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How did make out with the Oktoberfest after all? I'm about start a kit now using American Ale yeast that I have harvested. I read somewhere online this yeast will help towards a more clean, crisp beer. Not going to be exactly true to the style but probably closer than using the Coopers in the kit.

A lot of nice bikes here! I'm just itching for the snow to disappear so I can get out for a ride. Here's my 1994 Ninja ZX7....

Yeah just replace it with another sanitized air-lock, it will be fine. I've had to do this several times before I started using a blow off tube, like the others are suggesting.

Lesson learned for sure! Definitely will decant and swirl the next time.

I pitched the yeast from my very first starter I ever made last night. I had made the stater the night before in a one liter bottle that has the resealable ceramic top attached. I had it sitting overnight with foil over the top, as I learned to do on here. I figured I would just pitch the...

6.5 gal (30L) bucket is what I use with the kits, but I still have to use a blow-off tube into a container of sanitized water instead of a regular air lock . Using the supplied Coopers yeast will give quite the explosive fermentation and will come out the air lock making a nice smell in the room...

Newfs are everywhere, especially if there's beer involved.:mug: These are the specs for the BH from their site.... Colour: (Deg.Lovibond) - 14 Bitterness: 50 IBU O.G.: 1.051-1.053 Malts: Munich, Pale 2 Row,Cara-pils, Carastan Hops: Centennial- Bittering, Goldings- Aroma I...

Yep, it will be bitter, especially so compared to the domestic water they call beer! I just did my first IPA, a Brewhouse kit, which I dry hopped using Fuggles. The beer has mellowed after 3 weeks, noticably less "grapefruit taste", but still quite more bitter than any other beer I have brewed...

Sounds alright, I didn't have much activity in the secondary with these kits. Did the lid blow off your primary? :eek: Mine did even with an air lock on there, I use a blow-off tube now. PS: I've done quite a few of these kits now and I don't bother with the secondary anymore, unless I...

Can't help with the quantity question, but if you need to buy vanilla beans in larger quantities check Ebay. I bought 30 Madagascar beans for $8 including shipping from France. They were dryer than ones bought locally, but my wife uses them to make vanilla extract and they are great for that.

We've been getting Sam Adams here on the east coast of Canada for a couple for of years now. Not all the types made it here, but what has I have liked...Noble Pils, Summer Ale, Boston Lager, Winter Lager, Octoberfest all good! I hope our Liquor store will bring some others.

Mine carbed up nicely after a week, but the all the flavors seemed like they were separate. It's been over two now, but I think I'm going to wait at least another week before I try it again hopefully it will blend together a little more. I used the supplied Coopers yeast, next time I'll go with...

Thanks for the update. I was following your posts hoping you were going to say it worked perfectly! Sounds like a good start though. I find Innis & Gunn has a kind of sweet caramel flavor as well. I wonder if there is some point where caramelized sugar could be dissolved in. It might balance...