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Yes, it can go all the way down to 60. It stops at 60 because that is the lowest setting on the AC unit. I use a Johnsons controls unit to control the temp. I don't remember the BTUs, it was the smallest unit they had at Lowes (about $100-$150) Frigidaire.

I have a box that looks exactly like that, I use a small window AC unit and it works great. The AC unit only goes down to 60 degrees, so that's as cold as i can get it but it works great for ales. The AC unit is made to cool a larger area than a mini fridge, so should work better.

If the recipe had lactose you will have a higher finishing gravity, I hear that malto dextrin can cause the same thing. I use lactose in a sweet stout several times and it finished higher FG than expected each time. Like aiptasia said if the FG stays the same for 3 days it's done, whatever the...

I would leave it in the primary for another week if it if at 1.020, it's does not look finished. I only use a secondary when dry hopping. When you see a change in gravity you know fermentation is happening. 75 might be a high temp for the yeast depending on what type it is (but it will be ok)...

Pizza for me, although everyone else seems to think they go great together. :cross:

I had everything lying around except the foam board. I think the window A/C unit was about $100 when I got it. It's about $200 worth of stuff with the temp control. I keep it in the front room of my house and i keep my house at 77-78 degrees so it only has to drop 10 degrees, I don't really...

I have a wooden box with foam board insulation on the inside. On the end is a small window air conditioning unit and I have a Johnsons Controls temperature control unit. I can get the temp down to 60 degrees, but i usually use it at 67. It's kinda big i can put 4 carboys in it, but it could be...

Your full boil time is 60 minutes (everything in one pot), so when the wort starts to boil add the 60 minutes hops (the 60 min. time is how long you will boil it) When 30 minutes is remaining in your boil put in the second hops.

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This is the recipe I make for my wife, we both love it. Ingredients: 6 lbs. Wheat Liquid Extract, 60min 2 lb. Clover Honey, 10min (turn off flame, stir in, restart boil) 1 oz. Hallertau hop pellets, 60min 1 oz. Hallertau hop pellet,s 40min 1 oz. Amarillo (or...

Some people say that leaving the beer on the dead yeast that falls to the bottom causes bad flavors in your beer. Others feel that is only for large volumes of brew because of the weight from all the liquid pressing down. Personally I don't use a secondary and I think my beer is darn tasty...

mix some dish soap and water and apply it to all you connections with the CO2 turned on (with a brush or rag or spray bottle) and all the parts connected. If there is a leak somewhere you should see it bubble. Don't forget the gasket from the CO2 bottle to your reg. (its like a flat plastic...

I don't see any yeast in your recipe, but if it is ale yeast, I would brew it and put it in the primary for two weeks and then bottle it. The only time I use a secondary is when I'm dry hopping an IPA. I never have used gelatin. If there is sugar left in the wort then the yeast will be in...

Sound like a leak, mine lasts months with two 5 gallon kegs hooked up.

Neat idea! Moose Drool is a great one of theirs! Haven't tried Brush Tail, I need to go see if they have it yet at the local store. Do you think you captured all 3 types of yeast?

It could be a lot of things, Absinthe was popular in the time period. There must be some verbal account that was passed down and not noted in the Wikipedia account.