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Ah great, thanks!

I brewed the Session Mild (E) this afternoon. My temp on the steeping grains was a bit of a roller coaster... got too high, about 170 F. When I tried to fix it, it dropped to about 140 F. I'm still new at using steeping grains so I'm not sure what to expect but I'm looking forward to trying it.

You should read the yeast washing sticky... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/ it's pretty much the same as where you're at with your starter just on a smaller scale.

That's about right, I think I started my boil off with about 3-3.5 gallons so I was left with about 2.5 gallons of wort before I topped off.

I added the wort then topped off with water.

Oh and, thanks for the quick responses. Now I can go to work and not rack my brain trying to figure out what happened! :cheers:

Ah, yup. I didn't mix at all after adding water to get to 5 gallons... ops! I didn't think I'd be able to get that much extra sugars out of the grains, especially on my first time using steeping grains! ;) Thanks!

It is a 5 gallon batch...

I brewed a porter/stout last night and the estimated original gravity was 1.073. The actual OG that I read was 1.111! Here's the recipe that I used... 5 lbs Briess Pilsen Light DME 1.5 lbs Honey 1.5 lbs Chocolate Malt 1 lbs Caramel Malt 40L .5 lbs Flaked Barley 4 oz Black Malt 1 oz Roasted...

The initial reason to secondary your beer was to get the beer off the yeast cake as it was thought to give off flavors if it was left too long. That is slowly being disproved. One member on this forum was away on business and left his beer for 84 days in the primary with no ill effects. He...

This could be the thread fraizer is talking about... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/big-hop-flavor-1-3-hops-55721/ Looks like an interesting method. :mug:

This might be out of your price range, but here's a turkey fryer I've got my eye on... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VW9L64/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 170,000 BTUs and a 10.5 gallon pot for $90

My solution to not being constantly out of beer while the next batch is conditioning is brew more! I'm planning on brewing 2 one gallon batches every other week. I'll get a pipeline going faster than I have been with the couple 5 gallon batches I've done and I'll have tons of different beer to...

You're probably going to get some flack about doing small batches... It would be a good idea to do some searches for small batches and/or 1 gallon batches. I'm about to start some myself. I'm going to do dry extract with some specialty grains and hops. I'm looking at different 5 gallon recipes...

Firefighter - Thanks for the heads up on the Brew Strong podcasts. I'll be giving those a listen for sure. I've been burning through the Basic Brewing podcasts lately. It will be good to have some contrast from another source.

Yeah, I've read a bunch of threads on the topic... I'm using an aluminum pot right now. I'm not sure I personally buy into the anti aluminum opinion and the price is right. :) Thanks for the input phatuna!

I've had my eye on this one... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VW9L64/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 10.5 gallon pot and a 170,000 btu burner and it's $86 When I have the extra scratch, I think that's what I want to get.

We'll have to swap notes when they're done!

Looks like BEEEEEER! ;) I just started an apple wine yesterday as well. From the reading around the threads I've done. Most people enjoy the taste better the longer it ages. I'm not planning to bottle for about a month. RDWHAHB :)

My guess is that recipe #2 with brown sugar is in the bottle on the right! If even the slightest bit of bubbling is going on then CO2 is being released and pushing out the O2. I wouldn't worry about oxidation on either of them. I'm a noob still, I'm sure others with more experience than I will...