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yeah star san bubbles will not hurt yr beer:] actually I'm just gonna go ahead and +1 the post above me

they have it in Ames at cyclone liquor, but not at any bar/grocery store that I've seen yet, but I haven't been to D.G.'s, old chicago, or any decent bar around here too recently. been broke. :X and i'd agree, this and mighty are my faves, i could drink a 1554 every now and again, but the rest...

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yeah i'd say this guy at your LHBS is full of sh... yeah.

So I fill up my wine thief enough so that the hydrometer is free-floating, and it gives me a reading of 1.010. If I put a couple more inches of beer into the wine thief, it gives me a reading of 1.004. I THINK the 1.004 reading is correct actually. It was at 1.010 a while ago, and I...

wait wait. how did you drop a toothpaste tube into your beer? hah, i'm just curious. and yeah, you should be fine.

you should post some more cool image macros deutsche that's what this thread is about right? image macros from 2002? anyway my brewery will be called Broke Down Brewery (cuz I'm so damn poor all the time). We'll have: 1) Down N Out Stout 2) Got a Quarter? Porter 3) Ridin' the Rail Ale I...

What about adding pickling spices (http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/PicklingSpice.htm) at the last 10 minutes or so of the boil, and then adding pre-boiled pickle juice individually to each bottle / the keg (havent decided what to do with it). Will enough fermentation take place after it's...

do you boil the water before freezing? there's quite a few sanitation problems with that.

I'm going to put it with a really simple, light ale, along with jalapenos for some of the batch. Haha, maybe i'll make some of it Garlic Jalapeno Chili Pepper Beer, that's enough to tear anyone up. But seriously garlic is an interesting idea. Has this been done much before?

Was curious and googled, it came upon this, from these forums, so I thought I'd post it: Either cleaner will work fine on a plastic bucket. I've used both. I prefer oxyclean, just for it's soaking capabilities. That stuff takes everything off, love it. Make sure it's oxyclean FREE though.

Gonna make one for our SHV month at my local brewers league. I'm deciding between dill weed, actual pickles, or pickle juice. There's nothing in pickle juice that can ferment is there? I can't put dill weed in the actual wort, because I'm splitting it up into 3 batches (a jalapeno beer...

Just smell it. If it smells like wort, don't use it. If it smells like beer, use it.

I know what you mean, my bubbling (i know it's not a proper indicator) went for about 10 days, finally it slowed, and it was about 1.015, xferred to secondary and it started another slower fermentation that lasted about another 10 days, and dropped it down to 1.008

No I didn't start it lower, I suppose that probably would have been a good idea, wouldn't it? :P I'll bet your right, thanks for the quick response.

So I brewed the New Belgium Farmhouse Style Saison from BYO's 150 clones a few weeks ago, moved it to the keg, and everything tastes fine apart from the very heavy banana flavors coming through. I used 3724 for my yeast, and fermented at about 85 degrees. I thought that yeast was designed to...

nah, you should be fine. just make sure to hit your carbonation level as close as you can. but even with that i'm sure there's lenience.

i agree with this, I love this book. use it near daily.

For what it's worth, Jesus I'm sorry to hear about this. I say with the utmost sincerity that I understand what you're going through, and understand there isn't anything I can say to make it even fractionally better for you. Please do your best to keep your heads up, it's almost the only...

Ahhh, I understand now. Yeah, I'm thinking with all of the other precautions I'm taking with this beer, this small thing shouldn't be too big of a deal.