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The thermometer It's the kind with the red line it's about 10 yrs old, I was having a few brews and never even noticed. next time I'm going to brew in the mornning so I don't feel like I have to have a beer.

So yesterday was a brew day, all went well. I got up this moring to see if my brew was fermenting, one was and the other was NOT..... but that's not the main problem. The main issue is that the bottom of my thermometer was broken and I can't find the glass. I don't know if it broke in the wort...

when you sparge your coffee grinds.

No.. but I'm on it! I just got back from MoreBeer and I picked up 3 kits and a few odds ans ends. They are having a 15% off sale on kits.

I can't stop thinking about BEER, I'm always reading blogs, websites, and watching videos about beer! I know I'm not the only one.... I think Sunday will be a brewday. MoreBeer here I come!

I do it the way Yuri was talking about, it seems to work just fine. I also like to mark it with Blue tape and date it just to see where i'm at.

that's what I did, I add the 60min hops and the malt at the same time.

I just went stright to kegging, I like the Idea of bottling but come on kegging is awesome! you can force carb and in a few Hours you and nice cold carbonated beer. Yes it dose get better with time but who wants to wait! If I want a bottle of something I'll just pick one up, you just can't beat...

My co2 Came from My LHBS. I Have A question! after you steep your grains then add your Malt, is it 60min from the point you added the malt or 60min from the time it starts to Boil?

Well... lastnight I started to drink some of it and it did tast better after a few glasses. My Nabor came over and we had a few more, So it's drinkable... Not a New Castle, but drinkable. Live and learn, and to me that's what this is all about. Thanks for all the input guys.

hmmm..... thanks for the input, more to ponder.....

Ok, so now it's been a few weeks in the Keg and the metallic taste is gone (for the most part) but it still has a strong nutty taste, could that be from wort? If so that sucks... well I think next time I will try the late extract addition. It's still seems drinkable and has'not made me sick yet...

I LOVE big beer!! but sometimes I would like a light easy drinking beer, the problem is that I have gained a few LBS..... Sooo for the New Year the plan is that if I want to keep Brewing and drinking beer, I need to make sure I stay active not just come home and grab a few cold ones.

I knew what you meant.... At the top of the cane during the transfer it was sucking air. Well now I have another reason to take a trip to the brew store. (MoreBeer)

Thanks for the info Pericles. So now I have 5gals. of crap :( is there any saving it? I was really hoping to have a nice cold New Castle on tap.......

sorry.... yes tinny, I think I Bought the wrong size hose for my auto syphon it seemed to suck a lot of air during the transfer.... I think I wiil give it a few days to see the out come. I don"t think it's going to be good : ( it's only mony let's make more!

Hey guys, I brew up a batch of a New Castle clone a few weeks ago everthing went well. I kegged it last Sat. but now it's starting to have a funky tiny after taste. What the hell is that! I bled the oxygen out of the keg... I wondering if I got Oxygen in the beer during the transfer to the keg...