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True, but his is already bottled. It usually sticks around I thought.

Buttery is usually diacetyl which gets worse over time.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning -St. Obnoxious

Sam Adams is definitely an ale. I've had Shipyard and I agree that it's not so great.

Is there a commercial example of a pumpkin LAGER? I've been considering combining Oktoberfest with Pumpkin spices. I think the cleanliness of the lager could let the spices shine differently than pumpkin ales. I might make my base pumpkin ale recipe a few times and ferment it as both an ale and...

Any more than half a tsp of each in a five gallon batch would be way too much. Half tsp each in 5 gallons at 15 min left in the boil and another half tsp each at kegging is PERFECT!

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I'll recommend Charlie Papazzian's Complete Joy of Homebrewing and Homebrewing for Dummies. I read those bad boys cover to cover so many times. It really helped me understand the all grain process.

Also, you should never wash anything that comes in contact with your beer with soap. I saw you used Star San, which is great. All that's really necessary is to wash the bottles with water, scrub them with a brush to make sure there is no debris, and hit them with star San. It's a no rinse...

What temperature did it ferment at? Temperature control is #1 when it comes to making good beer.

Take it off the heat another 15 minutes after you add the spices - 60 minute boil time total

Go back to p. 3 on this thread and Max said 12 lbs of pale extract (liquid or dry would work- up to you I guess) and two lbs of crystal 20( actual grain for color/body). Basically you'd need a cheese cloth/grain bag and would put the 2 lbs of crystal 20 into it. Steep those in about 2 gallons of...

You sound new to this based on these two posts. If I were you I would probably get some pale malt extract and two lbs of crystal 20 to steep. Brew it as an extract beer- you LHBS could help you with everything you'd need. If you're going to do all grain brewing then no you don't steep the...

I mashed the grains at 153.

Thanks that does help. Is there anything about this product that could hurt my current refrigerator? I only ask because I'll be using my kegerator as a fermentation chamber.

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I just received this in the mail. I'm a bumbling idiot when it comes to programming things like this. I'm going to use this to make lagers. Can someone give me easy to follow directions for setting this up? Thanks!

I like Sam Adams Double Bock and Troegs Troegenator. Those are the only two American Dopplebocks I like. They still can't touch Samichlaus!

Absolutely! I would love to meet up. This is my sixth year in a row going.

I pitched mine onto a yeast cake from a low gravity smash ale I made. PLENTY of yeast there lol.