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I usually fill my carboys up half way with star san solution then shake them up back and forth for like 2-3 min. I never fill them to the very top. And if the beer bottles were clean i don't see any reason why not.

If your tap water taste good it will prob in most cases make good beer. My tap water taste like a$$ so i buy 10 gallons of spring water for 87 cents a gallon at wall-mart.

Ya i agree with everyone here. I would just be better safe then sorry and go grab some Star San. I live by this stuff i use it on everything and never had an infection. Some recipes are expensive and i would not want 2 risk the whole batch on something i didn't know about. You could also google...

I never Heard of that product does it use food-grade safe phosphoric acid. Also is it odorless and flavorless.

That what i was saying if you were referring to me. That Watered down didn't make since if it was already mixed. The only way to fix to much top off water would be to maybe boil some DME and add it. I was basically saying why would you take some out thats not going to fix the concentration. You...

(And get a Fas and plug it in) I Meant get a Fan. Also what kind of yeast are you using in this IPA?

+1 For larger cooler with water and water bottles full of ice. Also put a shirt around the fermenter where the bottom is in the cold water. And get a Fas and plug it in point it at the area. Better Explained if you just search SWAMP COOLER on these forums. Good luck

Watered down even if you took some out it would still be at the same concentration. Even if you took out half the batch both batchs would be the exact same if you already mixed it. You should have just left it in and got a few more brews.

This same thing happened to my brother when he first started drinking homebrew. He got over by drinking more and now the yeast have no effect on him. I have even caught him taking beers from my closet drunk and drinking straight out of the bottle warm.

Not a big fan of brown ales. But my brother is he drinks alot of bad penny and new castle. Anyway I brewed up a honey brown ale for him. It's been primary 2 weeks. I was racking some cider so I was like let me take a hydro reading for shi*s and gigs. It was at like 1.012 from OG OF 1.055. And...

Ya i will most certainly keep y'all posted. I guess will see what happens.

Well you convinced me. I have over star san stuff before. Had airlock water full of star san get sucked into the beer with never any off flavors. So hows this sound i'm going to freeze the berries. Take them out put them in either a 3 gallon or 1 gallon paint strainer bag and dunk them in star...

Ya this is the same thing i been coming across. Reading and reading a 100 diff ways people do it. Seeing that this is my first fruit beer i'm worried. Don't know witch route i'll take yet. But getting the berries in water covering them to a 160 and holding them for 10 min seems pretty safe and...

What did you just soak your berrys in star san for a couple min?

I was thinking about buying the dole frozen strawberry packages. And crushing them a little with my hand then put the unopened bag in the freezer for 24-48 hrs. Then pull them out dip the sealed bag in a starsan solution for a min or 2. Then cut the bag open with sanitary scissors and dump them...

Ok thanks also. I was thinking about adding the LME 2 flameout. And was reading this might mess up my IBUs. Anyone know anything about this? I don't want 2 high of an IBU for a fruit beer maybe 20-25 at the most.

I will cut the honey malt back some. I don't know how all these grains really work and what not. So i was just researching and kind of winging it. I usually have my steeping grains laid out for me in a kit. This is my first time putting them together on my own. But i really appreciate the...

Strawberry Ale OG=1.055 FG-1.015 SRM=8 IBU=21 ABV=5.3% YEAST=US-05 Volume=5 US Gallons INGREDIENTS Steeping Grains 1lb Honey Malt 8oz Carapils Fermentables 3lbs Light DME 3lbs Light LME 8oz pure raw honey at FLAMEOUT HOPS 1/2 oz Cascade (60min) 1/2 oz...

Ya i put 1 gallon jug of spring water in the freezer and 1 in the fridge a few hrs before i start my brew. I do extract and not a full boil. But i fill up both sinks side my side with water and ice. And i put the kettle in the ice bath. And when that water gets warm i move to the next sink i...

I would have grabbed a straw and started drinking!! I don't ever mind the flat beer I taste when taking samples I actually love it. I mean cold carbed I love more. But with a straw and some determination. I think I could of sucked up at least a gallon 2 a gallon and a half.