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wait... maybe I am thinking about this wrong. My AG recipe should have been 1.050 and ended up at 1.030. This means I need 20 points to get it up to what I originally planned. At 43 point per pound of DME... wouldn't i need a half pound? /edit after thinking about it, I think i would need...

thanks for the advice.... Since this is a hefe, I will probably add some wheat based DME. Any suggestion on the timing? Wait until primary fermentation is done? ASAP? Doesn't matter?

I decided to give my local homebrew place a shot and bought some grains from him and he ran it through the mill. I asked what his crush setting was and he wasn't sure (should have been clue #1). I bought the grains anyway and decided to brew yesterday. Well, my system has been pretty...

is ANYBODY gonna say cleaning? come on people!!!!!! you're missing the best part! :)

I like their Trippel, and it has corriander.

Lesson learned I guess.... find an additionaly 63 seconds in your day to put in the airlock. I am just giving you crap by the way.... :)

This doesn't make sense to me. You had time to set up a blow off tube, but didn't have time to put in an air lock because you are so busy? What am I missing?

I have since made: "Ben" the Black Ale "Leonard" the Brown Ale using the same style of "Hello: My Name Is" with different colors. I use bottle cap labels so I don't have to de-label.

I second the hefe. Quick fermentation and the last one I did carbed up pretty quick in the bottle.

Quick question on your step mash.... what is your water/grain ratios for all the steps? Or should I ask what your starting water/grain ratio is? I will be doing a hefe soon and have read that step mashes are good for wheat beers, so was going to give it a shot. I just worry that my 7 gallon...

does anyone use baloons instead of an air lock? I remember my grandma making wine as a kid and she used to put a baloon over the carboy.

My first batch, I did a hefeweizen and racked onto 5 pounds of fozen peaches. To prep the peaches, I just took them out of the bag and stuck them in the oven to de-thaw + a little more. Came out great. It was a light peach flavor. If you are looking for something stronger, you may want to...

I am not understanding why you need to trade the boyfriend beer to get your other beer back. Sounds like an honest mistake if he thought it was your shared beer and you can just ask for the beer back. And offering contractors a soda/gatorade/beer is a great way to keep your stuff safe and...

Verdict is still out on mine. It is actually a Home and Garden store with half the store dedicated to wine and beer making (mostly wine). You can tell the guy that runs the beer/wine side prefers wine but knows about beer brewing. First trip there, he was out of red wheat (seems like a pretty...

damn.... i wish i would have thought of brown sugar for priming. I just bottled a brown ale that was supposed to be a little sweet. The taste before bottling had a hint of sweetness, but needed more. Will put this in my notes for next time.

No.... I love your girl's family too. :)

I have an update on this. Last saturday I took a few bottles over to a poker game and the host poured one into a glass. Foamed up like crazy. He was using an imperial pint glass, and I normally use a pilsner glass. My initial thought was the shape of the glass was helping with the head...

seems easy enough. thanks for the quick advice. confirms what I thought... and a good reminder to look for scratches in my vessel of choice.

I was going to brew over the weekend and was going to make a starter this time.... problem is that I don't have a flask or growler to use. Any ideas for a vessel that I might have around the house? milk jug? glass pitcher?

Somebody needs to write Revvy and app where he can just click and post one of his answers. I feel bad that he has to do a search to copy his answer to post for the um-teenth time.