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Hey... Today I tried out my new all grain setup. It is a make shift HERMS setup as I recently added a pump, hoses, and a new 15 gallon boil kettle (the old boil kettle became the HLT 8 gallon). So the idea behind the recipe was an Imperial Wheat (i.e. pale ale with a little wheat and a lot...

As with everyone thus far, I recommend the RO system if you can afford it. If you cannot afford it, see if you can borrow someone's (friend, family, etc.) filter and see if that gives you the water quality that you want. If you don't have one you can borrow, ask a neighbor if they have filter...

Well I might just have to pick a copy up.

Yes, please post your entire process. Bullets, or at least skipping a line inbetween steps would be nice.

I am glad that you supported John, however you could have googled "How To Brew." I do not own the actual book to tell if there is any differences, but the website has lots of great info. http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html

I am not sure where you are in the country, but one amazingly good hopped amber is Ale Asylum's Ambergeddon. It is simply delicious. Ale Asylum is from Madison, WI. My next project is to attempt to clone it. When I find a recipe that works, I will PM you it.

Hey, my advice is before you go to your local home brew shop or Lowe's, check craigslist. 3 days ago I bought three 6.5 gallon buckets with sealing lids from a guy that had given up home brewing for $8 each. For sake of argument, my local home brew shop (Northern Brewer in St. Paul, MN) sells...

I don't have specific experience with that yeast, however I typically wait at least 10 days before racking to secondary and longer if needed. Since I use secondary I tend to base when I rack more on the Krauzen before checking a gravity reading. If the Krauzen is down and your gravity is 1.015...

Were the oranges and corriander in the boil? In microbiology we grew some pretty wicked looking cultures from coriander straight out of the jar, and beer is the perfect batch culture. Also how many did you drink, I might be seriously sick if I had more than 2-3 beers that heavy.

So Adaman05... I like the asumption that you make. I shall have to get more hops for the secondary.... What should I add. 1-2 oz of ___??? So Cascade at 1 min [check], Citra at 10 min [check], and then what do you guys think about .5 warrior at 60 min and .5 at 30 min???

Ok so next week I am going to do a new recipe and I have the grain bill set. I just need a Hop Schedule for what I have lying around... 5 gallons Grain Bill 7 lbs Rahr premium pilsner 3 lbs Rahr 2-row 1.5 lbs Munich Malt 60 min at 153F Hops 1oz Citra 1oz Cascade 1 oz Warrior Yeast: WLP007...

My coleman cooler did too before my first mash. I heated water to about 180 F and poured it in. The plastic smell grew significantly, however I tasted the water afterword and no plastic taste. Taste is key, not the scent. The smell was replaced by the smell of mash after the first time I used it...

You are right, I will relax and have a brew. Thanks for the imput guys.

Thanks for the responses thus far. Here is a rough photo of what I am seeing. It is a larger, green looking organism that is swimming.

Hey everyone I have 3 extract kit batches of beer under my belt, but tomorrow I am planning on brewing a 5 gallon Bock extract kit that recommended a yeast starter. So today I made the yeast starter in the method described below. I cleaned, then sanitized (using Starsan) my Erlenmeyer flask...