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I was hoping to give it as Christmas presents but now it looks like we will be drinking it a new year (fingers crossed).

Racked my winter warmer ahbs kit to secondary today after 10 days in primary. OG was 1.075, FG supposed to be 1.015. Mine measured at 1.030 after putting it in secondary. This is where I panic. I added a pack of Safbrew s-04 (kit came w/ Muntons) to secondary thinking I was doing good...

AHBS rocks. I highly recommend the Summit IPA. It was best beer I ever made. It was one of those beers that is so good you only end up giving a couple away, just so you can drink as much as possible. I have their winter warmer in primary right now.

I am getting into partial mashing (just got a 5 gal rubbermaid cooler) and I was wondering where I find the parts list for making the spigot. I tried doing a search but just wasn't coming up with what I needed. Also any suggestions for the bottom of the mash tun? False-bottom or braided...

I used 1 can of Oregon Fruit Puree. Poured it into the secondary and racked wheat on top of it. Came out real nice after only one week in bottles. If you have a 5 gal carboy, remember you can't fit all the fruit and 5 gals of beer in (I had an overflowing carboy). DO NOT USE EXTRACT...

Tastes great. Thanks for everyone's help!

Drop the hops into the secondary, who needs a frickin hop bag??????

Thanks for everyone's help on this.

I racked an American Wheat on to a can of Oregon Fruit raspberry puree. Once I saw that the airlock was bubbling and no oxygen was present I started swirling to rouse the fruit on the bottom. Question: How much rousing does this need? Should I turn the thing on its side to get the fruit...

ARe you pitching one vial/packet? I had the same problem until I started using 2 packets of yeast. Now I have never missed a FG! Good luck.

You suck...(wipes tear from eye as I raise a glass)

The flavor of Fat Tire changes a lot. Sometimes there are subtle changes and other times there are dramatic. The latest definitely is closer to the new 2below.

Glad to have you aboard. We almost have enough hosers to start a seperate board!

This helps in cutting down on time quite a bit. I was at about an hour prior to getting this. Soaking and draining bottles takes up a lot of time. http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=15682

Brewing AHS's American Wheat this weekend.