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Would love to win this

I could definitely dig one of these! :rock:

Fingers-crossed! :mug:

Just what i need for my new garage!

Mash a bit longer and don't be afraid to open it up and stir it around intermittently. Just keep an eye on your temp and turn the heat on if you start to lose heat.

Thanks for the replies. I think I may get to it tonight making it only being in tertiary for about 7 days.

Hey guys, I am currently working on a batch of raspberry cider. The recipe I am going off of said to rack to tertiary for 3 or 4 days to get the cider off the raspberry sludge for a bit before bottling. Unfortunately, I have been pretty busy as of late and it's been sitting in tertiary...

Finally took the plunge and got a lifetime membership! Feels good to support this site since it's such a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Crossin' my fingers for some cool gear ;-)

Thanks for the reassurance. I WAS mistaken and took the reading before adding water to fill to the 5 gallon line. So yes, the reading was inaccurate. Below is the recipe just in case anyone would like to add any comments: - 8lbs amber malt extract - 2.5 lbs of honey - 1/2 lb English crystal...

Hey guys. Thanks for all of the insight. I'll post the recipe tonight when I get home from work.

I used a Wyeast #1098 Whitbreaad Ale Yeast Smackpack. I aerated the wort by sloshing the carboy manually for 10 minutes. I read somewhere that with these higher abv ales, adding some champagne yeast 4 days before bottling will prevent flat beer. I am wondering if that will even be necessary...

I did not make a starter. Like I mentioned, I did not plan on this being a high gravity ale. I am going to be weary of taking gravity samples and making sure the fermentation doesn't get stuck. If it slows down before my target FG, I will repitch (being careful of sanitation of course) and make...

The 1.10 reading was after topping off with water to get 5 gallons. I did about full 5 gallon boil but lost some due to evaporation. Also note there was about 2lbs of honey in there. So, should I add some hops to the secondary?

Hey guys, This is my first time posting in these forums so go easy on me :-) So, this weekend I brewed up a batch of Honey Nut Brown Ale. I decided to add a couple more pounds of extract to it so that the final ABV would be a little higher. When I racked to primary, the OG was 1.10! I did...