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    Tips for removing labels and that sticky glue?

    I just did my first batch of 60 bottles. I used dawn with bleach alternative in a tub full of hot water. In an hour the labels were falling right off and i just went through with a .99 cent fingernail brush. Was real easy and took about an hour and a half all together.
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    Analyzing and Visualizing the Benifits of Continuous Hopping?

    Cool thread!! I just brewed my first batch of beer last weekend, a brewers best ipa kit. Instead of following the directions and pitching all my bittering hops (cascade and columbus) during the first 5 minutes of boil I spread it out and pitched every ten minutes breaking the hops up into 5...
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    Brewing with Lake Water

    Hey all, very helpfull thread here as i live in the adirondacks as well. I have a natural spring that runs close to my house and i get drinking water there all the time. drink it straight from the tap. I was thinking about using this but was a little unsure. I used ro/di water for my first...
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    brewers best IPA

    Just brewed this last week. It comes with columbus and cascade. one of each for bittering and then i believe another columbus for aroma, not sure though. I do know it was just another one of the same bittering hops tho. I cant wait to try this. I am dry hopping cascade into this recipe to give...
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    primary to secondary sfter 3 days??

    Ty for all yur posts. I wasnt too worried about the beer being ruined just unshure of the science behind fermenting as i have been reading alot of feeds and formus on how long to let yur brew sit (prolly too many). I will let my brews sit for a couple weeks before messing with them from now on...
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    primary to secondary sfter 3 days??

    Thank you for the quick response. I am definetly working on the patience part. There was little to no kraussen on top. I could see the beer pretty easily. I was thinking that it would still ferment do to the fact all i am doing is changing containers. I know in my mind i should have let it sit...
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    primary to secondary sfter 3 days??

    Hello all, a new brewer here. I just brewed my first beer (brewers best IPA). My OG was 1.061/62. I put it into my basement and left it alone for the most part, just peeping in ion it every so often. On day 3 i took a gravity reading which read 1.019. The kit states that the OG should be 1.062...
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