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cool... too bad my pipeline is empty... gotta resort to bought stuff... but it is still beer

Don't make us slap you.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply you were criticizing... and the usual applicable answer to most of the beginner thread questions seems to be 'RDWHAHB... ' since most of the things newbs worry about are fine

I spend most of my time in that section... learning, and occasionally passing on answers... and I don't think I have ever just linky'd a different thread as an answer

Kind of like chatting back n forth with you, right now... lol

Maybe if I drank more beer while cruising the forums?

I know, it isn't THAT tough... but I just always feel like I don't have enough knowledge or whatever, so I don't pipe up on brewing posts, leaving it to the more experienced brewers to answer. For other stuff, I kind of feel like I am intruding on someone else's chat, so I am pretty selective...

This looks like a really cool thread... full of very kind and sharing people. I wish I was more of a 'yacker' on the forums, so I could actually qualify to join in the fun. but I have a ways to go. Mainly, we all should just take a minute to realize what a great community we have, and how...

Boydster, Thanks for the suggestion, just plugged the change into QBrew and it only amounts to a drop down to 16 according to the calc, so maybe not worth the trip to the store, just for a pound of dme and only a minor change... guess this is just gonna be a more dark 'copper' or brown beer. ah...

I just found this thread on here, and after going through a few random pages, was reminded of some of the old Metal that I love. I guess I'm a bit old-school (or maybe just old?) but I don't really understand the appeal of some of these newer bands that are all unintelligible screaming and...

Maybe I need to go for a different DME to add... instead of the Briesse Traditional Dark

In this case, I think it'll be ok. I LIKE really hoppy IPA's. One of my current favorite 'commercial' ones is Sam Adam's Latitude 48 which I have seen numbers for in about this range, maybe a bit lower on the IBU...so maybe I'll dial the Flacier back to the original 1/2 ounce and see how it...

In, Wow last minute entry.. maybe that's good luck

I have had pretty good luck with a setup similar to this. I use a good sized party type cooler (you know the ones, about 8-10 gallons in size, with wheels on one side and a handle on the other). The fermenter I used in this setup is a small 2 1/2 gallon 'kit' one, which sits nicely in the...

Franzenel, You need to educate SWMBO on the timing of beer,and the absolute need to keep the pipeline working, this means you start the next batch fermenting once you have available containers, like right after you bottle the first batch (or rack it to a secondary, depending on your process plan)

Ok, that works out better. If I do the Glacier and Willamette hops for 30 minutes plus adding the Liberty in at 0 minutes, for aroma etc., QBrew shows a 48 for bitterness... increasing to a full ounce of Glacier gives me a 59 bitterness So it at least LOOKS like this recipe should give me...

count me in

I have the screwy brewer database for QBrew, and did add the HME to both hops and malts tabs; even with a 1 min boil it computed a wacked 1200 IBU or something, using the true weight amount of the HME. Until I get a chance to explore some of the different brewing softwares a bit more (and...

I know the HME can is 'pre-boiled' and doesn't need much more than to be mixed with the water just off the boil, probably the same for the liquid 'Robust' LME... I'm not sure about the pound of DME needing some boil time? What about needing something in with the hops during their boil time...

I am pulling my Mr. Beer setup out and going to do a couple of batches, but I need a little help in deciding the 'right' way to go about it. For the first run, I have: 1 can Bewitched Amber Ale HME 1 'Robust' LME SoftPack 1 pound Briess Traditional Dark DME 1/2 oz each Glacier, Liberty...