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Keep in mind if you alter the amount of extract added at the beginning of the boil you will alter your bitterness level from the hops. If the IBUs of the recipe are based on you adding all of the extract at the beginning but you decide to save some for flameout you may have a beer that is more...

glass carboy accident

glass carboy accident

glass carboy accident

This is what happens when you handle a wet, full carboy and try and shake it!

Keezer @ work

inside keezer

The air pump might produce just enough heat to make it pointless, but I could be wrong.

The guys at the Sanford store are cool dudes.You may also want to check out Urban Sunshine: http://www.urbansunshine.com They have 4 locations and started selling brewing supplies in addition to organic and hydroponic gardening supplies. The Altamonte Springs location is more stocked than the...

@ notjusgc: Iam trying to remember the order of things happening but I know I've had two batches that have gone bad and I "think" I did use RO water for my sanitizing solution for the 2nd bad batch and it still showed up. After reading as much as I could on the subject and talking to various...

Haha, I know you can deviate and use your imagination, that's the fun part! I'm just asking because we just started to sell these kits at my store and since they are a new product for us I want to make sure I give good advice on how they will turn out if you follow the directions to the "T" and...

Union, I checked out your recipes, they look neat! I'm curious, Are you adding more DME than what the directions call for?

Anyone here have experience with pre-hopped canned kits? Specifically Munton's kits? The directions say the kits make a 6 gallon batch, but this seems to me like it would make a very light beer if only made with the (1) 3.3 lb canned extract that comes with the kit and 2.2lbs of corn sugar or...

Heads up to Glaurung30, check out Urban Sunshine, they now have brewing supplies and have 3 locations in the Orlando area.

To quote from above: "Just as a comparison since we're brewing the same recipe: I checked my gravity today. OG was 1.042, today (19 days into fermentation) it is still 1.030." Is it normal sometimes for the gravity to takes so long to drop?

It was a Cooper's Ginger Beer kit. Like most of these types of kits what you do is add the canned extract kit to hot water and add more sugar, in this case 2.2 lbs of white sugar. (I know DME is better but I wanted to follow the directions to see how it came out.) You then top off with cold...

Hi neighbor TrubHead! I've always used liquid yeast but until recently I didn't follow the proper pitching rates or use starters. Now I make starters w/ a stirplate and the lag time is def shorter and the fermentation is seems more vigorous. Even when I was just beginning and not using...

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I think it's a great book and find it useful and updated for anyone who needs a solid recipe for a certain style that will be competition worthy. Every time I have adjusted or tweaked the recipes in the book I regretted it since the recipes are all well balanced and already "right on".

What Are Some Causes for Slow fermentation? I did a Cooper's Ginger beer kit and after 6-7 days it has only dropped from 1.027 to 1.019. The kit says it should be done by then, although I usually let my beers primary for 2.5 to 3 weeks so I will let it sit longer anyways. I usually do my own...