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Wort movie of all time in my opinion and the only movie I did not at least suffer though to see if the end made the whole story worth it was Gili with Ben Aflack and Jennifer Lopez. I think both my wife and I only made it 15 min. in before we shut if off.

This works every time for me when I have slower carbonation. After I swirl, about a week later things are fine.

From my understanding, those fishtank style of thermometers are to be stuck on the outside of your carboy to help monitor fermentation temps.

Don't forget if you commit a violent crime you can be tried as an adult even if you are a child. Just another messed up loop in the legal system as far as age goes.

I read an article somewhere where a beer tasting expert suggested the best all around glass for drinking beer is a Red Wine glass. The shape and size are perfect. And something about the shape helps funnel aromas to your nose, and is wide enough to allow the aromatics out. I bought some stemless...

I use beersmith http://www.beersmith.com they have a 21 day trial. Also, I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but a free utility online is http://www.beertools.com

If you really want to blow your socks off, soak them in homebrew 24-48 hours before par boiling and grilling them. Now that is heaven. I use homebrew in tons of stuff, Mix in a little when making hamburgers, I use 2 bottles when I make chili, Add it to beef stew made in a slow cooker. mmmmmmm...

Only real ill effect is that your yeast may be dead if it did in fact freeze, they are at least out of suspension for sure. All you did was clear your beer. Many people, especially those who keg, do that to their beer to get the yeast to drop out. As far as flavor goes it will be fine. As a...

On a semi-positive note, if by chance it is infected, it sounds like it might be that White dust mold. I have never had that (*knocks on wood*), but from what I read it does not effect the taste of the beer so it should still be drinkable. But still, the thought of the mold being in there...

I have rehydrated my yeast both ways and the "just sprinkle it in" can work. That's how I did it before, now I do so with warm water because I read that more of the yeast survive that way. You can damage the yeast if you add it dry directly to the wort, but many will survive and you will still...

You can use heat, use your oven for glass or metal objects. I have heard of many people sanatizing thier bottles and carboys in the oven. Just put the bottles cold into the oven and turn it on to 250 degrees and let it go for an hour or 2. Remove the bottles and let them cool then fill. That's...

I don't have to many but love the ones I got. The complete joy of homebrewing homebrewing guide The Homebrewer’s Recipe Guide Beer Lovers Rating Guide And one I just bought on Saturday and is a great read: The Brewmaster's Table 2nd edition Unrealted to homebrewing and more realted to...

Your welcome. I may be wrong but, if you've had beersmith for a while I don't think it was originally on there, but was part of the last update. So you may not have noticed it if you had the version before the last update. Sometimes I just play around with it for fun and convert my extract...

Beersmith has a conversion tool. They also have a 21 day free trial. If you already have promash, I would just download beersmith and use the 21 day trial to convert all my recipes. It would save yourself a lot of work if you are doing the conversions yourself.

Breiss makes a Pilsen Light LME. I think the SRM is 1-3. I have used it in a Kolsch and the color pretty much the same as a Pilsner.

I have made a few beers without one. And your right you don't need one, but I think mostly it comes from a safety standpoint. Some beers are very slow fermenters and some people may bottle them to quickly, especially if they are only doing 1 stage of fermentation. Exploding beer bottles can be a...

I have not used the extracts yet but plan to sometime in a wheat, and have heard a lot about them and asked some questions. Most people say to use only half the bottle of the fruit extract(which is different from artificial fruit flavorings which you can also find and use, but the taste is to...

Well, this is just an estimate but if there was 5lbs of LME and you used a neutral average yeast like 1056, your estimated OG would have been 1.035 and FG would be around 1.008 and give you about 3.5% ABV. For 6lbs you come out a little better at 1.042 OG and 1.010 FG and 4.2% ABV so if you have...

If your bottles start bursting then you'll know that it was not done fermenting when you bottled it. That can be dangerous. But if all seems fine, what makes you think it has no alcohol in it? It almost sounds like if you only had 1 can/bag of extract, the kit was supposed to only make 2.5- 3...