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Thanks for the quick responses! Gonna crack it open tonight - I'll keep you guys posted on taste / brew........... Bill

Long story short, I recently moved and found a 32 oz.bottle of one of the ales I brewed about a 1.5 years ago. Its in the actual sealed bottle and not the carboy - was wondering if it is still good to drink? I know that some darker thicker beers benefit from a long conditioning period, but...

Thanks - after some tinkering around, great program. Helps out a lot! Thanks again.

After doing some research on the matter, had a quick question pertaining to doing a full boil without sparge for a 5 gallon batch (equipment constraints). Is this possible and what impact would it have on the final beer flavor? Outlined a quick process below for cutting out the sparge and...

After bottling, beer can be stored up to a year during the conditioning/carbonating phase? Are their any special steps for this type of length that are needed?

Thanks - was thinking 8+ gallons as well. Do the steps I described fit the process for cutting out the sparge step and doing a full boil?

Think that seems to be a little more convenient with the equipment I have at the moment, as well as $. Just so I understand, I would do a normal brew cycle, but would combine the sparge water in with the original steepening water (12.81+8.20+2.64qts.) into one pot? Im assuming the 1. full...

I am looking to move up to a 5 gallon batch and was wondering what and how many size pots would I need to do so? I am going to doing this on a stove top and am looking to do a recipe I got off of this site (Strawberry Alarm Clock) - the water size stats are: Step Time Name Description Step...

Replying...........big time.

Yeah it was a 30qt pot, just remembered the gallon size. The stove I have has one "power boil" burner on it, with three other "high range" burners. Think I'm going to go for it - the burners are relatively close to one another and I should be able to get a partial burn from a second burner...

After a couple of one gallon batches I'm moving up to 5 gallon AG batches and was wondering if a 20 qt(7.5g) pot would fit on a stove top( these pots look huge). I live in an apartment and do not have access to a yard or outside burner. Would this fly? Thanks.

Thanks for the info - should the cold break be removed prior to fermentation?

Ok, think I got it. Would cooling the temp quickly after boiling the wort be considered cold crashing or is it really only after fermentation? The cloudy matter I was referring to is when cooling the wort directly after boiling, you get that separation of liquid and matter.

Thanks - By after fermentation do you mean the final boil? I've been using dry hop pellets as well.

Quick noob question - what is exactly is the purpose of cold crashing? When moving to the fermenter, is it better to leave the cloudy matter behind? If so, what is exactly the type of impact it would have on the flavor/fermenting? Thanks.

It's C-Brite rinse off - used recommended dosage for 1 gallon. In terms of amount, it would have been a couple of table spoons that may have ended up in the bottle.

A couple of quick questions - I Bottled a 1 gallon batch of beer today and bottled accordingly,but, while starting the siphon to kick off I missed a small amount of sanitizing solution going into the first beer bottle via the plastic tubing. While not thinking much of it, I continued to...