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Thanks. It looks like the challenge is going to be interpreting the recipe's a bit. Looking forward to brewing some Molasses or spuce beers of the period. Cheers! :mug: BrewStef

Greetings, If any of you know of any beer recipes for these period or know where I could find some, please let me know. Thanks, BrewStef

What do you need to do to convert the SABCO BrewMagic system from a RIMS to a HERMS system exactly? Thanks again.

Why do you prefer HERMS over RIMS?

Thanks Kadmium, I will do so and report back. Cheers!

Thanks. I suppose that yeast strain really doesn't matter? I was concerned that a yeast strain that attenuates more than that which was used to ferment could cause bottle bombs.

Very nice! Is it true that you can OVER-oxygenate the wort?

I am sure the soda bottle would be fine...but why not just use a large beer bottle...chances are you have one of those lying around, right?

That is a really good idea. Would you suggest that I add a few grains of generic yeast to each bottle, carb tabs, or both? If yeast, what kind would you recommend? Thanks.

On the extract batch, it was only 12 lbs of extract. It fermented like crazy. It needed a blowoff. Based on the activity of the fermentation, I am suprised that it did not fully attenuate further.

I brewed two batches of Vertical Epic 05.05.05 five months ago. One was extract the other was all-grain. Both did not carbonate. Granted, I forgot to stir one of the batches after priming, but neither batch carbed. Both batches are still sitting in bottles. I left them both in bottles...

I used to give away more than I currently do....now that I feel "validated" that my beer is actually good. :) I have no problem giving beer to other homebrewers as I will always get some in return. Otherwise, I give beer to anyone I feel would truly appreciate it or do not otherwise "like"...

10 Gallons for me! 289.5 Total

Thanks for that...two less steps to worry about. Cheers. BrewStef

Do any of you degas your still meads? How about adding clarifiers? Should I bother? My still sweet mead has been in process for almost a year and is rather tasty, I just want to wrap this batch up and bottle as the gravity has not changed in 4 months (1.008) since it has been in the...