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I didn't see any foaming after I added the sugar to the amount I siphoned off. which indicated to me that all the yeast must have settled out. Is there a rule of thumb of how much yeast to add to attain carbonation? Thanks DocScott for your help! Thanks for all your help. MT

Hey all, I somehow forgot that I had a wheat beer sitting in secondary for 6 months. I siphoned some beer off the top and added some sugar but didn't see any action. How much yeast should I add while bottling to make sure the beer is carbonated? Thanks for all your help... I can't...

Couldn't you re-purpose one of these guys? We have removed all the plastic casing and used the motor/gearbox/clutch assembly as robot drive motors. You could even replace the trigger with speed control (potentiometer) and test the clutch positions for the torque output. Maybe even a...

Dang... Thanks for all the replies!!!... I did forget to stir it before I checked... what a bonehead move! thanks, MT

Hey all, I think I had a learning experience tonight... My LHBS didn't have and pellet cascade hops (for my Pale Ale) but they had whole hops. So I bought those instead and adjusted my recipe accordingly (this was my first experience with these!). After boiling and cooling I filled up my...

+5 American Wheat +5 Pale Ale 18,478 + 10 = 18,488

+ 2.5 gal Amber Ale 10718.5

I am using the Windows Version... When I make new equipment and save it it only saves my boil volume and nothing else... If I go back in and input the batch size and input the rest and press save it only saves the batch size... Am I doing something wrong??? Thanks, MT

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Are these similar to better bottles? How much could I ferment in this jug safely? Thanks for your help! MT

Hey all, I went to Sams Club yesterday to pick up some water for my homebrew so I bought some 4 gallon jugs. Would these bottles be safe to ferment some beer in? Thanks, MT

Sounds good... I am going to have a go at it... Worse comes to worse I will have to buy a new brew pot :rockin:! In that case what size pot would I get to do 5 gal BIABs? Thank you all for your responses! MT

Thanks for your response. I was actually hoping to do 2 - 2.5 gallon batches to start off with in that pot. Per pound of grain how much water displacement can I expect?

Hey all, I have seen a lot of BIAB articles and posts and am very interested in trying it out. I have a 3 gallon pot (about 3.5 to the rim). How big of a batch could I prepare in this size pot?.. I am not sure how much water displacement grain produces. Thanks, MT

I have been looking at various sites for a primary fermenter... Austin Homebrew has a 6 gallon fermenter (is this like a typical 6.5 gallon from my LHBS?). I have read that 6.5 gallons are recommended. But I also saw a 7.9 gallon. I plan on doing 5 gallon batches. Thanks, MT

Hey all, I plan on brewing Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe this weekend (my first brew)... Is this recipe any good? Is it worth brewing 5 gallons of? (I kind of wanted to start using extract and hops then move onto extract, specialty grains and hops after a few brews) I have noticed many...

I have a recipe I am going to attempt that requires Pale Malt Extract. I found a place that sells extra pale Malt extract (about 1.25 lovibond)... If I use that instead of the Pale malt extract how would that affect the batch (generally speaking)? Thanks, MT

I have a Basic Stamp microcontroller right now that I am doing some Prototyping on... I could easily move to a PICAxe or Arduino. I primarily would like to use it for fermentation temperature control. But I was also thinking of using it for holding the water during single temperature infusion...

Hey all, I am planning on making a temperature probe to use when I am brewing... I have seen that many have used the LM34/35 sensors. I am not sure that these are suitable for long lead applications (in excess of 10 ft). Are there any sensors that others are using (in the TO-92 package)...

I am about to about to brew my 3rd batch of beer and wanted to try a simple recipe from this site... behold I found: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/simple-wheat-208143/. I have searched the web for Briess Liquid Wheat extract (60% barley, IIRC) but can't seem to find it... can anyone point...