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I brewed a NB All-grain Witbier kit the Saturday before last. It was my first AG beer and I missed the mash temperature by about 7 degrees too low; it was supposed to be 150 I heated the water to the temperature suggested by iBrewMaster and the temp of the mash was like 143 or so. I ran it off...

If you are brewing a 5 Gallon batch I definitely recommend using half the bag of coriander as it will taste purely of the coriander if you use the whole bag.

Quite an interesting brew, I'd love to try that perhaps fermented with a yeast cultivated from brewing tools of that age...

As I understand it the blichmann burner is only worth it if you plan on upgrading to a blichmann top tier system where you can integrate the burner. I use the sq14 and it is awesome (be carefully not to melt the rubber off your ball valve like I did :) )

Thanks dude, It's been 8 house since I pitched and the airlock is showing vigorous activity do I think we're in the clear. I think next time I will order from a closer store when heat waves hit!

I got my first all-grain kit in the mail from NB on tuesday and I'm brewing on Saturday. When I opened the envelope with the yeast in it it was already partially inflated. I had thought that the smack pack had been broken in shipping but when I went to make my starter last night I noticed the...

I do have some US-05 left over from some of my first batches but I don't think it's appropriate for this beer. Plus I have a little bit of bias against dry yeast probably due to the fact that I blamed my first couple of bad batches on the yeast. (more likely poor temp control / handling)

Just got the stuff in the mail today! I'm excited to finally start all grain, just one small problem. The wyeast activator pack was activated by the lovely handling of UPS. The cold pack was also already room temperature. I threw the yeast in the fridge a fast as I could. I plan on brewing on...

I will use the old pot for HLT as suggested, I really wanted to fly sparge but I guess I will just batch sparge this time. I will try those weldless fittings soon! Thanks guys!

So I built my mashtun out of a 10 gallon water cooler and now I'm ready for my first all-grain batch. In addition to building the mashtun I also ordered a nice 8 gallon brew pot with and a banjo burner to take the whole operation out on the deck. My question lies with how I incorporate my old...

While it is possible it got infected sitting exposed for six hours it is most likely just a leak in the bucket. The most scientific and sure way to know what's going on is to measure the specific gravity. I would do that and let it sit for a few weeks

Oh ok as long as the yeast is up to it, I thought the heat might be from fusil alcohols caused by high ferment temp. Ask me how I know about these :)

What temperature did you ferment at?

Quick question: could you derive og of a commercial beer by measuring fg and using the alcohol percentage printed on the label? What would this formula look like?

I'd say it depends on how much you like coriander. It will definitely take a front row seat in the flavor profile if you crack it or stay in the back if you leave it alone.

Yeah I have read that's it's sort of an either or with bananas if you ferment colder and cloves of you ferment higher, trouble is I've never really picked these flavors out in a commercial beer so I'm not sure which one I want...

I actually love the smell but I was just worried because I've heard bananas called an off flavor, but that's good advice from both of you. Thank you very much!

I bought a standard witbier kit from NB using the suggested wyeast 3944 yeast. I know that sometimes bananas is an acceptable feature of these beers but I open my fermentation cabinet and WHEW bananas all over the place. I used a starter and got my pitch rates pretty close. The bucket stayed at...

5 gallons of meth!? Your gonna be rich!

Warm Tecate, trying to enjoy the company of my soon-to-be father in law. He put lime and salt in it. WHAT THE EFF?! Is it normal to drink beer so bad you have to modify it with salt?