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11.8%er Has been conditioning for about 6 weeks or so 8%er has been conditioning for about 3 weeks or so. Basement is pretty steady in the 68-71F range and kept dark 11.8%er is in mostly 22oz bottles resting on the floor with one case stacked on another with a 6 pack (well now 5 pack) of 12oz...

Hi all, Been reading through a few threads on adding additional yeast to the bottling bucket when bottling big beers and I plan to do this in the future. My problem is that I have two large-ish to big (8% and 11.8% ABV respectively) beers that are currently sitting in bottles in my basement...

Man oh man....if only I had my AG stuff actually purchased! Hoping to make the jump to AG from extract sometime soon. VERY glad to hear y'all are planning more of these.

Hi all, I came across this deal on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004070QDA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=hombrefin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004070QDA King Kooker 5012 Portable Propane Outdoor Boiling and Steaming Cooker Package with 50-Quart...

I'm looking to be able to boil 10 gallon batches in the future but my first step to AG will be 5 gal batches (if this makes a difference in burner suggestion). So is the Blichmann not worth the extra $$$? Or will there be an inevitable upgrade in my future? For the SQ14 will the stand hold up...

Hi all, I am looking to slowly upgrade my brewgear to allow for AG batches. First up is a propane burner. I'm looking at two and wanted the hivemind's take on them: AIHB's propane burner: http://www.homebrewing.org/14-Propane-Burner--220000-BTU_p_1190.html 220,000 BTU's?! Wow. And...

Hi all, My wife works for a local university and has a co-worker who works in sorghum research. Why is this relevant? Well he heard that I brew beer and wants to give (GIVE!) me grain so that I can brew with it. Now for my dillema: how on earth do I brew with raw sorghum? Can I just...

I'm definitely going to give this one some time. It's been 5 months and two (almost 3) weeks and I got impatient :). With an abv this high I'm expecting it to need some bottle time to settle out. I think that I may try going the other way in my quest and start with a belgian dark strong ale...

Bottled two weeks ago and cracked the first tester today. Carbed up rather nicely for the short time with a small layer of foam across the top. Tastewise....I realize that I'm crap with taste descriptions. It's tasty but lacks the depth of flavor that I wanted.

Hi all, My apologies if this has been covered before but my search-fu is weak tonight. I'm planning a jump to AG and looking at converting a 5 gal cooler to a ball valve and stainless braid. My question is regarding the ball valve assembly. I can find brass kits, bronze kits, and stainless...

Bottled the batch today in 22oz bombers and a six pack of 12oz. This was my first time with the bigger bottles and I LOVE bottling in bombers! Cut my time waaaaay down. Which given that they are almost 2x the volume as regular bottles isn't surprising :). OG 1.100 FG 1.010 so that's an ABV...

Still waiting to find out Chess. I transferred it to secondary right on the one month mark during a VERY busy brew day (transfer to secondary, brew and pitch another batch on the cake, and bottle a batch, oy) and it's been in secondary every since. I have about one good day a week that I can...

Hey all, I have a VERY happy fermenter currently chewing on a batch of beer. I pitched this latest batch (Belgian Dubbel) right on the yeast cake from a previous one (Belgian Imperial Stout). It has been going gangbusters for over a week now and I'm pondering what to throw in there next as...

After reading this month's BYO article on efficency I was wondering what other folks do during that time in your boil when you don't have to watch the pot like a hawk? My last brew day was BUSY. I Bottled two batches (one 5 gallon and one 3 gallon), transferred one 5 gal to secondary while...

Thanks for the fast response everyone! I went with my growler since I rarely am able to use it anyhow. I'm think I'll also sanitize in batches and then 'cap' the bottles with sanitized aluminum foil. Should cut MANY minutes off my bottling day :).

Hey all, I'm in the middle of bottling and just ran out of sanitized bottles. What would you suggest as the fastest way to sanitize some empties? I have Easy Clean and Star San on hand. Thanks so much in advance. I also have a 2 L growler (flip top, like a BIG Grolsh bottle) could I...

Hey all, Received a local ad for Harbor Freight and saw this item: http://www.harborfreight.com/stainless-steel-4-piece-stock-pot-set-94829.html Locally they are on sale for $19.99 for the 4 of them. Wondered what y'all think. Good deal? Don't bother?

Hey all, So I had enough stuff lying around to rig a blowoff tube for my last ferment. Went like bonkers for a while and foam galore came out of it. Last night I switched it out to an airlock because the krausen had fallen and i was no longer in danger of kaboom. Problem now is that my...

5 gal Belgian Imperial stout brewed.....1/9/2012 3 gal Robust Porter brewed 1/23/2012 2913 + 8 = 2921

Brewed this yesterday with two alterations to the recipe: 1 lb of dark candi sugar (thought i had two but found out I was wrong as the boil was going....oops) Instead of Wyeast Belgian Strong I used their Trappist High Gravity, I also made a yeast starter for this big ole beer. A bit...