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The batch stalled on me. I checked the gravity and it was at 1.028 tried to stir the yeast cake and racked it into the secondary since it blew up my bucket and I couldn't get a good seal. I have it at room temp for a week and will see what the final gravity reading is

I brewed this last week and it blew up on me. Fermented 68 degrees. Let's see how she ends up. Took off quick with almost no activity now

Seabrew8 I am always 71-73%. Honestly I could tweak more but I am happy with this. I haven't gotten into water chemistry yet but I do better when I get my water from work then home.

Let me chime in here. I bought mine last April. Have put almost 30 batches through from light lagers to big ole triples. I would defiantly say that rice hulls have to be in place. My home brew store has a finer grind so this is the reason. Overall I love it. Perfect for me to brew in my...

I am wondering if an external sight glass install would work. Has anyone installed one? If so can you please post directions and pics?

Tried to do a triple bel this week but got a stuck sparge. Sucked. First one. Not happy but at the end, I think I learned a lot. Any troubles with this?

I just did my first batch last week when I received the unit. I did stove top and pitcher method but am looking at getting the sparge water heater but they are out of stock. I went on Amazon to check out coffee heater and found one that I might hook up a temp controller to and ball valve. I hit...

I was wondering if I can add all the hot water and recirculate. Instead of slowly adding

Last night she finally arrived! I got her hooked up and cleaned. I have been extract brewing for years and finally made the jump to GF for the ease and space saved. Sparging will be something new. Can I just bring the water up to temp on the stove and then add it to the GF and circulate after my...

Brewing this as i type. Couldnt find Dannys favorite 50 but i am curious to see how this turns out as i love rye IPA's. Congratulations on the post length.

first gravity reading after one week. 1.0100 going to let her sit for anouther week to settle. Really amazing tasting right off the start. Good floral aroma helps with the pumpkin. Great color

No worries about being negative. I posted to ask. I degassed thinking that would solve some of the issues. I am very new to wine and did not see anything for sulphates and sparkling wine so i figured i would not add. No worries. I have beer down pat. Just expanding the love for the drink. I...

I will try all this my next day off. If copper is so good why don't they make racking canes out of them to ensure that this is a step in all wine making? I am not sure how the yeast is stressed..... I used cote de blanc. Had plenty of nutrients. And had it in my fermentor at a steady 70 degrees...

I made this October 9th using wyeast ale II. 1L starter. I boiled the pumpkin in a nylon bag. 6# light DME. Mashed 2# Munich for 1hour @153. Finished with 5.5 gallons with a SG of 1.073 more info to follow. She is chugging away at 68f. Blow off tube in place as this took off and is rocketing...

This is a big help thank you. For 8 gallons how many tabs should i use? The wine should come in around 10% at most. The first wine i made a year ago was rocket fuel and needed almost two years to settle. I brew beer and wine is totally new to me. This is maybe my 5th batch total. Thanks for the...

If I add campden will this inhibit me from bottle conditioning and turning it into sparkling wine?

I made strawberry wine with fresh amazing strawberries. I have racked it once before And yesterday i racked it again. The first time i racked the wine smelled awesome. I do not want to stabilize or kill the yeast as i want to bottle condition and create sparkling wine. But last night it smelled...

I live in culver city and there is a great local shop off of Sepulvida and culver blvd. the guy is great and will help with anything needed. Just got a batch going today. Culver city home brew. Check it out