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ah, crud. I just pitched the vial after oxygenating pretty well. It has been 30 hours with no activity so I an getting a bit nervous. I may be screwed since I don't have the glassware to make a yeast starter just yet. Should I just get another vial and pitch it and hope for the best? Should I...

I brewed this as my first All Grain tonight however I did nto use a yeast starter. I used a a vial of White Labs Yeast instead. I am new to all grain and I wanted to get some experience before I added a yeast started to the mix. Should I have pitched 2 vials instead of one?

I have the exact same sitch. I measured my gravity before pictching the yeast. Is the OG suposed to be taked before the boil? I measured after the boil when the wort was cooled and just before I put it in the fermenter. My temp when I took the reading was 68*. My first All Grain brew day went...

I scammed an old cooler from the garage and took it to Home Depot and mustered all of the pieces to make one. I used the stainless braid design with some hose clamps. Total Price was under 15 bucks. It leaked a bit during mash but it held temperature and worked fine. I'm not cheap, just cash...

I never drink the sample ( that sounds wrong!) it always tastes green and horrible and it bums me out. I wait for the finished product.

I am looking for a 5 gallon all grain version of this recipe but I can't find it in the replies. Is it just a matter of halfing the 10 gallon recipe?

Here's a dumb question. I am assuming that 4oz is a dry weight and I will need a scale? I have been using 3/4 of a cup of priming sugar.

Ditto. I completed my first All Grain today and it went very well. I missed my OG a bit but I think its ok. I learned volumes by reading this forum, thanks to all.

I took my first swing at All Grain brewing today using this recipie and I things went well considering all of the new things that I had to do. My big bummer is my OG is very low .042 so I think I need to work on my mash techniques. I think I was a bit low on the mash temp ~152 deg and I need...

Thanks for the replies. This is my first attempt at flavoring so you can imagine that I am a bit concerned. Maybe I will bottle half of the brew then add the flavoring for the second half of the brew and see how it tastes. I like my wheat beer however a little flavor would be interesting. I...

Hello, I have searched the forum however I can't find the exact information that I am looking for. I am looking to brew a Strawberry Wheat beer, extract style, and I am curious about how and when to add the flavoring. They sell some 4oz containers of liquid flavorings and that is what I am...

Ground planted however I read somewhere that I should not fertilize til september. Perhaps a bit of fertilizer would help the little fellas out!

My Cascade plants are now about 6ft tall but the willamette hit about 2 feet and stopped growing. What's up with that?

NUTS !!!!! I think I mis read the recipe! I think I was suposed to use Either the DME or the LME. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/alaskan-amber-clone-31492/ Shiite.

Guys, I brewed an amber ale: 1# 2 Row Pale Malt .5# Crystal 40 .5# Carapils 6# Muntons Pale DME 7.5# LME 1oz Cascade Hops 60min 1oz Saaz Hops 15 min WLP 007 English Ale This batch has been fermenting since March 28, it had a vigorous blow off requiring a blowoff tube. The...

It looks ok but you might want to send me a few bottles for closer examination...just to be safe. :ban:

Uh, huh? I have an aluminum pot, was I suposed to treat it in some way? I have two brews in the new pot that are bottle conditioning, what should I expect.

I would not worry much, my first batch, I put a cup and a quarter of sugar in 4 gallons of beer. It was fine, very carbonated, but fine. I just let the beer sit in the glass a few minutes and the carbonation settled and the beeer was great.

So, I am feeling pretty good about myself. I have 5 cases of homebrew in various stages of repose stacked at the foot of my bed. I have had 5 sucessful brew days and not a bad batch as yet. I go to bottle my latest concoction tonight which is a California Wheat, I am most excited about this...

I guess I gotta call my mom and tell her the bad news, I'm a homo! Tomorrow, I'm going to buy new shoes and get a haircut.:cross: