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  1. FSBrewer

    Old Hops

    They were in a loose, questionable zip lock bag, not vacuum sealed or in the freezer. Fortunately, I found a local source for hops and had them delivered in less than two hours! The place only sells malt grain and not extract, so I may finally have to make the jump to all grain brewing...
  2. FSBrewer

    Good Site for Mail Order DME Recipe Kits?

    I used to love Austin Homebrew Supply for their recipe kits. For each recipe, they had a drop-down menu to choose between all grain, LME, and DME, but that option is gone now. It looks like they list the recipe kits individually for all grain or LME, but no DME options. I could try...
  3. FSBrewer

    Brew Jacket First Use -- IPA fermentation temp?

    I set the brewjacket temperature to 72.5 initially, and the early morning ambient temperature here is around 71.5 today, so maybe best if I back my temp down a degree to around that temperature? I only heard the fan of the brew jacket kick on once last night, about 12 hours after pitching the...
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    Brew Jacket First Use -- IPA fermentation temp?

    I'm making an IPA for the first use of my new brew jacket. I also haven't brewed for a while, so I'm a little rusty. What would be a good fermentation temperature for an IPA?
  5. FSBrewer

    Old Hops

    I bought some simcoe hop pellets from a local homebrew supply store probably close to 2 years ago. They are in little zip-lock bags, not vacuum sealed. I am planning to brew an IPA tomorrow and no longer living in a place with a homebrew supply store, nor is quick mail order an option here. I...
  6. FSBrewer

    My First Bad Brew?

    I've been homebrewing on and off since 2008, but you'll notice I'm still posting in the beginner's forum. :) On May 1 of this year I brewed batch number 22, a LME with grain bag recipe kit, Falconer's Flight Pale Ale from Austin HBS. Here's the thing, though: I ordered the kit in 2018 and...
  7. FSBrewer

    First time kegging -- need instant gratification

    Pardon my newness to this but what should I purge? Let the pressure down to serving pressure?
  8. FSBrewer

    First time kegging -- need instant gratification

    I just racked my IPA to my first ever keg. It's probably at around 75 degrees I would guess. I didn't add priming sugar, just want to artificially carbonate this time. I initially put 15 psi on it. Is there any way to get *just some* carbonation within a few hours? Beer time is in about 6...
  9. FSBrewer

    Bottle Conditioning Temperature -- 70 or 80?

    Just thought of this, though it seems obvious now -- I think I will do half upstairs and half down, and then compare the results!
  10. FSBrewer

    Bottle Conditioning Temperature -- 70 or 80?

    I just bottled a Brewer's Best Kölsch kit last night (bought this one at a local HB supply store while waiting impatiently for my AHS kits to arrive!). I fermented it in the basement which is in the 70-74 degree range. I'm wondering if I should keep the bottles down there for conditioning at...
  11. FSBrewer

    first time using secondary

    Here I am eight years and 20 batches later, still posting in the beginner's forum! :) I only have one 6.5 gal carboy and wanted to start a second batch one week after the previous, so I figured I'd free up my 6.5 gal by racking that first batch to secondary (in my 5 gal carboy), which I have...
  12. FSBrewer

    Try my cure calculator app!

    Been making bacon and small hams for a few years now. Needed something to go with my beer. :) I made this app for iPhone and iPad for my own use when mixing my cure. I started with dry cure, which is what I mostly do, but plan to add brine curing in there soon when I have a little time...
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    Question about a very small Mini Mash

    The Mr. Beer thread currently has about 5600 replies in it. Has anyone managed to find the mini all-grain post within? I should have saved it when I first saw it about... 4 or 5 years ago, but alas... I've never done all grain but was hoping to find that post to get started. I'm trying to...
  14. FSBrewer

    220v Temperature Controller

    danimal2, Were you ever able to use this successfully at 220V? I am also looking for a 220v temp controller, although I have to admit at this juncture it's not for fermenting beer but for fermenting sausages (latest hobby I'm getting started on). Anyhow, if you were successful, I will...
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