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don't add tap water, just live with smaller volume. There's enough alcohol to kill bacteria probably, but why dilute your brew that you worked to hit gravities and hop bittering values? My 2 cents. Beersmith tells you exactly how many lbs to carb with. I have been kegging for 2 years and...

shock them with a Pilsner Urquell brew. As a lager it's a more complicated process, but they'll pour out the coors after tasting that. You can piece together a good recipe from BYO.com or by googling it, but here's a recipe I came up with: 8 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 1...

in all grain circles (See John Palmer's How to Brew) they talk about target levels of elements Calcium 50-100 ppm Magnesium 10-30ppm total alkalinity 0-200 ppm sodium 0-150 ppm chloride 0-250 ppm sulfate 50-150 ppm I think that distilled water is stripped of most of these elements. I would...

I have an ancient 7.2cuft freezer that holds 4 cornies on the floor, plus I can fit a 5 gallon carboy on the hump with my CO2 bottle.

Possibly german? No translation found, but it sounds like similar to racking or moving the beer. An article that uses that word: http://www.brewingmuseum.org/article03.htm

I converted to NG last year. I also bought a Sabco frame which had burners with the proper jets. I still had to drill out the jets since our gas pressure is pretty low (4" water column). I love it and will never run out of gas during a brew again! Not sure of what burners to use, but they...

I've only extended my mash times when doing triple or double decoctions. Otherwise, I never go over 60 minutes.

I guess I'm lucky...I live in Colorado. I brew indoors in a ventilated brew room, then wheel my rig to clean outside. I wouldn't curtail brewing for the heat unless I couldn't keep fermentation temps in a good range. Again I'm lucky, my basement stays at 64 (floor) to 66 (table) most of the...

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Imagine the wealth of recipes shown in this overall thread! I had to go to my brew book to remember: Denny;s Rye IPA Full Suspension Pale Ale clone (dry hopping now) Midas Touch (in primary now) Bohemian Pilsner Pale Ale improv Marzen (still waiting for autumn to tap) Guinness Draught clone...

PBW is what I use (It's an alkalai). Never had the buildup like you, but it should remove it (if it's not etched with the acids you used) when soaked overnight. The product is billed as used by commercial breweries. It works in fermenters, mash tuns and boilers for me.

IPAs tend to be higher gravity brews and if the mash temp was low, you'll tend to get a dry/alcoholy beer. Time heals many wounds, so let it age. If it's a 7% ABV beer, you'll always have that taste to it.

Just enjoy the red for what it is. It can stand alone quite well. If I were to use cedar, I would think along the lines of an IPA or pale ale. Fruits for small beers like Blonde ale. I have never used wood either, but I would think twice about Spanish cedar since it is so aromatic. My 2 cents.

I would do it. You'll have 3 months into this beer before it's ready to go...go through the step and avoid any diacetyl if you can. I did my diacetyl rests right after primary. I took it out of the fridge and let it sit for 48 hours at 67-68. Fermentation kicked in a bit, getting the last...

I suggest the least amount of time with cooled sugar water possible. Add the yeast and let it start working for you.

I can only speak from my experience, but this happened to me when I first began brewing...maybe 4 years ago now. I was so worried about aerating that I never stirred the priming sugar into the beer. I gave up that fear and started making sure that the heavier sugar water wouldn't sink, and was...

You have enough responses, but I use Draftsight. It's just like AutoCAD so if you know Acad, you'll know this. Same command line and everything.

I wouldn't let it sit at 70...you'll find your beer on the floor--having blown through the airlock. That yeast is made to ferment really cool. lots of dark lagers and ales. It's really about the yeast used and the temps.

Love the girl... what does the label say? I can't make out the 2nd word. Demon Spdwa? Ale Works. Sorry, it's not computing..

Is Sausagefest the gay beer?