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Mine is like a film on top. Both of them tasted like they should. It didn't show up until secondary its something I must of used then or not cleaned enough.

Ok I guess I'll see how it turns out. So I can take it out of the swamp cooler after the krausen goes away? I have a stout that has grain already crushed and ready to go I want to brew but I don't have another tub to do a swamp cooler so I have to wait until the Pale Ale can be taken out. How...

Here it is definitely a full boil lol. Hit temps and OG perfect. I let it go a day then checked the temp and it was 82* after 24hrs so I put it in a swamp cooler and got it down to 68* in a couple hours. Do you think it will make any difference letting it go a day?

Made a Hefenwiezen and Amber Ale both had this still bottled them hopefully they'll be ok. Gave everything plastic a bleach bath last night.

Just brewed this Monday night BIAB hit the mash temp and OG perfect. I got up the next morning and it was fermenting great lots of bubbles. I get home and its bubbling even faster. I've never worried about my fermentation temps but I wanted to try a swamp cooler and see how big the difference...

Hallelujah for Amber Ale! Sounds good planning this in the near future.

What kind of freezer is that MrTheKing? I think I'd like a chest big enough for 2 or 3 kegs but I'm kind of leaning towards and stand up freezer to have shelves and do lagering.

If you know your going to go all grain in the near future decide how you what kind of set up your going for and try and plan for it so your not buying something you won't want in a few months.

So would I just do 5.2 gallons in my brew kettle for the mash and then would I just dunk the bag a couple times or let it sit for like 30 mins in the 2 gallons of water in a second pot? Then would I just add the 2G in or should I try and rinse the grains by pouring it through the bag into the...

Yea kinda your saying I couldn't just put 7.2 gallons in my pot and do the mash then just replace what ever water I lost by sparging with new water. I think I'll just end up topping off I don't think I'll be able to do the proper way until I get a bigger pot. I'll have to experiment a few times...

Ok I'll mess with it some more tonight. What do you think about having some sparge water on the side when I take the grains out and just running that water through for however much I need to get my full boil. Is that going to mess up the numbers? How will that effect it? Water it down or improve...

That sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. I might try that and see how close it is and go from there. Thanks. I measured my kettle and its about 7.5 gallons so I put that in the Beersmith and changed the recipe I had a little bit. I'll try it or Edworts recipe sometime and see how it...

Good idea I'll play with Beersmith some more when I get home and make a profile for my equipment. My pot is pretty wide but I'll measure when I get home. I'm still kind of confused about how much water I should put in before mash and how much I should have left after the grains are taken...

Ok I just downloaded Beersmith pretty cool stuff but heres what I came up with tell me what you think. Type: All Grain Date: 10/6/2012 Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer: Boil Size: 8.19 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Volume 6.77 Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 6 lbs 8.0 oz...

We have a local brewery here Evolution and I love their pale ale it has a dry kind of finish to it I've never had in other pale ales. I want to replicate it but not sure how they do it. Is it a certain yeast?

Have you tried any? I would try a few I've bottled ciders and they had a little carbonation even if I didn't put carbing sugar in it. I guess it depends on if the yeast are all gone or there aren't any fermentable sugars left.

Had an awesome brew weekend. Did a Hefeweizen Friday night, used a bunch of leftover stuff in the freezer to make an amber ale saturday, then brewed and split a 10 gallon batch with a buddy on sunday.

I tried one after a day in the fridge and it looks like the mold on top dropped out looks fine now. Opened one up didn't foam over but was more foamy then I like when poured. The beer is watery though so it dissipated quickly. I think I tried to use to many bing cherries. Next batch I think I'll...

Its been bottled for about 4 days now OG was 1.050 FG 1.010 I only put about 4oz priming sugar in because I;ve been having problems with over carbonation. I checked on them last night and it looks like the last dozen or so bottles that were bottled have a more noticeable amount of mold at the...

Aw that sucks. Its already bottled though so I'm going to let it go and we'll see. I tasted it and it tasted normal a little less sweet then I was hoping but still good and cherry. Do you think the mold would die without cherries floating on the top?