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the only thing i would make sure of is that there isn't a corking fee being applied. If there was, I could see how TABC would consider your beer being used 'for profit' even if it isn't you who's profiting. Then someone misses out on their taxes. Otherwise you are giving your beer away in a...

sounds good, thanks for the responses. It looks normal this morning and is now warming to room temp.

So i'm doing a blonde and i'm using White Labs German Ale/Kolsch 029. Yesterday morning I pitched into a 1 liter starter that had 4 ounces of extra pale dme and 1/8tsp fermax previously boiled and cooled. This is the first starter that never gave me any kind of its own krausen. I know its...

They bottle conditioned at 70 degrees for 4 weeks and 1 day. sorry if my post wasn't clear.

So I brewed this beer over 4 weeks ago, 4 weeks and 1 day ago. This was my second batch of beer. My first batch a belgian whit has no problem with carbonation (actually overly carbed), but this one is almost flat. I used 4.5 ounces of corn/priming sugar when I bottled. There is enough...

skyforger, quick question tho. Is keeping it an even higher temp around 70 better than the possibility for swinging temps between day and night 50-70. I wish this batch was done now, cause its cold, but i bet when its ready for the cold it'll be warm again. go figure

much appreciate the advice. I'll check the temp on the big freezer at the fire station. I'm guessing its probably around 28 or 29. gotta check with the captain to see if he's ok with it first :S Houblon, i was being cheap and trying not to buy another pack of hops :) Considering the cost of...

thanks for the advice. I've been reading about the cold conditioning. Problem is, I don't have the gear to do it. The temps givin in How to Brew Like a Monk are sometimes 32 degrees. Wouldn't your beer ice over? If that's ok, well, I got a big freezer at the fire station I can put it in...

Just wanted to get some input on a strong dark (my first big beer and first AG to boot) that I've been working on. Thanks Nateo for your advice. Wolfgang's Black Heart - Dark Strong Ale 18-E Belgian Dark Strong Ale Size: 5.04 gal Efficiency: 75.0% Attenuation: 85% Calories: 279.12...

that's what i was thinking too. it sounds logical to me at least.

Right, but if i pitch into all 3 liters, swirl, then decant two liters to one flask and one liter to another I assumed I'd have roughly the same number of beasties per liter in the wort?

I will soon be brewing my first big 1.092-3 beer. Jamil's MrMalty says that If I want to use 2 vials I need a 2.5-3 liter starter. Does that mean that I just need to pitch both vials in on 2.5 liter's of 1.040 wort? If so, I have a 1000ml and a 2000ml flask. Can I pitch the yeast into...

i'm totally down with BIAB, and i probably will, but this particular beer is a really big grain bill for doing BIAB. I keep seeing 35lbs of grain and bag and trying to picture how I'm going to manage it.

It looks like I could drop the sparge water to 4.5 gallons and i end up with 4.5/4.5, but I end up with a 1.03qt/lb mash ratio. Is that enough to not risk a stuck sparge?

picked one up, thanks for the tip.

Ok I'm looking further into batch sparging, (according to Beer Tools) If I want 7 gallons of wort, and i batch sparge, and my grain bill is 17.5 lbs, I need 5.5 gallons to get to 1.25qt/lb in the mash. That means I'll only be addiing 3.5 gallons of sparge water. Is that enough water for the...

There are some benefits, the primary of which is you are only using first runnings so you don't have to worry about your mash ph. The only real negative is that you have to use more grain and need enough MLT to hold all the grain and water. Just seems faster and easier to me.

ewwww. at 55% I'd need a 12 gallon MLT cause I'd need 9.7 gallons of water.. maybe i will be batch sparging after all. :)

So I'm looking at breaking out into AG and No Sparge seems to be the simplest way to get into it, and by some accounts produces better wort in some instances. I don't really care if i have to buy a few extra lbs of grain, as its a small price to pay for simplicity. I just want good beer. So...

Well, i think I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy a 10 gallon cooler and make a mash tun and just do this sucker up with a single batch sparge. Thanks for pushing me to AG, my wife will send you the bill :P