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Maybe Im the only one, but what I do is hook it up at 13psi or so, and let it cool in the fridge for a day. I then take it out of the fridge, still attached to CO2, set it on my lap sideways and rock it back and forth for about 10 minutes. Put it back in the fridge, wait and hour, take it back...

I'm thinking of brewing a doppelbock with a friend and I'm trying to figure out if I can lager or not. I use the internal temp controller and the highest I can get the temp to go is 46degrees F. Do you think that WY2206 will work at this low temp? I'm still working on trying to get the temp up a...

Im just curious if anyone has notice a significant difference between 10 days dry hopped vs 14. This is the normal "range", Im just curious if there is a difference in this range.

Bell's THA is very simple. 2-row, crystal and centennial, thats it. OG around 1.064, FG around 1.012, IBU around 60, ABV around 7%. Try to culture the yeast from their bottle as it is a specific yeast they use, and its really not hard. This is direct from the brewer, not just speculation. I...

I love using wheat in my beers and just brewed a WIPA. I thought it was pretty tasty. I went all simcoe, but i think many varieties work well. 5gal 10lbs 2-row 3lbs wheat .75lbs crystal 40 .25lbs biscuit .125lbs chocolate 1oz simcoe @ 60, 10 & 0 US-05 Mashed at 154...

Gotcha, when i first heard of decoction I thought the whole thing was pulling some wort out, boiling it, then adding it back. So for the initial decoction: pull out mostly grain and enough liquid to cover it, boil, add back to get 153ish. The second decoction: filter out some wort, boil, add...

The thinnest part?!? If I do that I'm going to get tons of tannin extraction. I thought the whole purpose of using the think part of the mash is to avoid all of the enzymes etc that are in the thin part. Since this is my first decoction, im going to have a gallon or so boiling water standing...

I realize I don't need 100% Munich, i just thought it would be fun and very malty, especially with a single or double decoction. I really couldn't find anything that talked about a normal, or "type" recipe. I want something dark and malty, so i figured 100% munich would get me there. Ill look...

This should be interesting. I'm going to brew this as an ale, which from research I've found is probably more "traditional" anyway. I'm looking at this recipe, simple, but should be effective. 18lbs munich (lots of varieties, looking at this one...

Wow, i didn't expect this much interest in Pail Ale. Economics really has nothing to do with it, although if you do consider economics the only cost is really propane. I think I'm going to try this out. I only brew about once a month, so by the end of winter I should have enough to play with. A...

Just an idea I had cause im always coming up with strange ideas as I lay in bed trying to sleep. For the next 5 brews I make, do a second sparge of 1gal, collect and store/freeze until I have 5gal from 5 batches. Throw it all into my pot and boil it down to 2.5 gal. "Garbage Pail Ale"...

I know this is asked a lot, but I have a substance that (when sealed in a container) will drop humidity to zero. It looks like little light bluish pebbles. Water is VERY attracted to it, so if I put some of this in a tub of crushed grain, will it be bad to pull ALL of the water out of the grain...

So heres what I've come up with but I have a few questions. 10lbs 2-row 1.75lbs Vienna .5lbs 40L .5lbs wheat .5oz Centennial@60 1.25oz " " @20 2oz " " @5 2oz " " dry hop after primary fermentation Yeast from their bottle. My concern is that they state 7% ABV but an OG of only...

From what I've read about this one, you need to add a lot more than .5 or .33 at the end to get the amount of aroma that this beer has. Id suggest 1oz at 10, and 1-2oz dry hop. BTW, im brewing this one up next. about 80-15-5 tworow-vienna-40L, i might throw in a touch of wheat too. hop...

Im brewing this wheat tomorrow 6.5lbs wheat 4.5lbs 2-row 1lb flaked oats 1lb flaked wheat 1lb carapils 1oz tett@60 1oz tett@1 WY1010 I forgot to grab bitter orange peel from the brew store. Do grocery stores carry this, or something analogous? Thanks. BTW its a heavy wheat I...

Yup, gotta love ice fishing. Heres one of me fishing by candlelight on O'leary Lake (doubt you'd be able to find that!).

Heres my situation. I have 1 keg in a mini-fridge. The fridge is at a constant 40 degrees due to technical difficulties (just trust me on this one). I can fit another keg in there that I could use for lagering. Would 40 degrees constant be ok for fermenting/lagering, I usually see 50 for...

Just found 8 spiced ales (my 2nd brew ever) that are a bit over a year old. Put 2 in the fridge and popped one open last night. Tasted much better than i remember it tasting 10 months ago! Still carbed and fantastic.

Let me look around and see if I have any pics of my chiller. No joke, I get from 212-75 or so in about 15-20 minutes with it, the trick is stirring the wort one way in the kettle, and running the water in the opposite direction. At least my very non-scientific experience has suggested such...

ok, i have no idea why that would matter, but ill go with it. 90min boil on the canned stuff? I think I'll just do 60 so that I can get as much into the fermenter as possible.