller and water leaking into wort. Shut off water. Wife now running to store to get ice to chill wort. Should I bring wort back up to boil due to garden hose water...

Well, I brewed my first batch a week and a half ago (partial-mash oatmeal stout) and it looks to be doing very well (from my limited experience). I did take pictures and videos of the entire process which I would like to eventually share for critique purposes, and to help others to see what I...

Finished my first brew last weekend (partial mash organic oatmeal stout), and decided to play around a little this afternoon and make a label. Looking forward to brewing an Irish Red this weekend, although I should probably do the write-up for this forum that I have been planning (with pics...