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I put the lid on the bucket - but I don't snap it into place. That way floaties and junk don't land in my beer. Nice post. It's great when people share their experiences so the rest of us can learn.

"probably due to the drunken dishwasher waving his arms madly over the open bucket" LOL!

Some rep from the company that makes StarSan was on BrewStrong a while back. He said that it is in fact the PH that matters - but that cloudy StarSan is an indication that the PH is off.

More yeast might mean lazy yeast - but it will still ferment just fine. In their anaerobic state they are going to multiply anyway and the should be more than you pitched -if you pitched so much that they don't need to multiply, you'll miss out on some of the flavors that are caused by that...

I had a similarly bad brew day on Friday. So many things went wrong - but I kept the brew. I decided to name it "Train Wreck Stout" because the brew day was such a train wreck.

And for the record - I haven't dry hopped anything myself yet. (I will in my next batch when i do a stone IPA clone)

It's probably not bad - I'm sure it will be fine. I've heard more advanced brewers - like Jamil and Palmer say that you use a secondary only for dry hopping (and adding fruits) - because the hop resins will coat the yeast and inhibit activity - but I think you don't have to worry about that...

i always thought that you weren't supposed to dry hop until the active fermentation stopped. I'm curious to read what people have to say on this.

Look closely - you can see a bubble making it's way out.

:rockin: - I'm just sayin'

Interesting note about the thermometer - I hadn't heard that before. I got the 1.046 from Brew Target. Thanks for the advice. I won't add water now as it's already fermenting, but next time I can do that.

It's not just the recipe - it's the equipment and the process that makes the beer - so you should be fine sharing your recipe and not worrying about someone reproducing the same exact taste.

I just brewed a batch with my new burner and new kettle last night. It was my first time using both of them. I completely underestimated my evaporation rate. I was expecting around 1 gallon per hour - it turned out to be 1.75 gallons per hour. (It wasn't a crazy boil either - I kept it as...

Most of the home brew software out there will give you a target OG. I use BrewTarget. Of course - that's a target. The true OG depends on so many things - so it is really just an guesstimate.

But really, why are we talking about that? The submission of the night has to be Matt Hughes. That was awesome!

Well, you have to have good submission defense to be a real champion and that has always been Sonin's weakness. I was very surprised and very impressed at what Sonin did to Silva. He beat the crap out of him. The legend of Silva is gone after that one. But - I have to give Silva credit. He...

Thanks to all. It looks like if I want to brew today I have to go pick up some bottles of spring water. I won't be able to get these tablets quickly. I'm 40 minutes from my LHBS and on a Friday in the summer it might take me 2 hours. So - spring water it is. - I learned something else on...

Thanks. I've been reading some of the posts about chlorine and I'm confused because I've never heard of chloramine before. I'm going to do some research to see if I can find out what they put in my water.

Quick newbie question: How do I get the chlorine out of my water? Do I have to buy a filter? Can I just boil it off or let it sit? What does everyone else do? Thanks in advance