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Hey guys, So I just moved, and decided to do a new brew. Everything went fine, except it took a lot longer to bring to a boil then normal, and basically the extra 2.5gal of water i had in the freezer almost froze. I cooled my wort, and then mixed everything the way i normally do, and now my...

You can also get pH test strips anywhere they sell aquarium supplies. Just make sure that they can measure 3.5.

I figured that #2 would come up as the choice... although I think I'm going to keep the last bottle for some reason (maybe one day make a label for each of my batches and display them somewhere) Thanks

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RDWHAHB From everything I've read on this forum, if it seems like it's fine, then it is. In the carboy it looks fine to me. And in the bucket it looks like you used pellet hops, didn't get them out of the wort when it went in the bucket, and they came out in the krasen (my personal method...

So I've finally drank my way through almost all of my 1st beer :drunk: (an Irish Red circa Sept/Oct) and only have a six pack left :( Should I: 1. Invite some friend over, finish them off. 2. Save them for a few more months and see how much aging affects my beer. 3. Just mix them in...

if you still want to boast the abv, I'd add extra fermentables to the primary. I usually use just plain dextrose, but I know that there are a few places (Austin HomeBrew for one) that sell a special mix of sugars that boast abv without changing taste.

while I have never used them, I've seen a lot of people here say to use them to make a bourbon cask ale or something similar, or use them to replace oak chips. Just make sure to sanitize the chips before hand. Try the search function, there's actually a few other topics on this.

I think Senor has a good idea, start with the micros, and brew on your own, and invite your regulars to a monthly "tasting" where they pay an entry and get free beer (a few cornies depending on how many regulars) and eventual the money man will see that you have a huge line on your "tasting"...

Not only am I an apartment brewer, but as a college student I have 3 other roommates who get mad when I make my wort, and only have my closet to store primaries/secondaries and under my bed for bottles. Still, the most annoying thing is the crappy electric stove that barely gets a boil going on...

Forgot to answer these: I'd do a 1/3 late extract addition (guess I should have put that in the recipe) usually with about 10 minutes to go. I do a 3gal boil. Obviously I'd have one hell of a starter going.

Thanks for all the replies... I'm still not too sure which one to do, but 6fidd did make a good point by keeping SWMBO happy... but still, I figure this would be the best time to fix both recipes since they will be my next two, in some order... For the IPA -I've always had Amber and Dark...

mainly because thats what I have around (minus the hops) You think I should drop the dark DME for more amber or pale?

Ok, I have a brew day planned Sunday, but I'm not sure what to make, I'm down to 2 choices: IPA or Honey Blonde, both are extracts Recipes: IPA (modeled loosely after DFH's different IPAs) 6# Pale DME 3# Amber DME 3# Dark DME (yes that much, looking for a heavy, high abv) Seep at 155...

The main draw back to putting 3gal in a 6.5gal fermentor is that you have 3.5gal of empty air. Trust everyone on this board and just fill the whole thing up, it's worth it... from what I hear, mines still fermenting. You can make the small batch, but why would you not want to fill it up since...

***Follow up questions!*** Well it's cleaned up and stopped producing the foam/kraseun mix, so thats good. Follow up question: Also, I know it tastes amazing if left alone for 6months, but whats the earliest I can bottle it and it taste good?

craigshelper was able to search many different sites/locations at once. Once you pick the state, wait for it to load the cities link right below it (atleast that's the way it was for FL) It's not much help, except it lets you look at a couple cities at once... still nothing good up though...

Alright, sounds good to me (less work is always a good idea to me :) ) Thanks

It's been sitting about 2 1/2 weeks right now, and I can't bottle do to a lack of empty bottles (only have about 20, so it's not an easy one night problem to fix) I'm hoping to have enough bottles next weekend or the weekend after.

Ok, I know the pro's to using a secondary, and that you don't need one... etc etc etc, but I have this question: I recently decided to make Apfelwein in my secondary, so I don't have one open. I want to keep aging (read as don't have enough empty bottles :D ) the ale in my primary, should I...