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I believe the first gravity reading was 1.60 i forgot to write it down. When I did my mash though I wasn't paying attention and the temperature went to 190 degrees for a couple of minutes =X

Ok so I did my first brew about 4 months ago. It was a American wheat beer. I let it sit in the primary till the OG reading stayed the same for a week. I then bottled the beers and they have been sitting at 72 degrees in my closet for about 8 weeks every week I check a beer to see the...

Hey everyone I just did my first Partial Mash brew and im wondering what happens if my strike water gets too hot and stays at the temp for about 5-10 minutes? Any feedback?

I have a question about the AHS Double Chocolate Stout. I just received my partial mash kit in the mail. I want to do it as a full boil but the instructions are for a partial boil. Should I increase the sparge water and mash water to about 3 gallons each so when it reduces in the boil i end up...

Sorry the links changed here are the revised labels I created

yea im having a tough time deciding on colors the blue is probably gonna stay. Text on the otherhand is flexable

Ok this is my second attempt of making a beer label. The alcohol percentage and name of brewery are not definate.

The city actually annually sends out a reports about the water quality. I don't know enough about brewing to really understand what stands out but I'm assuming its going to be helpful later on. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/wsstate07.pdf

So today when I was putting my beer in the primary, I realized that for the past 2 brews I made I completely just used tap water to fill the primary to 5 gallons. Im really worried that the taste of the beer is going to be severely affected. Im in NYC and the water here is actually very good...

I asked this on another thread but didn't receive a response yet so I'm asking here. I have 5 gallons of Edworts apfelwein fermenting right now and I was wondering is anyone has put the apfelwein in anything other than a bottle or keg to serve it from. I was thinking about leaving it in the...

Has anyone put apfelwein in any container other than a keg or bottle. I was thinking about leaving it it the fermenter until a few days before I wanted to serve it then putting it in the gallon jug the apple juice came in. Considering that there is live yeast im assuming this is a bad idea. Was...

I have the same thing floating around in my secondary right now. It was my first time siphoning from my primary to a secondary and I hit up some of the yeast on the bottom by accident. Anyone know a way to avoid getting it into the bottles when I'm bottling?

Its almost time to bottle and I am very excited about my first batch, so i decided to make a label to pass the time... I grew up and still live on Staten Island and occasionally run into some of the old wu tang clan... so I wanted to represent my hood!! :D Wu Tang killa bees we on da...

Ah ok thats good to know. Its 20 days in and I was just curious, was too lazy to post till now. Thanks for the help!

Ok so I am on my first batch of home made goodness but I can't exactly tell the temperature of the beer right now. I have one of those black thermometer strips that stick on the container. As of right now I see 2 different colored bars going across two temperatures. A green one going across 66...

Hey fellow New Yorkers! Sorry to sort of hijack this thread but since we are here does anyone know of any home brew shops in our area? I'm on Staten Island.

The sanitizer is LD Carlson Easy Clean. I also had a little too much cold water when mixing the wort with extra water to make it 5 gallons it was slightly over the line in my fermenter. Hopefully that doesn't affect the taste too much as well.

Hey everyone I finally made my first batch of wort and just put it away to ferment. It went fairly smoothly other than a very slight boil over. I caught it just in time so there wasn't a big mess. I used this no rinse sanitizer and my only worry is that some got into my batch probably less than...

Keezer pics, a work in prgoress