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just looking for some last minute advice, such as "sounds good, go for it" or "been there, done that, got the t-shirt, you do NOT want to do that" looking to practice on my all-grain methods and try to improve my efficiencies, and thought I'd go for a SMaSH recipie. read lots of good things...

By the way, the sample tasted pretty good even with just 2 weeks in primary. a tad sweet, but very malty and rich, which is what I wanted (and why I added some non-fermentable sugar too, for a touch of sweetness) my biggest concern is if the yeast are dead or not, because I bottle condition.

Doing some searching, dug up this old thread, which got refreshed recently. I see on one post, that S-04 is good for up to 10%, another that said it died out at 8... I just made a "big beer" whiskey barrel stout that I added an extra 6 lbs of LME to, as well as a pound of lactose...

I think he was referring to mammals, even though lots of "bugs" have "fur" on them.

Yup, I'm RO'ing it myself. I have an "under the sink" unit. I'm not too concerned about making off flavors, and I'm not interested in adding certain salts for flavor, my concern right now is making sure I have the minerals needed for healthy yeast. Once I can get good clean solid...

Thanks, but I'm "out in the sticks" in Marysville (a whopping 6 miles out of town:confused:) and the ONLY utilities available to me is electric and phone. I'm on a well, and thus, why I have RO water for drinking here in the house. our natural well water is rather heavy with iron. (I kid you...

first batch, VERY poor technique and equipment, yielded 1.030 wort, and beer that tasted like hoppy water. second batch, better equipment, and probably 1.040-1.045 after boil but I had added 3 lbs wheat DME and 1 lb honey because the home brew store didn't have enough grain wheat for what I...

Hmm...didn't think about that. I basically doubled everything but the DME. kit had a pound of light DME, and 6 lbs of LME, with a target of 5.5-6% alcohol. I added another 6 lbs of LME, exactly doubling the LME that came with the kit, then added the lb of lactose for some creaminess...

well, a little bit of experimentation, while loosely following a recipe. so yes, it might not be a great beer, but I also plan on letting this one age for 3-4 months before bottling (let it age 4-5 weeks on the yeast, then transfer to secondary with oak and scotch for the whiskey barrel flavor)...

had a "blow out" batch of whiskey barrel stout started yesterday. after several mediocre batches of all grain, I wanted to get a batch of "good" beer in the mix and used extract so I can have a good beer while I continue experimenting on getting my all-grains better. (my next step is playing...

Right, but I don't know my FG, I can estimate it knowing the attenuation of the yeast, but not all of my OG will ferment out.

just trying to do some calculations on a porter/stout that I'm trying out. I went big, and am shooting for around 9-10% ABV. trying to run some numbers to see my potential, but I added 1 lb of lactose to the wort during boil. since this is unfermentable sugar, I assume it's going to drive up...

only a week? I like to let my beers sit in the carboy for 4 weeks minimum before I bottle. having 2 carboys helps though, I can bottle a new batch every 2 weeks...on average. some brews take longer. like the honey wheat I just did. 6 lbs pale, 6 lbs wheat, 1 lb biscuit, 2 lbs honey. the...

yes, NOTHING smells better than the CO2 venting off a bubbling carboy!

yea, they earned back a little business/trust when the guy on the phone said 'oh yea!!' when I told him I was in earlier and bought 2 cases of bottles. in fact, I didn't even really get into the problem yet, I just said "I was in there earlier today and bought 2 cases of bottles" and he...

very cool...the iphone app for the forum lets me upload pics straight from the phone! I don't have to take a pic, email it to myself or sync the phone to the computer, then do my post and attach it on the computer! too bad the other forums I'm on don't have an iPhone app too!:drunk:

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well, I guess not all is lost. I called them up and while they don't have any Champagne bottles in the store, they will have them by Thursday, and will trade me these wine bottles for the champagne bottles. seems that the co-owner who KNOWS what he's doing was there when I called, and they...

That's what I would do if I knew better, but I've only been doing this for 9 months and have a LOT to learn. This is my first attempt at using something other than beer bottles. It's frustrating when someone proclaims to be an expert, only to end up causing more harm than good, why is it so...