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Someone has a PICO style false bottom for sale at a steal of a price but I have a 9" false bottom. I googled the same question and ended up here. I figured it would work but dang it is the pico style FB ever so good looking or what?

How in the world do I add an Avatar to my profile? I have found out how to add a profile picture but when I try to edit my avatar it doesnt allow me to?! :mad:

:DI read somewhere that most dry yeast companies accomidate to the fact that the yeast is probably going to just be sprinkled into the wort as is so they put more in the package. I do not have the link where I read that, with that being said. Just RAHAHB do what the package of yeast says. If...

I have heard of beer cocktails, where you mix 2 various types of beer to create a unique flavor. I dont see why you couldnt think outside the box and instead of mixing 2 beers mix beer and a monster energy drink. Worst case scenario, it sucks and you let us know so we dont try. :) I say...

unless your entering it into a competition, close your eyes and imagine it being a black ipa, now take a sip. Does it taste black? Are you using a kit or is this a recipe you made? May I reccomend if you do not have it try beersmith 2.0. It has a 30 day trial for free. I love how it shows...

If I could go back and save the money from all these propane burners I have, I would have invested in an electric brew setup. ITs freezing outside right now and I want to brew, yes my wife would HATE having the entire house smell of hops and worty goodness but at least with an electric setup...

The only cream ale I have crafted (the word "made" sounds so... barbaric) when I transfered it to the secondary I dry hopped it with sanitised sliced jalapenos. AMAZING beer. It had a green jalapeno flavor, not the hot heat jalepeno. It went great with mexican food. Here is a list of off...

Dont mess around with the temps to much. Just let it be and let it do what it does. With it being colder it may just take longer to ferment, adjusting the temps and causing big swings in temperature while fermenting can cause some serious "off" flavors (words of experience). The only thing...

The longer you wait to pitch your yeast the more susceptible your wort is to contamination. Also if you didnt sanitize or just mishandled the blueberries, they could have contaminated your batch. Next time I would pitch the yeast as soon as the wort is within the appropriate temperature zone...

Agreed, You dont need to have a long boil or really even a boil at all for a starter. Ive read you should get the starter just below boiling and add the sugar. Just hot enough to disolve the sugars.

Welcome to the pants party!! Feel free to brew with or without pants, why you ask? Because we can.

If you have the space I say get a fridge or freezer off craigslist or somewhere. It will come in handy when you decide to move on to kegging and lagering beer. I do not have the space at the moment but lucky me my wife is breast feeding and needs a place to keep all the milk. I told her a...

Was this a brew in bag only or was there malt extract you added? What was your target OG? 1.035 doest seem like a TERRIBLE og. It will just be a session beer. I had a beer that I let sit for 20 days and it finnalllly dropped down to 1.010 after sitting at 1.014 forever. One last question...

You were not fermenting it too hot were you? 70+ ?

Ports http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style12.php Stouts http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style13.php:D

I dont believe there is any problems with lagering in the bottles. They are just smaller primary fermenters.... minus the trub and such right? I hear people say beers benifit from sitting on the yeast longer to help clean up any off flavors. I dont know if the fruity characteristics will go...

After 2 weeks in the primary and causing a huge mess the yeast have made the wort into beer (+1 you as long as everything was sanitised). Im thnking itll be alright. It may have some "off" flavors due to the wide swings in fermenting temperature but thats a part of the learning curve. Think...

It is wonderful to have a kit and know you COULD follow the directions and it will be fine, but whats the fun in that? I almost get in trouble when Im boiling and I let my mind wander.. What if I put in some chocolate right now, or maybe.... cinamon, or a whole orange? I recently purchased...

Instead of just rinsing them I also run them through the dishwasher. Then when its time to bottle I rinse/soak them I star san for a moment and have never ran into a sanitation issue. Knock on wood.

I found it easier to go to the local hardware store and purchase 25 feet of 3/8 copper refrigerator tubing, some small hose clamps, some rubber hosing, and a small fish pond pump. All cheaper than buying a new premade immersion wort chiller. I recirculate cold water through the wort chiller...