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I brewed a Kolsch two weeks ago yesterday, it was only my 5th batch of brew. The guy at the LHBS said I could just ferment in the primary with this one and it shouldn't be a problem usin single stage fermentation. The instructions said they recommend two stage fermentation. I guess I have yet to...

Don't big commercial breweries use something called a "mash press"? I have a buddy that brews at Left Hand out of Longmount, CO and he said they use a "mash press." I'm an extract brewer so I don't know sh** about mashing but it sounds like the same idea, no? If I'm out of line, I'll just head...

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I appreciate all the help, that first brew is tough to be patient with. I've been staring at the damned carboys for two months now just waiting for this day. I've since brewed an Oakes Belgian Dubbel, a IIPA, and a Kolsch and have been better at leaving it alone. I'm very pleased with the...

Primary for 8 days, secondary for 21 days, bottle for 14 days. OG of 1.071 and FG is 1.016

It has been bottled conditioned for 2 weeks. I thought that was the recommended time, but like I said in the original post-I have no patience. I will wait another week and see what happens. I bottled a Porter that same day and that has a really nice head, is that typical? To have different...

I'm sure the answer is somewhere on here but I don't have the patience to search for it. I just tasted my first brew, it was a Two Hearted Clone. Tastes delicious, but it's not very carbonated. I ended up bottling just over 4 gal and used 5 oz of priming sugar and thought that might have been...

The total volume was 1 gallon. The original gallon boiled down to a little less than half. The water I used to rehydrate the yeast was boiled and then brought back down to ~100 degrees. Yes I let it stand 15 minutes before stirring it in, I expected more of a reaction than I got. I suppose I...

I just brewed my first fruit beer, which was also my first 1 gallon boil, which was also my first time rehydrating dry yeast. It's just an ale as of now but plan to rack on top of .5 lb of raspberries. Now I usually use the smack pack Wyeast activators, so bare with me. I was told to use half a...