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fixed that for you ;)

Hi all. Trying to convert an all-grain recipe to extract, and was looking for some input. Here is the original version. The recipe in question is a 6-gallon all-grain Gumballhead Clone. My recipe is scaled down to 5-gallon extract with specialty grains. Here it is: 3lb wheat dme 2lb 8oz...

So the general consensus would be that this guy has really good, fresh ingredients?

At a certain ph it will last indefinitely. I think it might be 3.2, but don't quote me on that!

The obvious solution is to do both and find out which way you personally enjoy it!

Just pitched my first 5-gallon batch of Apfelwein. 15,725+5=15,730

You laugh at the ancient skunkflakes the health food store passes off as "dried hops" in their medicinal section.

Don't you guys use carboy handles or straps? It seems like handling a carboy would be a lot safer with something to hold on to.

My vote goes for domestic violence!

I just used one these for the first time. Smacked it, shook it up, waited about 3 hours, shook again and pitched into a starter, and pitched the starter into my wort two days later. This worked very well and my beer finished most of its fermentation within three or four days.

Imperial American IPA with Belgian yeast first try :) The beer gods have smiled upon Nysh!

Thanks for the input everyone! I think from now on I'll just pour 'em right into the bucket.

Quick related question - does anybody know of a table or writeup that could show a person who does not have beersmith the appropriate amount DME/carbonation for different beer styles/gravities?

Hey all - just brewed last night and at the end of the boil realized that I had not put any forethought into the removal of the hops from my wort as they went into primary. I ended up spending a long time pouring all of my wort through a filtered funnel to remove the hop matter, which took a...

thanks for the info guys.