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Ell, I brewed today. Thanks to advice from many of the fine folks here, it was much more of a success than it would have been (even made my first starter!), but there was one problem that I'm not sure whether or not even IS a problem. The target OG for the recipe was 1.069. I got a 1.055. What...

If I decant skunked beer off the starter yeast, will the yeast produce a skunky final product in the main beer? I stupidly placed my starter in a clear glass jug on top of my refrigerator for 5 days. The kitchen is well lit, but no direct sunlight would have reached it. I haven't smelled it...

I made a starter last Friday night with 12 cups of water, 3 cups light DME and a vial of WLP530. I'm pretty sure it's done fermenting, and I plan on putting it in the fridge when I get home from work tonight. I had an insufficient ice bath and it took about 30 minutes to finally get it down to...

Newbie question: I have a 5 gallon pot, so I have to do a boil of 3 gallons, I'm thinking, so I'll have head room to prevent boil over. That means I'll have to add water to the fermenter before I pour the wort into it. Will 2 gallons of cold water be enough to bring the temperature of the wort...

Below is a clone recipe from BYO for Pike's Tandem Ale. I am trying to convert the recipe into extract and I have a couple questions. Any help would be awesome and greatly appreciated! The recipe: Pike Tandem Ale Clone - BYO March-April 2010 issue Amount Item Type % or IBU 6.50 lb Pale...

I've got this Pike Tandem clone I'd LOVE to do. Kind of the holy grail of home brewing for me. The problem is, the recipe is All Grain and I am not at that level of expertise just yet. Is there an easy way to convert the recipe to extract? Pike Tandem Ale Clone (BYO) Amount Item Type %...

Does anyone have a recipe for a Pike Tandem clone? Being in Florida it is prohibitively expensive to have it shipped from Seattle so I would love to be able to brew it at home!

Hey all, I am brand new to the home brew scene. This is my first post. Got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas thanks to my awesome wife and began fermenting the West Coast Pale Ale that Mr. Beer sells last Sunday. I doubled the HME and yeast but used only one booster. Was going to wait two weeks to...