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Cooling the wort.

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Taking a break during the brew

Auj keeps the wort stirred

This has happened to me twice without a big deal. Poor bastard drank as much as he could and sank to the bottom of the frementer. RIP, little buddy.

I was just giving my opinion, he can ignore it as he wishes. This is a forum full of opinions, I wish I had a dollar for every time I have read RDWHAHB. Its way overused but I don't see you exploding over that? If you can't handle repetition or opinions you are probably in the wrong place.

I have noticed that brewing is a process. You start with a Mr. Beer kit and move to extract brewing and then ultimately all grain brewing. Moving from bottling to kegging is part of that process for many. After the 20th bottling day you hit the wall and look for a better way. Personally, I don't...

I used to have the exact problem. I had troubles keeping the carbonation consistent and it drove me batty until I had a batch with a few bottle bombs and I gave up and went to kegging. Ultimately, I got tired of the whole bottling nightmare.

I should clarify myself a bit. I woke up at 3am and it was bubbling. I don't know exactly when it started but I saw it bubbling within 9 hours. It was probably less. Also, I sprinkle it on top, let it foam a bit and then shake the living hell out of the carboy. I spriinkle on top and then...

Lots of water is good but gatoraide is better for hydration. I find that helps on the rare occasion that I drink comercial beers.

Is emptying a keg a good or bad thing? On one hand it means that you need to brew more which is good but it also means that you are out of your favorite beer on a Friday night. Is emptying a keg a good or bad thing?

I have always just pitched dry Saf 04 and 05 without any problems. I have visible bubbling after 9 hours on my latest batch. I love Safale yeast, it's about all I use. Cheap and effecient. The instructions say to just sprinkle it on top of the wort and let it sit for 30 minutes and see it...

I wish someone had told me to go straight to All Grain.

Post Mortem. Everything went well enough however keep a big bucket under the work area because you will spill volumes of foam. Also, one keg ran out which caused a big mess. Otherwise, all went well.

I have begun to pitch 2 packets of Saf 04 to get a quick clean ferment in 5 gal batches of stout. I woulent fret.

Thanks for the advice, guys.

Why couldent you use one of those old fashioned clothes wringers to crush the grain!

Some of those threads are hundreds of replies and filtering them is almost impossible.

I am going to fill some swing top bottles and give them away for Christmas. I am going to refrigerate the bottles and clean and sanitize them then fill them with beery goodness. My questionis this: I know that CO2 comes out of suspension when the beer gets warm, will the bottles have a...