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Very cool. I might have to look in to something like that.

What is that you are brewing on? Grill? Can you achieve a pretty quick boil on it?

Your extract recipe says 30oz canned pumpkin for 5 gallons and your AG says 60oz for 5 gallons. I am looking to do an extract variation and am wondering if I should stick with the 30oz. Thanks!

Yeah, vinegar is definitely cheaper and my secondary is crystal clean. I think if I let the Oxyclean soak for no longer than 24hrs, then vinegar is the way to go.

Well the solution worked wonders on both my glass carboys. I had to use my carboy brush on the bottom of the primary to get rid of the white spots that remained. I had trouble getting off a couple of the spots and I now have it soaking in a StarSan solution.

It is distilled white vinegar. I tried rinsing, shaking & using a brush, but the white residue seems to be on there pretty good.

I filled my 6.5 gal carboy with 1oz of Oxyclean Free and water and let it sit for 1 week. I also put 1oz of Oxyclean in my 5 gal secondary for 24hrs. Both have the dreaded oxyclean residue. I found a thread on here that suggested filling my carboys with a vinegar (3oz) and water solution to...

If you are not in a hurry to jump right in, I would check out Craigslist. I searched Craigslist for a month and found my equipment kit for 60 bucks at a garage sale. Got all the basic kit stuff, 6.5g glass carboy, 5g glass secondary and a homemade fermentation box with temp control. If you...

That makes sense. I did not realize that there were 3 different accepted algorithms for determining bitterness. I am not sure what BeerCalculus uses, but I looked at TastyBrew and they also use Tinseth. I just tried their bitterness calculator and it was in the same range as Beersmith...

This is a problem I wish I had! Just brewed my 4th batch yesterday, so I am still trying to build up a reserve.

I don't have to store for five months. I just want to see how a sixer will tastes 5 months down the line. The rest is almost gone. Frig it is! Thanks! :ban:

Can anyone help me out on this? I have read some posts about people storing beer in their wine cellar, but I don't have that option. Just really wondering if 80 degrees or the refrigerator (after 21 days of conditioning) is the better option. Thanks!

I downloaded Beersmith and have been trying it out. I have noticed the amount of hops needed to meet a specific style is dependent on the boil volume. I have formulated the same recipe on Beersmith, TastyBrew's Calc & BeerCalculus. When I change the boil volume on each to 2 gallons, they...

I am saving a sixer of my first brew, a BB American Amber Ale, for 5 months. It has been sitting at around 80 degrees for 5 weeks. Unfortunately, I live in the desert and don't really want to turn my AC down any further. Should I let it sit at room temp for the rest of the 5 months or would...

Thanks! :)

I got a wheat beer kit from my LHBS. It is their own kit and the recipe does not specify what to use for priming. I bought my equipment kit used, and the guy had a bag of corn sugar from the LHBS. Does it matter what I prime with? Considering it is a wheat beer, would corn sugar be...

It would not have bothered me at all if he said he was busy in the back and he would be opening up in a few minutes. But this guy was trying to run some sort of power trip. It sucks because I'm in that area twice a week. Oh well... I've heard What Ales Ya is really nice. But your right...

I pulled up to the Homebrew Depot this morning and they had their closed sign up. It was 11am, so I walked up to the door and peaked in. This guy, inside the shop, walked up to the door, unlocked it, and asked if he could help me. I asked if they were opening and he pointed at his hours and...

The gravity reading was 1.012 and the recipes range was 1.010-1.014. So I racked it to the secondary. I tried out the beer and it was flat and warm, but tasted pretty good. It did seem to have a little bit of a funny taste, but I am guessing that was due to it being green. On a side...

Thanks for the responses! I am going to take a reading. Hopefully, the beer's FG will line up with the recipes and I can rack to the secondary.