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A good resource to read to learn what to do: http://www.howtobrew.com/ I would try to find a local home brew shop (LHBS) and see what kind of starter kits they have. Where are you located? Other options are to buy starter kits online. There are a ton of reputable online homebrew shops out...

That sounds interesting. What's the ratio of vanilla beans to vodka that you use? Do you just put the beans in whole?

No, you'll just have more trub. I would keep it in the primary for 2 weeks if you are not going to do a secondary & then bottle or keg it.

Good link on how to make a yeast starter: http://www.beerdude.com/yeast_starter.shtml

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I think it might be to give the beer a chance to start fermentation, but like John said I don't see why you couldn't do both the same day.

No, you'll be fine. That's what most people do. Just keep in mind that if you start brewing bigger beers you definitely want to make a starter.

You should check out this months BYO. They give a great breakdown of when and why to do late boils. Here's a link to the article online including recipes: http://www.byo.com/feature/1510.html

When you activated the Wyeast pack, did it swell first?

Just to add my 2 cents in. If you don't put it in the secondary, leave it in the primary for 2 weeks & then bottle

Chimone, Did you leave the pumpkin from the mash in or did you remove and then just boil 1 can of pumpkin? I'm getting ready to brew a maple pumpkin ale in the next week or two.

Congrats on your first brew. I would also recommend getting a second one underway. Most of the time you're a little anxious to test the first one and you drink it before it's truly ready. If you have the second one conditioning at the same time, that one should actually age properly & you'll...

Here's what I get when I swap out the crystal for 1 lb of Honey Malt & change the DME from Light to Extra Light: Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.5 % Bitterness: 14.7 IBU Est Color: 7.7 SRM

Hmm.. reading more about this beer it sounds like there's some honey in there too.

Amount Item Type % or IBU 3 lbs Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 50.0 % 2 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 33.3 % 1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 16.7 % 0.25 oz Centennial [10.00%] (60 min) Hops 9.5 IBU 1 oz fresh grated ginger with juices for 30 minutes...

Yuri, What size stir bar do you think this could use? Would a 50mm stir bar work or should we stick with the 25mm?

Yuri, Those look great. Thanks for your time & effort on this.

johnsma22 - Did you make that kegerator or is that store bought? I like being able to fit 3 cornies & the CO2 in there...

I'd bottle it too Bopper. I know homebrewer_99 kept a beer in the primary for over a month and it won an award. Like Beer Snob said, there is no hard and fast rule for brewing.

So this is looking like this? Amount Item Type % or IBU 6 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 64.8 % 2 lbs Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 21.6 % 10.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 6.8 % 6.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 4.1 % 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L...