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I read this as "a case of the blatz," as in, what you get when you drink to much homebrew.

Is it possible that I steeped my grains poorly or something? I steeped for 30 minutes in water that was between 155-160 and then poured a gallon of 170 degree water through it and gave the bag a few light squeezes. I can't calibrate my hydrometer until I bottle this batch because the...

Wait, so how do you open your bottles then? Sorry if this has been asked before, I'm new here.

No, it doesn't have a lot of crystal just a bit of caramel, a little bit too much carapils, and some honey. I guess I don't know how to tell if it looks "as though it can reasonably expect to get down to 1.006. Here's a link to the recipe...

They are perfect for beer bongs for your "friends."

My first brew seemed to attenuate decently enough (a bit low actually but with crappy yeast) but my second one has been fermenting for two weeks now and is down to about 1.006. The OG estimate was 1.052 (I added honey in the secondary so I'm using this number rather than what I actually...

It should be fine.

Why not just take the airlock out for a couple days while it's fermenting vigorously?

This thread has made me infinitely more excited for my first homebrew to finish fermenting.

How long can you let them sit after StarSaning them?

I rehydrated it once and proofed it but didn't pitch it cause there wasn't any activity.

I added some honey directly to my primary after about 5 days once the krausen subsided cause I am using my secondary for another beer. Does this make me a bad person?

5 gallon Simcoe IPA on 1-9 and 4.5 gallon Martin Luther Kream Ale on 1-17 (yesterday). 1159 + 9.5 = 1168.5

I don't understand the difference between this (in the OP) and specialty grains. I'm pretty sure this is pretty much exactly what I've done with those.

I didn't realize there were different formulas. Tinseth's gives the 67.5. Is there a "best" formula?

So my first brew was a Simcoe IPA kit from Midwest Supplies: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/simcoe-select-ipa.html It boasts 67.5 IBU. I crunched the numbers in hopville (I even changed the AA) and ended up at only 43.9. What's the deal here...

Nobody's gonna help?

I'm going to be brewing a Honey Cream Ale tomorrow and I wanted a critique of my recipe. Basically I just took the ingredients of a cream ale kit and added honey and honey malt. Note: I will be brewing a 2.5 Gallon batch 3.3 lbs. Briess Golden LME 1/4 lbs. Honey Malt 1/4 lbs. Cara-pils 1/4...

Are you adding hops right before the end of the boil?

what's the "curse of 1.02"?