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Just bottled it last night. Tastes great, even uncarbed and warm. My OG and FG were slightly off at 1.061 and 1.016. Now the hard part of waiting for it to carb and age. Thanks!

Very true! I've thought about this, but then I need to crash it in the fridge to let them settle down, and that takes time.

Well when you put it like that it makes me feel a little dumber :( Good point though. I'll take my readings from now on before I pitch the yeasties.

So the hovering little chunks don't affect the reading a great deal then. Good to know :)

What is the best way to measure the OG? I always use a starter now and rather than decanting it I've just poured the whole thing in, so I presume I should measure before I do that. Should I measure it when all the floating flavor bits are still floating around, or wait for them to sink and then...

Yeah, I was thinking of dry hopping for 7 days. Thank you, Don :) I'll definitely let you guys know how this turns out.

I always take extra effort to clean and sanitize everything. I've been making yeast starters for the last several brews and have noticed a real difference compared to when I was just pitching the yeast right from the vial. I was thinking of using WLP515 instead of the California yeast, as it's...

Hmm, what makes it decent instead of good? I've been reading more about ingredients and what they contribute, and I think I'm starting to get it... Still likely to make mistakes though (an apparent mass overdose of rye malt for example), any help you guys can give me is greatly appreciated...

Hmm, that's a good point. That kit was "limited edition". Perhaps I need to rethink the hops entirely. So if I cut the recipe down to this, considering I'm going to rethink the choice of hops, does this look like it would produce a good brew? I'm thinking simcoe or magnum hops, based on...

My goals are a tasty rye ipa. I brewed a brewers best australian ipa kit last year and it was delicious. It used galaxy hops throughout. I'm not aiming to replicate it, but I liked the citrusy flavor of it. So the Saaz are out of place. I'll take those out of the recipe. Seems like its way...

I probably shouldn't go by the beersmith style guide when making recipes. I thought that seemed a lot of rye. Not shooting for any og in particular, just a tasty end result. Why 20% and why ditch the saaz?

Hey dudes, Figured that it was about time to start working on figuring out how to make my own recipes. Thought I would start with a rye IPA since they're delicious. Been reading up on grains and hops and I think I have a rudimentary idea of what needs to go in and when.. Not sure though...

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Never would have thought to use the siphon like that. Not a bad idea. I'll have to try that next time if its necessary. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that it was a few drops a minute, it was really that slow. Thank you for all the useful information :)

It was a chocolate milk stout. Perhaps it was too fine, not sure. Don't really remember it too well :). I thought rice hulls were used to alter the beer somehow. Interesting idea using them to help act as a filter. I don't think there was any wheat in the recipe. Could have been too...

Hey guys, Just did my first all grain brew last week and am preparing to bottle it sometime next week. It went well, but there were some difficulties I encountered. After the mash was complete, I turned the lever on the kettlevalve to let the wort run out, but it wasn't coming out very...

Hey guys, I've got a kettle valve and two brass fittings. I know for certain that one of the fittings is lead free, but the other I can't verify. Is there anything I should do to prepare these to use, or are they good as they are? Thanks!

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I think I will. That's a 6 gallon better bottle. Obviously a half gallon of headspace was insufficient for this batch. This is the second batch I've made with a starter, the difference is amazing.

it's a Vissani wine chiller. The temperature control thingie at the top isn't very good. I haven't finished the controller yet, but its close. Being able to control the temperature of my brew over the internets is going to be sweet :) That picture is taken after I cleaned up a bit. There was a...