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oh, and the first two beers spent 1 week in primary and 1 week in secondary. the last beer was just two weeks in primary, then bottles.

I'm priming with table sugar, and using beer smith to get the amounts. The last batch I used WPL 530. Number may be wrong, but its the Trappist yeast. I carbed at 2.9 vol, I think I ended up putting around 3.5-4 oz of table sugar in for priming. The first batch that didn't carb I used WPL001 and...

I been brewing for a couple years now using Star San to sanitize my bottles before bottling my beer. Not rinsing the star san out drives me crazy, so I always rinse the bottles after using star san. The last three batches I've fought the urge to rinse, and just let them air dry on a bottling...

I know you can change the size of your yeast starter in Beersmith, but can you adjust the gravity? If not, does anyone know what gravity the yeast starter is set to? Thanks.

I've been playing around with Beersmith for about a week now, and I've managed to setup new equipment and fermentor options, but one thing I can't seem to figure out is creating new yeast types. The calculated amount of yeast in the different types is around 100B cells. But I rinse my yeast, so...

ok, i think I'll try using a hops bag over around the racking cane/tube, that's better than the coffee filter idea. thanks for the help!

I'm about to bottle 5 gallons of a Belgian blonde, and I noticed a lot of stuff (orange zest and crushed coriander mostly) floating near the top of the carboy. Can I sanitize a coffee filter and pass the beer through the filter before bottling? I am just concerned about the yeast not passing...

I'll have to try that one out, thanks!

Ok, thanks for all the info. I don't have a keg, so force carbing won't work :(. How do you make your lemonade yodalegomaster? I've tried three or four times and couldn't get fermentation to start. Each time I used a different lemonade (I checked for ingredients that kill yeast, but I didn't...

Does anyone know if artificial sweeteners like sweet-n-low or splenda are fermentable? I'm pretty sure they aren't, but I'm trying to avoid a massive mess in case they are. I'm trying to make some alcoholic sweet tea; and I'm planning on adding the artificial sweetener at bottling, as well as...

I just picked up and planted a few Tett, Hall, and Chinook rhizomes yesterday, and I'm trying to find out how often I should water them. After some internet research, I've read anywhere from watering them daily to watering them once a week. I think I need to water them more than usual because...

Hey all, I have a quick question hopefully someone can answer for me. A few of my friends and I decided to just make one large batch together rather than a bunch of small 5 gallon batches. I found 55 gallon drums online for pretty cheap; much cheaper than boil kettles. I've seen videos of...