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    My first yeast starter

    There isn't really enough time to decant at this point. Your starter is going now and you plan to brew tomorrow. I normally chill for 24hours+ if I am decanting it. If pitching directly, I make my starter 18-24 hours prior so it's really rocking when I pitch it. In your case, I would keep...
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    Nut Brown Ale

    I like this one. It's a kit recipe that I altered and it's super easy to brew. Steep Grains (4oz English Chocolate Malt, 4oz Belgian Special B, 4oz Belgian Biscuit, 4oz Briess Special Roast) in 2.5 Gals water @ 155 Degrees for 30 mins Add 2 Gallons water previously mixed with 1 Lb Pale LME...
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    To drink while brewing or not to drink.. That is the question

    Prior to brewing, I carefully measure everything out and print out my brew steps. I have my iPad with brew smith timer going also. At that point it's pretty hard to screw up so I drink away!
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    Frozen

    I froze one. Not quite a solid block, but not far off. I bottle conditioned it and didn't even repitch - turned out great but was slow to carb up. Thankfully, mine was in a bucket.
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    Story of my first brew day

    Doesn't look like wort at all........ You have beer and it looks delicious!
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    Don't judge me for the following question.

    If using real fruit, I would let it ferment out, and then rack it on top of the fruit in a secondary. Be sure to sterilize your fruit.
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    First time pitching washed yeast

    Build a stir plate. Search in the DIY forum. It's too cheap not to.
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    Did I destroy my batch

    The first one I open usually isn't carbed yet because I'm impatient. It doesn't get poured out though lol.
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    Never throw out beer??

    Very curious what would happen if you made a hop tea and added that to your batch.
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    Pitched yeast then checked OG and OG was low!

    There are a LOT of ingredients loaded into Beersmith, but it's not realistic to expect every ingredient available to be in it. I've had to add some things at times. Also, not all the numbers are dead on nuts. I've had to adjust some things like srm, alpha%, etc.
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    Amber fermentation approaching 10 days

    Autumn Amber ale by chance? It'll be fine. Relax and let it ride.
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    Oh my gosh, this is stressful!

    I bet your beer is doing just fine. Relax. Believe it or not, after some more brews you'll have the relax thing down and sooner or later you'll forget u even have one in the fermenter for longer than u planned - and it will still turn out just fine most likely.
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    First batch- How long in primary fermentation?

    Oh, and I usually gelatin and cold crash prior to bottling. It really helps to ensure a crystal clear beer.
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    First batch- How long in primary fermentation?

    Nah, don't worry about secondary. Just leave it be.
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    question about airlock

    I find no reason to rack to secondary. Just let it ride in the primary unless adding flavoring, then I use a secondary. And for my airlock I use vanilla vodka..... Smells great and works fine.
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    is it stuck?

    What was the OG? What yeast? Forget about the airlock as they are poor indicator of fermentation. What is the gravity?
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    American Lager

    I ordered the yeast, but haven't got it yet so I don't know the date. I have it put into beersmith, but it needs a date still. Putting in a date of a few months ago came up with that size starter but I can adjust when I know the actual date.
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    Recommend brew for aging

    I had a similar situation over thanksgiving. Wanted to do something with my brother what would take a year of aging so we could enjoy it next year. We went in a direction neither of us had ventured in the past - we mixed up a batch of mead. The neat thing with mead is that at bottling time you...
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    LME brewing time

    Oh, and 1lb of Lme does not = 1lb of dme in case u are not aware. I calculate 1lb Lme to equal .8lb dme when converting.
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    Need help to get final gravity down -- advice sought!

    Oh, and adding sugar as suggested could up your alcohol, but will likely dry it out.
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