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I currently have a Mexican Pilsner similar to Corona on day 7 in the primary and it is still fermenting like crazy. It is my first lager I have ever done and I have been able to keep it around 50-53 degrees just using outside temperature. What I'm wondering about is the recipe calls for moving...

Sure... 3/4 lb Pale Ale Malt 8 oz De-Bittered Black Malt 8 oz Crystal 90L 5 oz Chocolate Malt 5 lb Amber LME 2 lb Amber DME 3/4 oz Galena @ 60 min 1/4 oz Galena @ 15 minutes Windsor Ale dry yeast OG: 1.051 FG: 1.013 1 week in primary, rack on top of 1 Pint Woodford Reserve and 2...

So I brewed a black ale and added 2 vanilla beans and a pint of Woodford Reserve to the secondary and after racking it on top of that I noticed I've got about 5.5 gallons of what is supposed to be a 5 gallon batch. FG is 1.010-1.011 and its supposed to be around 1.013. Did I majorly screw up and...

I just got access to an amazing fresh organic peach harvest and I'm wanting to do a peach ale recipe I have but turn it into a wild brew, what bacteria should I use and at what point would I add it?

Just go with what you have man, I made a variation of the recipe (scroll up and look at it) and be sure and add the Limeade after vigorous fermentation, let primary for 21 days minimum, and bottle condition for 21 days minimum (if you bottle) and you'll have a fine beer.

Well, what I brewed, using this as the inspiration, has turned out to be the best homebrew I've personally made out of 5 batches, just started brewing 2 months ago. I did.... 6 # Wheat DME 1 # Vienna Malt 8 oz German Pilsner Malt 8 oz Carapils 1 oz each of Moteuka and Sorachi Ace following the...

FYI, they work great and are are $4.00 and seems like it will last from now until eternity.

Sorry if this has already been discussed before but I was at Walmart and saw a nylon type laundry bag made by Tide that I believe was 15x18 inches and it dawned on me to use it as a reuseable mini-mash grain bag. Has anyone else used these or heard of anyone using them? Do I need to do anything...

Put this in primary last night, got a little tipsy on the Lemonberry Summer Wheat I bottled about 2 weeks ago and ended up getting a little weird with the recipe, hope it turns out well. I did... 6# Bavarian Wheat DME Steeped 8 oz. German Pilsner Malt, 8 oz. Cara Pils, and 16 oz. Vienna Malt...

Hey ya'll, I'm fixing to do my first Hefe, I have a question and wanted to see if ya'll might could help me. I'm doing an extract with specialty grains and I have 8 oz. Cara Pils Malt, 8 oz. German Pilsner Malt, and 6 lb. of Wheat DME. My question is I also have 16 oz. of milled Vienna Malt...

Ouch man....just ouch!

Good call, after this vigorous, and I mean VIGOROUS fermentation completes, switch back to airlock?

Another thing, I just got the 3 gallon fermenter for doing these small yield Brewferm kits and I'm in no hurry of getting it empty, would it hurt to let this Kriek "age" in the primary for like 2-3 months? It's gonna be a Christmas beer for us so I am willing to wait or would I better off...

And thanks a lot for the feedback!

I've never used one, how do you set them up? Does it take special equipment or can you just use a siphon hose? Also, how do people go about getting beer out of a carboy to test gravity? A syringe or sucker of some sort?