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Fellas, I made my very first batch on Jan 3rd (William's Triple Hopped Ale Kit #K35). 17 days later and only 4 more days to go, I decided to take a hydrometer reading. The beer was very clear of sediment when I used the wine thief to remove a bit out of the carboy. It was a beautiful...

Holy f! That's a lot of beer! Only six gallons for me in 2013...but starting 2014 off right, already brewing 10 gallons and will have 5 more on Wednesday. -Sapp

Buy glass :) -Sapp

Oh and lastly, I am not worried about suck back because I place my carboys a good foot above the water level in the buckets with sanitized water. -Sapp

Oh and initial gravity reading was 1.061 and inside temp has been stable at 67F. -Sapp

OK dont freak out but this is what I did. Because it was such a mess and was still coming out when I took of the airlock, I felt like I didnt have time to remove the blow off tube from my other batch, clean and sanitize...SO, I removed the blow off tube from my 5 gallon batch (which slowed down...

It was a 3 gallon better bottle and I had a total of 2.5 gallons....so .5 gallons or so. I was instructed to do this by the homebrew store owner. I followed his instructions to the T. -Sapp

Fellas, So I finally started my Schofferhofer Clone brew. Because the recipe called for only a 2.5 gallon batch of hefeweizen, I inquired about the tube of Whitelabs WLP-300 hefeweizen from the brew shop owner who was nice enough to give me the recipe. According to him, I was supposed...

Rogue Deadguy really sealed the deal for me. Even though I drank bud and miller when I was younger, as I got older I aquired a taste for something much better with more flavor and uniqueness. My father in-law and a few buddies always made fun of me because of the beers I would buy and...

I liked Torpedo! Was very strong but smelled fantastic! -Sapp

Oops! -Sapp

Loucurr, Maybe I will try Grapefruit juice as well. Pshakerc has a nice juicer I can use! My wife recently bought a couple rubys and they were actually sweet. Still a little bitter like a grapefruit, but definitely easy to eat raw. How did it taste Loucurr? -Sapp

Dude! I have been wondering wtf is wrong with me! Since I got my brew kit for Christmas, I have been drinking more beer than usual for the bottles. Well I have always swirled a bottle for the sediment in brews that have it, but recently my wife has been like...wth is wrong with you. I have...

Fellas, I have searched high and low and have not been able to find a good solid recipe to clone Schofferhofer's Grapefruit Hefeweizen beer. I did find one on beersmith's website but it is all grain and I did not see any type of grapefruit ingredient. Here's the scoop on how and what I...

Any specific recipes on the amber or pale ales with the ingredients ive got? -Sapp

I forgot to add that all of them are whole hops. And I got them for free :) Wasn't going to turn down free fresh whole hops! I will check out beersmith too...thanks. Sapp

Fellas, Being the type of guy that I am, I bought a bunch of stuff from a brew store before researching anything...obvious total rookie mistake. However, instead of letting it sit and gather dust, tell me what I could make with what I have lying around. Here is what I've got...would...

Well I think I will be rigging a blow off hose to all future batches just as a safety precaution, at least until fermentation slows down. Thanks for the help everyone. -Sapp

Im a list guy too so here are mine: 1.) Brew a Rogue Dead Guy Ale replica (one of my fav beers) 2.) Brew a Schofferhofer Grapefruit beer replica (only beer my wife will drink and I like ;)) 2.) Covert my chest freezer into a temp controlled fermenting chest 3.) Go to all grain before...

Awesome thread...never realized there were so many unique openers out there! I guess I need to start collecting! -Sapp