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I bottled my first batch yesterday (woot!), but, in trying to clean the carboy, I feel like I'm going crazy! :( Here's the pic - about 1/2 of the bottom has these TINY marks of gunk rust-colored junk (you should see it against the oxi-foam). I'm half swearing it's on the outside of the...

So, more like 3 ounces, would you say? I was just worried about under-carbonating...split the 3/5 ounce debate with 4 ounces? :D

I will be bottling my first all grain brew next weekend (5 gallons of a 90 Shilling Scottish Ale), and have found online in several spots that I should be shooting for a target volume of CO2 around 2.0. I am seeing SO many contradictory things online about priming sugar, so thought I'd come...

True...guess I would be all hunched over trying to get a good reading - much easier just getting up to a comfortable level. +10 for using "meniscus", also. :D

My beer is on day 10 of primary fermentation in my plastic bucket - I was planning on taking a gravity reading tomorrow (day 11), followed by another reading in two days after that to see if it's done fermenting before moving to secondary in my carboy for two weeks. Anyhoo, I bought a wine...

:ban: TOTALLY excited over here. I've brewed Partial Grain batches with buddies, but, today I went All Grain AND went independent! :D I did have a question for the much, much smarter people here than me, though. I went with Northern Brewer's 90 Shilling Ale recipe: MASH...

Thanks for all the help, everyone, I really appreciate it! :mug: I purchased the hardware & cooler for my Mash Tun today! The only remaining to-do's are getting a new Brew Kettle (looking at stainless steel - some prices online are obscene, though!) and possibly a Wort Chiller. Though...

LOVE this board already! Just do it, baby! :mug: I'm totally ready to take the plunge, thanks for the "push" out of the nest! The only other quick thing I wonder is all the "extra" stuff I'm seeing about pH calculations, efficiency calculations, etc... I know a ton of that stuff...

I've made three partial mash batches of beer so far this year, and I want to move to all grain. I've VERY analytical when it comes to multiple options, but I think I've decided on building my own cooler system for the mash, but was unsure about the hot liquor tank. Half of me wants to build...