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Hey all, Brewing a holiday red ale and using Safale S-04. First day fermenting it went bonkers and even in my 68f room, it hit low 70's for may be a day, or less. The rest of the time I've been leaving windows open, fan and covering the carboy with wet towels and that has kept the temps...

Hello, I'm brewing a Gingerbread Brown Christmas Spiced Ale Special from AIH. The recipe calls for the addition of the spice packet to be added to the secondary and then racking the beer on top to let sit for a week. My beer has been in my 5 gallon carboy (5 gallon batch) and has hit...

Hey all, I'm relatively new to brewing, having done about 6 batches so far. My latest batch is a Gingerbread Brown Christmas Spiced Ale using Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale Yeast. Ordered it from AIH. So I brewed last night and pitched the yeast at around 11pm. Smack pack was nice and...

Hey all, I just bottled a 5 gallon batch of an AIH Perfekt Weizenbock. Using the calculator on Screwy Brewer, it calls for C02 volumes to be 3.71 to 4.74 for a German style Weizenbock. I didn't put anywhere near that amount. I must have been looking at a different style by accident and I...

Hey all, Brewing my first wheat bear (Perfekt Weizenbock) from AIH. After brewing the 5 gallon batch and pitching I set the fermenter in 68 degree room. 15 hours in or so the airlock was going bat **** crazy and bubbling like mad. This kept up for 12-18 hours by my best guestimate and then...

Hey all, I'm relatively new and have done 4 extract batches thus far. My recent brew was a Robust Porter kit from Brewer's Best. I had never used a hydrometer prior to this batch, so prior to pitching when I took my reading, it was around 1.051 or so, which is what it is supposed to be...