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Thanks. pulled it out of the fridge.

I started a a Mexican Vienna lager 5 days ago. OG was 1.052 and FG estimate is 1.013 I pitched the yeast at 52 degrees. Its been fermenting at steady 52 degrees for 5 days. I just checked my gravity and it was lower than I expected at 1.016. The krausen was as much as a couple inches but...

I'm one county over in Rochelle. Your in the right place. All the answers are here

I have a corny keg that is about 3/4 full and sitting fully carbed at 55 degrees F with 18 PSI. It is disconnected from the CO2 tank. If I move the keg to a 40 degree refrigerator, the carb chart says I should be at 10 PSI. So do I need to bleed off my keg down to 10 PSI when I move it to the...

I also used Nottingham yeast lot#1087117102 (06-2011) and it worked fine. The ferment started a little slower than some of my other batches but the temp was in the low to mid 60s.

I dry hopped for the first time today with pellets and theres a thick hop layer on top now. So can I expect that this will settle down on the bottom or will it just stay on top. Am I going to have any trouble racking it out of the carboy without getting a bunch of hops in my racking cane...

I uninstalled my copy as suggested and downloaded and installed again. It looks much better this time. All the ingredient lists are there. Thanks for the help!

I did purchase the software and have my code. I think I will give that a try.

Hmmm.... Something is wrong then because there is nothing listed in the software for any of the ingredients. Maybe I will post on the Beersmith forum to see if I can get this straightened out..

I downloaded Beersmith and I thought that it would be setup with a standard list of hops, yeast, grains etc.. Everything is blank.. It looks like I have to load all of them individually from scratch? Is that correct? Can someone confirm that for me?

Ive done a couple extract and PM batches and Im getting ready to start doing AG. I drilled a coleman picknic cooler to use as MLT and my copper manifold doesnt sit flat on the bottom of the cooler because center distance of the hole I drilled for the ball valve sits about 1 inch from the bottom...

I also just pitched nottingham lot 1087117102 - exp 06-2011 into a batch of Edworts HPA and seems to be fermenting fine. I got my nottingham from AHS last week. I read about the issues after I placed my order but I tried it anyway and it seems to be OK. Airlock was active in 15 hours at 64...

I found a sampler 12 pack from Stevens Point Brewery at the local store. It included a lager, pale ale, amber ale, and 2 varieties of wheat beer. I prefered the amber ale and pale ale in that order over the wheats. The lager was good too. I definatley notice the hop flavor and aroma from...

Hi folks, Ive spent the last 15-20 or so years drinking mostly Budweiser or Miller beer and recently Ive decided to try making some homebrew. After reading this forum for a week or two I am finding that I have not a clue what "good beer" really is. So the dilemma is that Im trying to decide...

Hello RiverSwillBeer. I can see this is the place to be for answers. I am about an hour north of you in Rochelle.