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:tank:Just got done pitching the yeast. Sort of a "Hybrid Hefe" An 8 Gallon batch. 1/2 lb Munich 1 lb. Crystal 40 (mashed) 11 lb Wheat LME 3 oz. Tettnanger@ 60min 1 oz. Cascade@ 10min 2 Wyeast 3333 German wheat activator packs Hopefully this beautiful spring day in Oregon will be...

:mug:I just went in to pop the yeast nutrient on a Wyeast actvator pack and popped a pinhole in the package. Will this be usable or should I drive to the shop and get another? Some body better hurry with a response

:mug:Going to get ingredients for an ale I brewed a long time ago. I'm making an 8 GALLON batch. I've tried to replicate this a few times but could not find the same yeast at my LBHS. They have it in stock now so I'll try again. Here is the recipe for an 8 GALLON brew. 11# Wheat LME 1#...

:mug:I'm brewing an 8 gal. batch in about a 9 1/2 gal. fermenter. I'm definitely using a blow off tube. After reading some threads talk about using a strong amount of yeast, I'm going with 2 packs of Nottinghams. Well every ferment is different so I'll be covering this bad boy up with a blanket...

:mug: I just keep experimenting with the stout recipe I've been using since my first homebrew I ever made. I make 8 gal batches since I got a couple new fermenters. This time I'm trying some Black Patent malt. Here is my recipe: 11# Light LME 1.5# Flaked Oats 1.25# Roasted Barley 1# Black...

:mug:Had a big write up in the local Eugene OR paper about the Ninkasi Brewery. I'm definitely checking out their tasting room. I've tried most of their brews anyways but, just got to go see it. They are a brewery only, no pub or food I guess. I think we will be trying to clone their beers soon...

Title from the Joy of Home Brewing,page 36. I aged my first home brew( an ale) for 2 weeks which is what Charlie says will be ready to bottle. A lot of people told me you need to "condition" my beer for longer, say a month. I would say that my first brew was just as good just bottling after 2...

:oOOPS...... well I did a stupid thing. I did a partial mash, put in a couple pounds of the DME, boiled an hour doing the hop schedule got done with the boil. Started to cool in my utility sink and hose for about 15 min. when I realized I forgot to put the rest of the late addition extract...

:mug:Boiling this up now! 7# Dark LME 1# UK Crystal Malt (55) .25# Chocolate Malt .25# Black Patent .25#Brown Malt 1.5 oz. Golding @60min .5 oz. Golding @ 10 min Times are tough so I used LME and I'm going to hit it with a Pkg. Of good old Nottinghams. Should be good by Xmas.

:mug:Going to day to pick up enough ingredients to brew a 8 gal batch. Been layed off for a couple months, but got offered a new position for the same company and a little more salary. Now if it will just last a while (like about 11 more years) I'll retire and become my own full time brewer. I...

:mug:Went to "happy hour" last night and got into conversation about the gas crisis. Buddy told me that here in Oregon, they have been adding 15% ethanol to all the gasoline since April. Then said he was told that this gas will break down like rubber things and such that we will start having...

:rolleyes: I mean, what has he done exactly that has been good for our country?He's cut taxes for the not so ordinary people( over $100,000 per year). Got us into a war on false pretenses. Done a minimal amount while the country has already dropped into a recession. Gee, I hope this economic...

:mug: Anybody tried the new brews from Michelob? I really have not seen any of them but the trusty Amber Bock. Michelob is actually what I drink during my happy hour spent at the bar as they always have the bottles in a ice chest for the happy hour crowd.:mug:

:mug: One week ago, it was 80 degrees, this morning I wake up and it is 32 degrees and snowing. This does not happen in Western Oregon. We are only a couple of weeks from putting in our gardens. Got about an 1 or so on the Willamette Valley floor. Oh well, time to throw snow balls!:ban: :mug:

:mug: I'm trying to maximize my primary fermenter. It's actually an tun and even with 8 gals. I still about 2" of headspace. I definitely use a blowoff tube every batch. I guess I'll keep experimenting til I make a mess! Keep SWMBO happy! I pretty much have tubs and buckets to contain mess as...

:mug: Well I think you can remember these easier than you can the many that you have enjoyed! In no particular order: Corona-havent' drank one that wasn't skunked Beamish Irish Stout-cheap boilermaker? Some Pineapple Hefe from Hawaii-yuck I've drank some that are pushing my hops...

[[/URL]:mug: Anybody tried to clone any of the brews from Walking Man Brewery. I got to try a Black Cherry Stout that was as good of a brew with fruit (against "Man Rules") that I have ever liked. Check out the link. Looks like most of their brews are BIG. :mug: :tank...

:mug: I put together a new recipe tweaking my Oatmeal Stout with coffee malt instead of my usual chocolate malt. 7.5 gal. batch 9lb Dry dark malt extract 1.5lb Flaked oats 1lb Rosted Barley .5lb Coffee malt 2 oz. Northern Brewers hops@ 60 min. 1 pkg Nottinghams Anyone used...

:( Damn, going to do a good pale ale but forgot Irish moss at LBS.Oh well I have brewed without before but wanted to get this one clearer. :mug:

:mug: Has anybody ever got readings from a hydrometer where the ale was not done fermenting after 2 weeks in the primary at the proper temps.?