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I have been brewing a few batches and always used ice to cool down my wort since I don't have a chiller. I buy 1 gallon water, freeze it, cut the bottle open and put it on the bucket. Is this ok or it can cause problems? thanks

I want to try this recepe this weekend. If I do it with a partial boil 3 Gallons does it change the amount of hops I use? The batch size will be 5G. Do I keep the same hop schedule and amount as the original recipe? thanks Ernie

That's a good idea ! I'm going to do some research more research about smaller batches.

I have been brewing for about a year, a dozen of batches or so. So far it's been great and I'm really enjoying it. I've been using extract and steeping some grain and results have been suprisignly good. I have been reading and thinking about going all grain but the cost seems pretty high...

makes a lot of sense.. 105 .. 10 min- 5 IBU's .. why didn't I think of that! because I'm a rookie. Thanks a lot.

I want to do this recepie from his book. P 215. Not the online version it's seems to be different. it's pretty clear how to brew it except for the hops section it reads 0.5 OZ Sterling (7%) @ 60 min 13 IBU 0.75 Oz Liberty (4%) @ 30 min 9...

The problem was the operator ! Me. Capped 5 batches since then and all came out right. on that faulty batch I used a plastic plank to lift under the bottles that made them crooked when I capped.. so the capped where crooked too on top of the bottles. Thanks for all the help, I'm back...

thanks for the info. That's what I tought, it's so commonly used there must have been some info on it. They were talking about the sulfuric acid used in these products that were bad for you. I like to collect as much information as possible and keep on learning... still a lot to learn ...

I was talking to a local craft brewers this week about a bottle problem I had https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/empty-bottles-problems-deposit-sidewalls-207872/ they were telling me they would never use products like aspeptox or other no rinse sanitiser like that for bottles. They said it`s...

drank some beer tonight... not sick.. not blind. Very good.

Here`s the picture.. little white dots.. don`t smell like anything.. when I pass my fingers on them they go away.

I decided to sacrifice a beer... and break a bottle to see. it looks like white points in it... like I said.. it`s everywhere until the bottle curves at the top. it`s drying now so I will attempt to take a picture of it. thanks to everyone. Broke my heart to poor a beer in the sink

what about the other 45 beers that are full do I dump them or drink them ? In the case it's mold. How did it get there? is it from the beer?

it's like little dots.. all over each other... size of the needle point. it does brush off mold ? do I dump the batch ?

all bottles were stuff free they well rinsed every time I used them and dried upside down.. I do the same watch against the sun to make sure it's all good. I rinse with hot water after drinking the beer and dry them upside down then before filling it's sanitiser. Never had any problems before...

beer tastes fine. It's an extract recipe with some steeping. I checked all the full bottles seems to have it.. it starts at the bottom and goes all the way up to where the bottle curves.. then nothing in the neck or top of the bottle.. What now ?

So I'm drinking my new pale ale batch.. I've done that beer 4 times without any changes to my receipe and it's great. I was looking at one of the empty bottles after I rinsed it well and there is still some things that stays stuck in the bottle. it's like little dots everywhere on the...

don't I risk infections by opening the fermenter to take readings ?

so I got out of my comfort zone and brewed a new type of beer I've never done before. A california Common. I used WLP810 which calls for colder fermentation temp. It's been at 58-60 for the past 14 days. The recepie calls for 14 days in primary. It took 3 days to show sings of...