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Well, I ended up with just under 2 gallons in the bucket at 1.054. Rehydrated the yeast in a cup of warm water and threw a little over a half cup in.

All Grain Arrogant Bastard Clone - all outside. It's around 42 degrees outside with some strong wind.

Yeah, I've read that some people do not like to put a flame on the mash tun. And, I've already learned my lesson on overheating. I generally kill the flame about 5-7 degrees early and it ends up right in range.

I'm doing an Arrogant Bastard clone today, and thinking of making a small beer out of the leftovers. I plan on getting about 3 gallons out of the second beer, and I have a Cooper's Dry Brewing Yeast for the second batch. Should I pitch the whole pack or would that be overkill?

I'm working with Stainless Steel HLT and Mash Tun. I've missed my target temp a couple of times, and if adding more hot water didn't bring the temp up enough I use a jet burner to bring the mash temp up to my target. Anyone see any problems with this?

The only problem is the 11 + hour drive to get there. :)

Damn! I was in town at about the right time, but I missed the Winter Ale!

Would there be negative effects to the finished product with that much empty space in the fermenter?

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The date was 27 DEC 11. I've been reading that it could take this strain a while to swell, and I only had it smacked and at room temp for 6-7 hrs. This is my first Belgian, and the only other smack packs I've used were good to go after 4-6 hrs. I was slightly concerned, but the more I read...

Is a month to five weeks total about average for fermenting a Belgian? I brewed a Chimay Red clone yesterday. I'm trying to plan when to transfer. OG was 1.071. I pitched 2 packs of Wyeast Belgian Abbey 1214 with no starter. They didn't swell as much as I thought they should have before I...

What would the pros and cons be for bulk or bottle aging?

Google! I learned more here than anywhere, so I decided to join.

On top of that, MS has a 5% alcohol limit on beer. I found this out at the Top of the Hops festival in Biloxi. There is a group trying to get laws changed to raise the limit. http://raiseyourpints.com Also, the American Homebrewers Association is trying to help make homebrewing legal...

Heh. I've been debating what it would be for around 6 months. :)

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