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Howdy folks, Question -- what is the acceptable shelf life of cracked grains? I purchased all my ingredients for my first extract w/ specialty grains, an Oktoberfest, on May 16, but am only getting to it now, this week if I'm lucky, 2 weekends from now if not so lucky. That means the...

Howdy folks, Hey, just brewed my 1st batch using UME, so added my own hops for the first time, and used hop sacks. I'm almost positive that I've been reading that the sacks are reusable, but now that I'm done, I'm wondering what most people do to actually clean them out. Since they go...

Ok, after reading all about the wonders of Star San, I went out and bought myself some, and did my sanitation for this week's batch with Star San. BUT....I was so expecting to see this foaming action I've been reading about (and being told not to fear)....and really didn't get much foam at...

changing the oil on my Corolla. Something strange was going on....when I was pouring the 4 quarts through the funnel into my engine...I kept seeing wort and thinking, "wonder how this is going to turn out in a few weeks...." :drunk:

Can somebody help enlighten me on SG? I understand OG and FG (I think), and reading glossaries and stuff, thought SG was just the umbrella term to cover these. But now I'm thinking I don't understand it at all after reading recipes over on hbd.org. Consider: Oktoberfest Style Ale...

Howdy folks, Working on my 1st 5 gal coming off mr. beer, and am getting a tad concerned on day 13 of fermentation here. Unadjusted for temperature, my OG was 1.052. sounded ok to me. Today (day 13) I'm getting 1.022. I looked at just about all the recipes over on hbd.org, and I...

Hey now! I'm into day 9 of ferm. on my first 5 gal. It's just an all extract: 4lbs Edme English IPA + 3 lbs light DME. Thought I would post how it went and to make it more interesting, add a poll of mistakes I took note of. I had a little Mr. Beer under my belt, so this wasn't a huge jump...

Hi Folks, I'm into the first 6 days of fermentation on my first 5 gallon batch, and thought I would crawl out of the woodwork and introduce myself. First off, I would like to extend warm thanks to many of you long-time posters, especially Revvy. I've been lurking on this website for...