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I do a 4 week primary as well. Allows the yeast to clean up after the job is done. Check out the sticky in the Bottling/Kegging section, there is a good discussion about force carbing techniques.

Working great on my iPhone4. Have you guys tried restarting your phones and then opening it?

BTP gets better the more you put into it. So if you take the time calibrate all your equipment and put it all in, then you will get better numbers. Otherwise it is just making a guess without knowing what you are working with.

its not the strain, but the potential for diaster I am worried about. i like to limit any unnecessary risk I can when it comes to brew day. But the loss in efficiency might be worth the risk.

I think my cooler is a 52qt, its not one of the 70 qt versions. Insulating is actually a good idea. Might have to look into some options for that. Or suck it up and hull that thing inside.

I think until I have some sort of recirculating/heating system, I might just go simple and do some extract brews during the cold months. I can get a boil going just fine. If I had a pot to heat mash and sparge water, I would do it indoors, but I don't. I started off with a keggle, never...

Tun was pre-heated inside and grain was at 72 degrees, sitting in the house until I put it into the Mash. Is there some way to calculate in ambient to compensate for it? Mashing inside might be an option, but I use a keggle for my HLT and BK, so I would have to add the water then haul the...

I did my third all-grain batch this past weekend and it was about 20 degrees outside. I could not hold temps in my mash at all. I use a Coleman Xtreme cooler, which I know can hold temps, but I guess it was just too cold outside. Has anyone else run into this problem? I am guessing that...

You don't need a membership at all to use BTP. If you buy a license, then you are good to go. The membership is for interfacing with their online database to pull down recipes. I never use it. However, after watching some of Bobby's videos on getting the most out of BTP, I love it. It takes...

I've had the poor mans Black Velvet before with Guinness and Cider and the only thing dangerous about it was how easy it was to put away. Certainly wouldn't get you messed up.

There was plenty of Natty Light, Coors Light, and Keystone Light when I first started drinking beer in college but now it just doesn't do it for me. I will grab a PBR at some gigs when they are on special, but usually go for a local Pale Ale or something from Bell's.

We only have on shop in Indy, but it is a fantastic one. Staff are knowledgable, helpful, always friendly. They have a really nice inventory, even if stuff is a little more expensive than online. Most importantly, they are good at building relationships with their customers. I can ask them...

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So I bit the bullet and got a 36 quart Coleman Xtreme. Already I can tell it has a lot more insulation than my previous one. Also there should be much less dead space. Now my only concern is whether to build a copper manifold again or just put a stainless steel braided hose in there.

haha, good point. Maybe it just needs to be retired.

I have been worried about that too. It also has more dead space than I would like. It doesn't have the channel like the Xtreme does where it goes down. Maybe I can donate this one to a friend and build a new one. A question about some of the cleaning methods mentioned. I have a copper...

So I was doing my first all grain batch, which didn't go well but that is another story, and at the end day, consumed with frustration, I did something so completely stupid. I left the grain in the mash tun. For a long time. When I opened it I almost lost it. It was something I had never...

its 323ppm, can't remember if that is high or not, but I do have a water softner. Yea, I didn't do anything with it. It was my first brew so I hadn't picked up any software yet. I now have Beer Tools Pro, so hopefully I can avoid this problem in the future.

unfortunately i broke my hydrometer as i was about to take the OG so I don't know. I asked Brewer's Best if they knew what the AA was for the Brewer's Gold was, but she couldn't tell me. Here is the recipe Amber Ale 10-B American Amber Ale Author: Brewer's Best Size: 4.32 gal Efficiency...

So my first beer has finally had enough time (3 wks) in bottles that I can taste it without worrying too much about it being green. I cracked one open last night, had a nice puff of co2 smoke sitting in the bottle. When I poured, it developed a lot of head and spilled over the glass, not sure...