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35197 5 Heffe 5 Heffe 5 ipa 10 dunkel 5 sweet stout 15.5 dunkel 5 gingerbread stout 50.5 = 35247.5

I'm with cluckk - I would say boiling your steeping grains is a likely a big part of the problem. Another thing to consider though, do you take it back off the heat before adding your extracts? You don't want to burn that stuff either. Cut the heat, then add your extract being careful not to let...

Well this was some time ago. Can it lie dormant? How soon after the event would I show symptoms? If I find out it is too late l, and I have contracted BSE.. On a scale of common clap to herpes, how hard is it to get rid of?

I noticed a lot of people are like "not an engineer, but my dad was." Or my "girlfriend is a chem engineer" I have a very serious question as I am now very concerned reading this... I may have slept with an engineer once(well she hadn't graduated yet so maybe I am safe?) is BSE communicable...

Awesome finally another brewer in pemberton. If you really get into I would suggest looking into Barley Legal (if you don't already know about it) its a homebrew club, trips parties all kinds of stuff, I am also in Pemberton and just joined. Great guys. Welcome to the habit - oops I mean hobby haha

Woodland - thought I'd share this with you. After doing some more homework on lactose, it seems 1# lactose should add about .045 in one gallon... So across a 5 gallon batch .045/5=.009 you should be able to take OG and FG with the lactose and just subtract .009 from each one to have your values...

Yeah so after I posted that curiosity got the better of me. I went back and I did a bit more research into the subject top vs bottom fermenting cold, etc and I see the guys point an ale is an ale because it uses top fermenting yeast at ale temps - the ingredients aren't what really makes it an...

I don't know much about this, but I was in another post an someone was on a huge rant/tangent bashing American brewers for brewing ales and most specifically stouts and such with lager yeasts...(I don't know why, because I tuned him out quick on account of the soap box approach he was on) any...

Good stuff.

Ok so the S-04, my basement stays right around 63... This too cold?

Baking soda, 1 cup in 5 gallon bucket of hot water, labels float off with little work... Except earlier mentioned crazy insane glued labels. But MOST LABELS just float off or easily wipe away in baking soda after like 15 minutes.

Ok so I doubt this is the MOST accurate way of doing it but here is what I've been doing. I'm sure there is a better way and if so please tell me. On brew day I take two readings. One before, one after the lactose. When the work is done I go to the computer (I use hopville - it's free) and...

I usually leave the lactose out of the fermentables in my recipes. This way I know what what the grav should be. Then take the grav before the lactose is added in the last ten at the end of the boil. Since I use a refractometer I can grab a few drops an let it cool quick enough to get an...

Yeah so here was the verdict, I went with the 04. Lhbs said the 05 would be fine, but if I wanted to be certain it was more sweet and had more malt flavors just drop to the 04- seemed to be the general consensus on here as well so there you have it. Thanks all for the responses.

That's what I was thinking we should haha

Thanks for the suggestions jerrod. Much appreciated.

No liquid option on the recipes.. But I'm open to suggestions haha I don't know if crisp is whAt we want, I think I want it to be more like gingerbread chocolate milk shake motor oil haha

So my buddy and I are getting set to brew a left hand - milk stout clone, and a gingerbread stout, the recipes both call for safale 05 I think. Now my brewing partner says he is scared that yeast is going to take our beer another direction. Both of these recipes we have a full pound of lactose...

Agreed, wonder if he is running around the forum doing this to everybody. He would probably have better luck on pro-brewer anyway. Those tanks are a bit big for my basement haha oh look he pulled it or it got pulled somehow. Thank you moderators!

Who is that? What is that? Did I just get spammed on homebrewtalk? If I'm interested in what email you at abanay Gavin?? A date? Those tanks? I don't get it...