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Okay, so I took a hydro reading - it came in at 1.0165. It started at 1.045. How do I calculate how much alcohol that is? I should let it sit a few more days until it reaches the suggested 1.010-1.015 right? When it does reach that point, am I supposed to then put it into the glass carboy...

The yeast I used came in a little yellow packet (sorry I don't have the wrapper anymore) - there were little small balls of yeast per se. I didn't boil it or anything, I just sprinkled it on top of the 5 gallons, put the top on, and stored her away in a dark cabinet. I think that was what the...

so i'm brewing my first batch - Belgian White. Followed everything as close as I could (i hope). After 48 hours, not a peep from the bucket - no bubbles, no sounds, nothing. What happened? So pulled the bad boy out of the cabinet I have him hidden in. I pulled the top of the plastic bucket...

There were many other brewers that survived prohibition. Pabst. Schlitz. etc. Miller wasn't even a major player in the industry until 1970, when Philip Morris bought them. In 1972 they purchased the brand naems of Meister Brau, reconstituted the a Meister Brau Lite formula and began test...

Hey all, This is my first attempt at a label. http://www.posvar.com/images/Modre-Drak3.gif (Modre Drak, is Czech for blue dragon, I think I need a cooler name for the beer.) This is my "brewery logo" http://www.posvar.com/images/PosvarBrewingCompany.gif That's my last name, in your...