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Yes, please.

all grain

The brew I made came out tasting more like Alchemy Hour (Chillwave) from GLBC. It was not the monster, but it was very drinkable! Don't know what you're using for Sugar, but don't use table sugar, i.e. cane sugar/sucrose. Use something like corn sugar/dextrose. Sucrose will make it drier and it...

Yes please

Posting my reply and looking forward to 18 gallons of brewing fun!

Ah, nevermind. I searched the forum a few times and found nothing. As soon as I posted my question the Forum suggested a thread someone posted in 2008 on this topic.

I've seen a bit of stuff in the forums on using krausen to ferment wort, but I'm interested in using krausen to carbonate a lager. I've got 5 gallons of an Oktoberfest and I just learned that krausening is a traditional method in Germany for carbonating beer. Has anyone done this? If so...

I thought with the A19 you don't need a thermowell but can just throw the thing in the liquid directly...

Here's what I'm going with: 15 lbs Harrington 2-Row (1.9 SRM) Grain 1 83.3 % 1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.6 % 1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.6 % 1 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 4 5.6 % 1.60 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 75.0 min Hop 5...

Going to be trying this soon, myself. Couple of things I've learned: as has been mentioned GLB tends to use 1028 London. Also, they use Harrington 2-row, which I've only seen at Northern Brewer, (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/rahr-2-row.html) unless someone knows another source. There...

Oh the places you'll go...with great equipment. Count me in.

My thought is this: if you're going to brew beer why not really BREW beer? When your use syrup from a can 50% of the brewing has been done for you. You're not really brewing beer so much as re-hydrating someone else's brew. Sure, you get beer out of it; and perhaps it's good beer. I guess...

This conversation has sparked my interest in these homebrew kits, though. I might try to find a cheap one somewhere and brew up some stuff just to see what it's like. I'll replace the sugar with dme. I saw in one of these threads where someone was using them for test batches or experiments...