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+5 Gallons Abbey Ale +5 Gallons Red Stripe clone 7998

Gainesville, GA for me. On the North end of Lake Lanier.

Never have I ever But only in a mixed sex group.

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Well, life is always interesting. Got together with my brother and dad to brew a Red Stripe clone today. We've recently upgraded our kettle from the aluminum turkey fryer pot to a SS 36 quart kettle, so this was the time to try it out. Unfortunately, we have been using a brinkmann turkey...

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I'm in.

It is an ale clone. I've got a dorm fridge I could use to lager, but the recipe I found has me using WLP001 Ale yeast. So it will be done sooner and no need to refrigerate.

So I will leave it where it is. I am starting a Red Stripe clone this weekend (for SWMBO, who likes beach beer), but I can just put it straight into the 6.5 gallon carboy.

OK. I am ready for the "I told you so." I got home this evening, new yeast in hand, all ready to pitch and pray. Sterilized the thief and opened the lid. Lo and behold, a nice foamy white krausen and some lovely aroma. Took a sample back up to the kitchen and the hydrometer shows a gravity of...

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I was under the impression that I wanted to minimize the potential for contaminants. It would seem to me that every time I open it I provide a potential pathway for contaminants. Is that not the case?

It is in a bucket, but it is seriously opaque, and I can't tell if there is a krausen or not. I will look tonight when I open it up. I am hoping to only open it once before racking it across to my secondary.

So I am brewing a Belgian Trappist Ale. OG was 1.060 and I pitched a vial of White Labs WLP 500 Trappist Ale Yeast into 5 gallons at 72 degrees. It has been 3 days and while I know that bubbles in the airlock are not a good sign of fermentation, the whole thing is acting dead as a tomb...

The lake is great, but how'd you take beer? Glass and boats don't mix really well in my experience.

Joey, my kids are boys. I've never set foot in the Cabbage Patch Nursery. There is not much there to attract a 15 year old or a 16 year old boy (or their father). Blairsville is pretty nice. If I may ask, why in the world would you move from the mountains to below the gnat line?

Joey, I'm in Gainesville, GA. It is about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta up interstates 85 and then 985. I've been through Warner Robins a few times, although I've never stayed there Hoppy, how does one manage to get from Cumming GA to Elyria OH?

Greetings, all. I am not entirely new to brewing, although I am not very experienced, either. I first tried brewing about 10 years ago when I got a home brew kit from my wife for Christmas. I brewed some beer, I made some wine, and I enjoyed it. But then life got busy and the whole shebang...