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This DT clone turned out so well, that I was wondering if anyone had a recipe for a Delerium Nocturnum clone?

Anyone know of a good site to find cool beer glassware (pint glasses, mugs, etc.)?

Maybe, I'll be more clear. Typically I use 3/4 cup dextrose in 5 gallons of beer. I bottle with 12oz. bottles. Does anyone know if it is safe (i.e. avoid explosion in 12 oz bottles, ex. Sam Adams, Firestone,...) to use more than this? How much is too much? Thanks.

I am about to bottle a DT clone, and want it to be as carbonated as possible, without blowing up my 12oz bottles. I was wondering if anyone knows how much priming sugar is safe to add to a 5 gallon batch of beer, assuming that it has been sitting in the secondary long enough, such that...

You should take atleast 45min to an hour to do your sparge. This could be why your efficiency was so low. You probably did not thoroughly rinse all of the sugars out of the grain.

The recipe assumes some efficiency less than 100%. After you learn the efficiency of your system, you should correct all subsequent recipes (by increasing the amount of grain used) to match the efficiency of your system, such that you get the correct original gravity. Also, just because you...

Why would you think it was from the boil. I would think it would be almost exclusively from the mash. As I understand it, haze come from protein that makes it into the wort during the mash. There are ways to reduce this. This is why some people do protein rests. However I think some people...

Thats a s%!@load of grain for a five gallon batch. I thought I used alot.

I have that same kettle, and I love it.

Yes, that is batch sparging, and that guys setup is almost exactly the same as one of my friends, and he makes pretty good beer. Personally I fly sparge, and like that alot, but thats a personal preference.

Thanks alot. I'm just about to dough in. I think I will try the 1/2lb of aroma. And I will go with 1.5oz willamette for bittering, and the rest cascade. Thanks alot for your help. And, I'm not really sure what I'm going for. I kind of just mess around. It always turns out great, so I...

I'm brewing tomorrow. I was wondering a few things about my recipe. Here is what I have so far: Grain: 13lbs pale 2-row 1lb crystal 60L 1lb carapils maybe some aromatic Hops: undetermined: I have Cascade, Willamette, Kent Goldings, Saaz, and Styrian Gold on hand. Yeast: White...

I was just wondering what some of you guys do to clean your blow-off tubes. I soak mine in PBW, for a few days and then run hot water through it. This doesn't seem to work very well, since it still smells like beer, and is slightly discolored afterwards. Is there anything that I can do, to...

thanks. i'll let you know how it turns out.

I use brown bottles for nearly all of my bottling, but I like to use a couple clear bottles (usually newcastle) in each batch, just to monitor the bottle conditioning stage. It works really nicely.