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Why even bother decanting? If you use extra light DME for the starter it's not going to affect the taste of your final product.

I’m looking forward to brewing my first hefe using the late addition method based on the following recipe: 1-2 lbs light DME 5 lbs wheat DME added in the last 5 minutes of the boil (or perhaps at flameout) I want a lot of banana, so I’ll be using WLP300 yeast and fermenting in the mid...

I brewed this kit a few months ago and got a similar FG. This beer was a big hit, and I will be making more. I used the whole lb of lactose and it tasted very close to the Mackeson's. Delicious!

I can see the logic of using different tubing as mentioned, but I have a little trouble imagining the brett (not Favre) climbing out of the airlock and riding the CO2 over to an adjacent carboy and then climbing down that airlock into my IPA. Still, in light of the mixed replies I think I'll...

I think that the stir plates are usually used in conjunction with breathable stoppers. The vortexing pulls air into the flask and into solution, actively displacing the CO2.

I'll be starting a kriek next month, and am wondering how paranoid I should be of the brettanomyces. Do I really need to keep this completely separate from the other styles I brew over the next year? How resistant is the bret to bleach and phosporic acid? I like the lambics, but don't want...

That what I was afraid of. OK, I'll put this one on the back burner for awhile and work my way up to it. Thanks for the advice!

Here's the info: Mash Schedule 122° F for 20 minutes 153° F for 60 minutes 170° F for 10 minutes Too much work?

So here's the deal: My 1st AG was a group brew 6 months ago, and I'd like to brew a Belgian Strong recipe with 3 mash temps. Before I download Brewsmith and order the kit, can the software handle 3 temps, and is this a realistic brew, or should I choose another recipe? Thanks!

What can I say? When you're right, you're right. Let my noobish mistake not be duplicated.

You are right, 3/4 C is the norm. 7/8 C however is not twice as much as 3/4 C. It is 3/4 C + 1/8 C which is not that much more, although it is apparently enough to cause at least one bomb!

Well, I used 7/8 cup of sugar to prime, and I have noticed that different bottles produce different heads. I guess the sugar didn't mix well enough in the bottling bucket, leading to some bombs, and no doubt some weakly carbonated beers. I have since bought a longer siphon hose. It was...

Bottles are in the fridge, fingers are crossed! So much for good intentions...

Tempting, but my mortgage requires that I keep my job! All I want to do is try to keep them alive until I can get them home!

There is a fridge here, but I'm worried that they will go off in there too.

So I bring 10 X 3 different homebrews to the office to give out as gift packages to some co-workers. I'm surfing when I hear the first bomb go off under my desk. Great. Now I'm sitting in an office that reeks like beer at 7:45AM with what looks like 6 more bottles potentially waiting to...

+5 = 3801.5

Hey brewtool, how did you alter your hop additions?

I belive it's 8-8.5% if you follow the recipe

^^^It makes the sweet nectar of the gods. More importantly, it makes something DIFFERENT. This was originally designed as a "nuptual ale" for a friend of the brewmaster. As for taste, it is smooth, delicious, and not what I originally thought it would be. It's not like when you were...