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It will rouse up the yeast a good amount. I have actually had a Krausen layer form in secondary on batches that did drop to final gravity. If it does not work then just pitch more in the secondary.

Once you rack to secondary good chance the fermentation will start up alittle again.

Its all sterling hops, so use sterling if your cloning it! Here is a recipe that im going to try http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=94532

I put this recipe into beersmith and the ibu's seem well below style. I am getting 6.8 and I am new at beersmith so I doing something wrong? Thanks!

Its a great beer, the only thing I didn't like was the leaf hops and not pellet. The just floated at the top and I think only half make good contact. Other than that it was a great beer, that was till I ruined it!

Ok, I did a batch of this double ipa from midwest supplies. Everything thing went great brewing, fine through the fermentation. When I was done with the secondary i transferred it to my new keg. When I tasted it from the secondary it was amazing and was a hop bomb. Even warm and flat it was...

Surly Furious by far the best Ive ever had! Lucky i live in Minneapolis so i can get it anytime.

I got this kit today from midwest supplies. I want to make sure the ipa finishes with a good amout of grapefruit flavor. The hops schedule is .75 yakima magnum 60m .5oz amarillo 30m .5oz amarillo 15m 2.0oz Cascade 5m I was wondering if I change the cascade to only 1oz and add the other...

I just pitched a wyeast german ale into a oktoberfest with a gravity of 1.068 and it is fermenting like crazy! It was the same it said not for over 1.060 but it still worked

Ok, so everyone says condition at room temp for 3 weeks but what do you do when you are kegging beer. That gets put into the keg and then put in the fridge right away. Please explain!

Thanks guys that helps alot, and yes the og was 1.050. Thanks!

I am trying to fiqure out the alcohol content of my beer. My final gravity is 1.012 which is where it should be but the spec sheet says that the final garvity should be 1.012 and the alcohol should be 4.5 to 5%. On the hydrometer for a content of 5% the gravity should be 1.032. Am i missing...

it a kit for a corona recipe from midwest supplies. I thought it was strange to!

I bought a mexican cervesa kit today from my homebrew store and the guy there said to add 1 liter of tonic water in place of some of the regular water. He felt this is what was missing from the kit. Does this sound right! Thanks

no its the same color and cloudiness all the time. It was just bottled and I used all brown bottles but also used 2 clear bottles, just to see what was going on with the beer. Its not even close to clear.