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I think the off flavors will just be like something is not tasting right. It won't be a ruined beer, but just not as good as it could be. I would've recommend using California Lager yeast if you want to ferment a lager at room temps. This does well up to almost 70 deg. So if you have a basement...

I have issues with that too. One reason why I don't like buying that brand. I always worry I'm going to pop it. I found working the patch into the corner and then really go at it seems to work for me.

I second lemons comment. Age it a little longer. It will taste great!

Sounds like it will work. As its been said above, you could do it all int the 10 gal pot, but that just saves you cleaning you 4 gal pot. Should be fun! Welcome to the addiction!

Welcome to the addiction. Be ready to pour countless hours and more money into your brew set up. I am very lucky that SWMBO allows me to get the things I do for my beer set up. My advice to you is to just relax. Go through your process. When I made my first coupe beers I wrote it out step for...

+1 Was watching the history of beer on tv, civilization was founded on where the beer was. No reason we can't continue that trend!

Be interesting to try liquid nitrogen to cool wort, not that it's realistic. Just imagine... 200-60 in seconds. More time to drink!

This will save me a lot of water: recirculating the spent water back to the ice water. To save water, I'll try to put the hot water into my washing machine. But I haven't tried this with my new one... I'm not sure how those new load sensing ones work with water prefilled

Because I don't want to use up all my ice just to get it down to 80 degrees, then I'm SOL until I go buy ice. If the wort is ~200 deg and my water is 75-80, it will cool very fast to about 100. Then I can use ice water to get it down lower. The temperature difference from 200-80 is so...

You coud try a Honey blonde ale and add it to see. There's a microbrew that makes a jalapeño blonde in Wisconsin. I forget the brand

Took me two and a half years to finally get my buddy into it, he always wanted to but his SWMBO wouldn't let him. He has a carboy now, so it's a start. Good idea to call him. Keep me updated, I'd like to know his process and give it a try. I love honey beer (leinenkugel honeyweiss is my...

Yeah you would need to get the temps down to refrigerator like temps to really get the yeast to go dormant. Or if you want to get real crazy: add they honey after fermentation is done, pasteurize it to kill the yeast, keg it, force carb, bottle from the keg. Could be a goal for you down the...

1 lb of grain = .75 liuid extract = .60 dry extract I can't say how much since I never did partial mashes, but I would think 1/4-1/2 would be plenty. Just subtract from your extract though so you don't add too much.

I thought that as well. Was hoping I wasn't crazy. Thanks! Mystery solved

Nevermind, found this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

I would like to really work on clearing my beer more, so I am considering keg conditioning and then bottling from that. Funds are tight and I can't really find an affordable beer gun, the one at my LHBS is $75. Would it work to use a normal bottle filler like this hooked up to my keg...

I've always wondered this, just for curiosity... I put the proper amount of Five Star cleaner powder in my carboy, then fill with hot water, stopping to shake to stir it up somewhat. Once I get it all the way full, to the brim, I walk away. I come back several minutes later and the water...

This is what I am going to be doing soon. Use the wort chiller until about 100 degrees. Then take a tub of ice water and pump it through the chiller http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=submersible+pump

Don't you stir your boils?

Your issue could be the temps. Also, honey malt is best when mashed with a base grain. Like I said, it can convert its own sugars but is much better with a base malt to help. You could try a mini mash with some base and honey malt. If you have no sweetness to your beer, then the honey malt...