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Sweet thanks for all the replies. I feel confident that I can brew one of these bad boys now. Has anyone ever done a same Belgium with the raisin flavors that I was describing.

I'm using a swamp cooler by the way and while I'm away at work I get some big temp swings. I've been using us-05 for most of my beers for this reason. Also like quads cause of the raisin flavors they can have. Can I do it with my set up?

So I'm still an amateur when it comes to brewing but I think I have a good amount of knowledge so far. I've made barley wines and Russian imperial stouts that have came out great but never made an high alcohol Belgium beer. I don't have the best temp control so I want to know what's the best...

I have a ghost face killah I my fridge right now im wait for the right moment to try this one.

I love anchor steams brekles brown ale. Its has a great fruity taste for the citra hops that its brewed with.

I have a ton of SN bottles and I haven't had a problem yet. I only had one problem with a broken bottle while bottling. It was a long neck bottle that broke right at the top of the neck. Cant think of what kind of bottle it was because I have so many different kinds but I haven't had a...

The most rewarding part is opening a bottle and hearing the hiss of co2 escape. Then pour and taking a sip of all your hard work. But is there is a part of the process of making it that I enjoy the most is the boil. Hop additions and just the smell that you get from it is simply amazing.

It's probably temperate changes. The temperature of your liquid will change the reading. Your hydrometer is calibrated to read at 60 degrees. You can try to get it as close to that as you can or use an online calculator. I personally don't bother as long as you take the reading at the same...

Fort Collins Rocky Mountain IPA. Most of the beers that I don't care for are now becoming IPA's. their is just so many out now it's hard to differentiate the difference between them.

Next time I make another batch I'm going to steam and soak like everyone else and try the two yeasts over again.

Just finished with my first two batches of this. I was inpatient and didn't soak the rice also I didn't know that it had to be steamed so I just boiled it. I went to my closes Chinese market and they had two different kinds of yeast balls the first was small and nothing really on the package...

I found a box full of beer not to long ago mysel it was only three months old but still a great find.

That would be amazing! I'm would love to have clear lids for all my buckets

So I brew a stone levitation ale clone and it tastes great but I'm getting a strange plastic flavor from it. I have no idea where this could be coming from. I don't filter my brewing water and just use what ever I get from my tap. I also fermented in a bucket. I know lots of people use them...

It's at room temp right now I'm Orlando Florida with the coldest temps we've had all year, (lows of 55 f) It's been around 65 - 70 in the house. We don't like using the heat.

I'm always scared to do that but if its been done with success ill do it. How long does it normally take to finish up usually so I won't have to take as many samples. Two weeks sound normal

So I started my first cider about 5days ago and I guess I really didn't think it though all the way. I'm only doing a one gallon batch of this stuff and really don't want to waste to much of it taking gravity readings. How long does it usually take to get to finally gravity. I'm using an...

Yeah they did some work! The beer was moved in the oak cubes today with the little bourbon that was left. The cubes soaked it all up. I mashed at 150 to see if I could get it to stay at 1.020 like you suggested but it ended up at 1.016 . I got crazy attenuation but I believe it's because I...

Your fine just pitch your yeast! The worst that can happen is its under pitch but it think you'll be just fine. What kind of yeast do you have.

So I have this fermenting for the last 9 day and got a gravity reading of 1.020 already hoping that it stays put. The sample gases great and I can't wait to have a glass of this when its done. I'm kind of scared to see what happens during bottling time. This is my first big beer and I'm...