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+ 5.5 peach ale + 4.5 apa + 5.0 dry irish =51,275

+1 to #27! ;) have F.U.N.

Yes you could soak in vodka for sanitization. You coyld also pasturize. Bring the berries and H2O up to 155-160 and hold for 25 mins or so, cool and add to secondary. Alot of brewers dont worry too much about any sanitization if adding the fruit to secondary because as long as primary ferm is...

Dont change the temps too quickly...could cause stuck ferm. Even if the krausen escapes, the brew will be fine. Lower the temps slowly and stabilize to ambient. Once the head falls, replace the blow off back to the airlock and...let the waiting commence! Cheers!

He had said oxidation concerns. Once you transfer to bottling bucket you should bottle fairly soon afterward so as to not have O2 sitting on your beer for too long. http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/zymurgy/online-extras/oxidation-good-beer-gone-bad I know there are a BUNCH of...

I think a day would be good enough to crash it.

I second trox...could you just move the carboy, let it crash and proceed as normal w the priming?

That is how I used to do it. I imagine you are asking about if the effect will be same as putting the prime in your bottlibg bucket first, then racking on top. It will be fine if you add the prime from the top and gently stir all together. Certainly boil to dissolve the sugar or DME first in the...

Havent moved it yet...still bubblin along. Prob move this Sun (4 more days for a total of 15) and im getting mixed reviews about the cake. I know it will be a massive overpitch to use the whole thing but the simplicity of racking the done brew then adding the new wort is appealing...

Cool, ill nix the dry. opinions on yeast stress...Im thinking if my OG is close to 55 or over I should be ok. Sound thinking...or over-thinking?

...and ps - alot of brewers start with blow-off tubes attached until after high krausen. That is exactally what I will be doing from now on, simply to avoid madness! :/

You will be fine. I used yeast starters on my last 2 batches for the first time and the both blew up...bad. I replaced the airlocks with blow off tubes for 3 days, then replaced back to airlocks. 8 days later both primaries are still bubblin along fine. No worries!

PS - I do have a pound of dark DME also...add it...or no? Worried about too much "grainy" taste...

What do you guys think about stress on the yeast? Ill use the nugget (1 oz) for 30-45 and the cascade (1/2 oz) for 15...sound good? Im going to go with 8oz oats and 2# pale 2 row w specialties at 152 for 40 mins. Thoughts?

So I went to the LHBS tonite and it looked great. He really did a nice job on a remodel. I havent been there in years. I got 2# of 2 row and it was 6 bucks. Not sooo bad...the moss was 1.99...so also kinda ok. The snow is ROCKIN down right now...new tire trials commence!

We are supposed to get 7-12 tonight...ugh. Thanks for the welcome. Cheers!

Thanks chuck...any thoughts on schedule using the hops I already have? I would like to keep from buying more...the kit came w/ the nuggets.

...side note...what got me back into brewing was a local brewery (Lavery's) was offering pre made lightly hopped wort for 10$ for 5 gal so I jumped and bought 10. They will be dobe wed or thurs (10-11 days) and Im moving the one (wlp001) into a secondary with peaches. Point? - the OG was 1.055...

Truth...not good pricing. I order most of my materials online b/c it IS still the only LHBS around. Boo. Im actually going there tonite for some grains and moss and hoping not to spend a fortune! Good guy, just baaad prices...thanks for the welcome. :)