BrewStooge: I've been rounding up to the next bulk size as well, but I end up with enough crushed malt leftovers (I've bought crushed only so far -- should I crush my own?) that they're probably not fresh by the time I use them again. I've considered growing hops, but I don't have the space (I...
As I've started to brew more I've run into issues trying to keep costs low. I've gotten most of my supplies from either my LHBS or northernbrewer.com so far. Part of the problem is that I probably need to plan ahead, buy bulk, and brew more recipes that share ingredients. The other part is that...
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I racked my graff cider into primary a week and a half ago. Fermentation slowed down after 4 days -- I was lucky to see the yeast burp once every 5 minutes or so.
This weekend I took a gravity reading (1.010) and tasted it (good, but a bit too tart). The following day a layer of...
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I bottled my 2nd batch of beer (the Belgian Dubbel recipe from Papazian) the other day and I have a couple of newbie questions about it:
1) I forgot to top off my fermenter with water so that it would contain 5 gallons of wort/water. Instead, it ended up containing about 4.5...