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Last November I started washing yeast and storing the containers in my "beer" fridge. I now have about 30 bottles of 6-7 different yeasts. Last weekend I finally got a chance to use an American Hefeweizen from last November in a starter. Worked perfect! This summer I should see a difference in...

Thanks for the drawing, helps a lot. So you have to have a pump or just siphoning works?

I have a 10 gallon Rubbermaid Mash Tun and before everyone goes telling me to make my own (I have) I am thinking about buying a false bottom. But I'm wondering about the ones I see with the little copper elbow tube thing in the middle of the false bottom. What is that for??

My friend used 5 gallons of cider, 2 lbs of corn sugar and English Hard Cider Yeast, now normally with Cider the sediment is a good thing, you shake it up before pouring a glass. Should he keep it for the hard cider also? Should he bottle from primary or secondary it? My opinion is bottle from...

What's the equal amounts of LME to DME? I'm supposed to use 3 lbs of LME but would rather use DME.

Everytime I get impatient I'm reminded when I taste a young beer. Put it down! Unless it's wheat, I let it sit at least a month in a secondary.

Heck, with a Honey Brown, I would put it in a secondary and forget about it for another month. They age nicely.

Can I see pics of your mod'ed cooler TheJadedDog?

Went Boy Scout camping with my son the whole weekend, crashed through the door Sunday and grabbed a nice Peaches & Cream and finished the evening off with one of my 22oz Nut Brown's.

Don't go completely by how it tastes after the fruit. Mine had a much stronger peach smell/taste while I was racking into the 3rd carboy, it will mellow with age.

I racked my Cream Ale onto Peaches for 4 days, I'm drinking it now and while it's very good I could've left it on there for a few more days. There isn't much of the peach flavor coming through. And yes, rack into a 3rd to clarify it.

Did you use an extract? That could be one reason why it's darker. Lot's of reasons could be why it's more flavorful. Different temps while fermenting. Hops and how long they were boiled.

My guess is, you're using an extract kit which really wouldn't need to be aireated all that much since you're dumping in a few gallons of fresh water and while a yeast starter is good it isn't needed. Your yeast will just take longer to begin fermenting. Between 24-48 hours. Since this is a...

You'll love it Jekster, mine worked awesome and very easy to clean up afterwards.

Here it is... Email the seller. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290132235738 1/2" x 25' with fittings. Professional job. Cost me $40 and last weekend it cooled 6 gallons in 15-20 mins.

There's a guy on ebay selling nice chillers for $40 including shipping and $60 left over for a mash tun is enough.

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Came home from work to find a small mess, luckily I had it in the tub for cooling purposes.

Amen to that!

My Nut Brown I made awhile ago has an odd aftertaste I just can't put a finger on. It's drinkable but everytime I drink one I can't enjoy it because I'm spending the whole time trying to figure out what the hell that taste is. I think my ferment temps got a little too high.