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There is a homebrew store down on Charleston heading east a few stop lights before Decatur. The beer club in Vegas is SNAFU, here is the HBT link: http://clubs.homebrewtalk.com/DB/Nevada/Las_Vegas/Southern_Nevada_Ale__66/ I went to a few meetings when i moved to Vegas in January '08, but have...

Ahhh...I'll check the temp in BeerSmith when I get home. It had to have be set really high to suggest 21.6 psi. Yes, my chest freezer is set to 42 degrees. Thanks...

OK, I just transfered from my secondary to a soda keg. Beer Smith says: Carbonation Type: Kegged (Forced CO2) Volumes of CO2: 2.4 Pressure/Weight: 21.6 PSI Carbonation Used: - Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F Age for: 28.0 days Storage Temperature: 52.0 F Does this mean that I...

Yes, it was a hot day about 100 F, so it boiled quicker. I'll be sure to turn it down next time!

Also, I upload the image to photobucket.com and insert it into the body of the message with the insert image icon. Just paste the html link and it will appear in the body of the message.

To do screen prints, I have a free program called Gadwin Screen Print. I downloaded it from HERE. Download.com is powered by Cnet, so it is safe to download stuff. This program has a setting that allows you to choose the active window or you can designate the area to be screenprinted. An...

It was 1.035 before the boil at 6 gallons and 1.055 after boil at 4 gallons. So, is it safe to say that each half gallon lowers by .006? My target is 1.040. I boiled & chilled 1.5 gallons of water and added it to the fermenter. I just took a reading and it is 1.042. There are still bubbles...

OK, I'm glad to hear that the pack wasn't smacked. Then why was the pack inflated when I get the kit in the mail?

The gravity after the boil was 1.055. BeerSmith says that is an efficiency of 94.48% which I figured was wrong since it was so high.

Here is a screen shot of the Recipe and of the efficiency details. Should I add water to make the volume 5 gallons in the fermenter? It has been in the primary overnight and started to bubble already. .

13 years ago I was in Spain for my junior year abroad. They had bars with Cali-mocho on tap. We drank the hell out of it. Good times!

So, I started to use BeerSmith and am trying to calculate my efficiency. The Cream Ale recipe from the NB kit which I plugged into BeerSmith called for 2.5 gallons at 150 F for 60 min, 1.6 gallons at 170 F for 10 min and 2.85 to sparge. I collected 6 gallons in the kettle (supposed to...

I didn't make a starter because I didn't have any DME and ended up brewing today instead of yesterday. When I cut open the smack-pack it looked like there was a two chamber pouch inside the bag. One pouch was popped, but the other wasn't. What were the two chambers? The bag inflated with...

It was working fine. It was actually disconnected from the chest freezer, which was turned on and was colder than the setting on the controller once I pluged-it in. So, that was my fault!

When I went to put my carboy in the chest freezer, I realized that the temp controller stopped working. If I by-pass the controller, the chest freezer powers-on. Any ideas of what to look for in trying to fix this?

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Thanks for the pictures. I ended up with something similar, but the 1/2" copper tubing that I used for the dip tube fit VERY snugly in the 1/2" hole in the flase bottom so I didn't create a way to keep it in place (like your collar). I'll post a pic after brew day today. Thanks again!

On the brew sheet, it says to sparge with 2.68 gal of water. When am i supposed to add this if it is recirculating the whole time? Thanks...

I think I do Single Infusion, Light Body: Mash In - Add 10.00 qt of water at 163.5 F, Step 150 F for 60 min Mash Out - Add 6.40 qt of water at 207.2, Step 170 F for 10 min.

So, this is the first time I'm going to use Beer Smith. Any advise as how to add the mash profile for this recipe? I've got a single-tier all-grain setup with a boil kettle, mash tun and HLT. I'll recirculate in the mash tun with a pump. Thanks!