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Thanks for the advice....that's the direction i was leaning.....rather have a beer to strong than too weak :mug:

I just racked my pumpkin ale to my secondary, and i realize now that i should have taken the time to filter out more of the pumpkin when racking to the primary. Anyway, i have about 2.5 -3 gallons in my secondary. Should i add water and bring it up to 4.5 gallons, or just take the loss. My...

make sure you sterilize that pumpkin, rflem550.

for the most part, yes, but pumpkin ale is great drinking during the crisp fall nights that are on the way....give it a try :mug:

One piece or three?

"panty-dropper chocolate stout"

i was thinking about adding a vanilla bean to the IPA i am about to rack to the secondary.....how did you make sure it was sanitized? Boiling seems like the obvious way, but will that ruin the flavor?

bud lite "amber" :)

yeah, i'm going to just leave it in the closet for a while.....try one every now and then. it really wouldn't be bad if i had hopped it up to par

you got that right, jack :cross: my problem was the excitement of having the house to myself, coupled with the excitement of an upcoming concert the next day

I've brewed a beer that i'm not satisfied with :( It was supposed to be a pale ale, but it is unremarkable at best..... I got a little too intoxicated while brewing it because the wife was out of town and it came out......well......weak......underhopped.....it has a butterscotchy...

cool. this is an ipa as well, and it is still cloudy, but appears to be begining to break...

I'm feeling better about this after reading some of your posts.....:tank: I felt like it was OK, but i have never brewed a beer this heavy and didn't know if it was normal to see such a long, active, fermentation. thanks, all....:mug:

i've not taken any readings yet....the bubbles coming up the inside wall of the carboy make me believe it is still active......is there another reason it would still be producing CO2 bubbles?

I hope i'm not infested with wild yeast. Fermentation began 11 days ago. I am still getting a bubble in my fermentation lock every 5-10 seconds. It has slowed over the past several days, but it still seems pretty fast to be 11 days into it. I used 1028 London Ale yeast. about 9lbs of...