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The gravity was funny. I had two consecutive readings of 1.015 (close enough to where it should have been), and a third of 1.020....no bubbles either. I didn't know what to make of that. God knows...I tried my damndest to screw that batch up. I hit my strike temps in the Mash, covered it...

Three weeks in the primary. 3/4 cup dextrose. 2 cups water for five gallons of wort. Should be okay.

All in the interest of science! :) (I'm puttin' my lab coat on as we speak.) In regards to the last post of the previous page.. Since Revvy's watching this thread...I'll ask this: My second batch (All Grain) seemed to have been carbing up at an alarming rate. Today is Day 14 in...

I've only got two batches (third will be tomorrow) under my belt, so I'm by no means an expert. However, I've unfortunately been filching beers from both stashes in their various stages of maturation, and as unbelievable as this may seem...that extra .5 of a week of bottle conditioning could...

Thank you both. I appreciate it!

I have one gallon of hard cider. Five 22 oz bombers. A couple of pounds of dextrose. Ultimately, I'm guessing I'd just like to load the bombers with the dextrose and cap them. How much priming sugar should I use per bottle? Or..if that is not the preferred method by the advice...

I just had some Lagunitas Maximus (bomber) last week. Undrinkable. It was vinegary, sharp, and, and, and, just awful. (I like Lagunitas' stuff.) The last three offerings all tasted the same. Like crap, and vinegar. For lack of a better beer at the golf course Saturday, I was offered a...

I'd be willing to bet it's a relatively new employee and they're not properly zeroing the scale to the vessel they are using to weigh the packages.

Welcome Derek! Another Tampa Bay Brewer! You'll enjoy your new hobby.

Somecallmetim got the wheel sizes and specs right. In my opinion, based on fact sheets, some good old bench racing, the Uly'd eat the Strom's lunch. The KTM I don't know enough about to make a statement about. I believe I did read that the engine specs were close. Also, the Triumph Tiger...

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Good luck. Dec. 6th I brewed my first batch ever. A partial mash kit from Mid-West. Of the sample I've removed from the bucket last Thursday...I have to say it's pretty damn good. On Dec. 20th, I brewed my second batch.....all grain. Based on the knowledge I've gained here and in Palmer's...

I have just stopped laughing long enough to get some air in my lungs. I did my first batch of Apfelwein yesterday. I just got a call a little while ago. My wife returned from Christmas shopping to a house that smelled "like someone took a giant sh!t somewhere". I'm guessing, that would be...

I opened the bucket to take a gravity reading (19 days in the bucket so far), prior to my dry hop schedule for Saturday. The FG was 1.018. Right on target. It was really...really....really cloudy. I did not use a fining agent. I'll make a note of that for next time. Regardless, I went...

Hey there! I just bought one of the Johnson Controls temp controller for an extra small fridge I had laying around. Takes the guesswork out of things! :D

Sorry. Got my parts list and instructions from the Wiki: Got the two confused. My bad.

I don't know if this has been addressed or not, but after all day of running around looking for a 5/8's inch "Fender" washer which did not exist at any store. I settled for a 5/8's Stainless steel from Ace Hardware. When I got it home, it appeared to be an exact copy of what was...

ATGATT here too....R80....them old Beemers are like tanks! In the spring. I caught a baby "something"....what I don't know...I just saw a small something (bird or bat...wrapped in Spanish moss fell out of an Oak. I could see the animal in the moss) at sixty some odd miles an hour right in...

Right now. I'm using a swamp cooler. (Ice cooler, homemade top, regular additions of ice or frozen bottles as needed.) With the weather as good as it's been lately, we've got a couple of months to get away with this. That said, I'll be picking up a temp controller this weekend in order to...

I should add that my OG was dead on. (Or as accurate as I could read with all them damn bubbles that would accumulate on the hydrometer.)