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Hello, Mrs Richard. Is Paul home?

I am extremely relieved you guys said that. I figured it was lost, so I changed the ice and put it back !! I racked a Weizenbock onto the cake from an Oktoberfest. Now that I think about it, I never made a wheat before...

I've been brewing for about 6 months or so, and have around 10 batches under my belt. Thought I was doing well enough to try racking a new brew on top of my yeast cake, since I have read of people doing it, and having good success. I am not quite ready to save and wash and reuse, (mostly...

Wow.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've been thinking about this for a while now. I've been using One-Step, because that's what I started with, and that's what I know. I think it will be more cost-effective to go the StarSan route, if I can do it and save it somehow. Nothing kills me...

It's a "5" gallon bucket, with the 5 gal mark about 2-3 inches below the top. I knew that the yeast would raise the temperature, but I had no idea it could be that much of a difference. Gotta work on patience. I think we're gonna need a bigger boat.

After the brew, the temperature was dropping steadily for 30-40 minutes or so in an ice bath in the sink. I pitched at 90, and transferred to the rope-bucket-where-magical-things-happen, with more ice around it. I figured that by the time the little guys took hold, it would be much lower. The...

I brewed an IPA Sunday night and pitched at 90. I know I should let it cool more, but I've done this before with good results and needed the space to bottle my Dutch Dark, so I went ahead. Last night, I came home to check on it and rotate my ice bottles out, and a little was coming out from...

I am using Danstar Nottingham.- probably under 70 should be good, so under the house it goes !!!

I have a couple of those Rubbermaid bins, but not enough to hold as many beers as I made last night. Here's the reason for my paranoia - I broke my hydrometer a couple weeks ago when brewing the Dutch Dark Lager that's in my other fermenter now, so I can't check the gravity. The brewstore is...

After having troubles with my first bottling experience, I am hoping I did okay this time ( I took the advice of many of you here, and made my own bottling bucket ) The whole procedure last night took about 4 hours, and it worked okay, but without a perfect seal on the end of the auto-siphon...

There, I've said it. My first bottling day was Sunday. Actually, I should have filmed it as a "You don't want to do it like this" tutorial. You guys would have loved it. I must have looked like a drunk Steve Irwin trying control this thing. I still don't really know how I got beer on the...

Did this twice. I've had enough.

Thanks again - Just got home from the local grocery store with a 5 gallon bucket !! It also came with about 3 pounds of butter cream icing spread around the bottom and sides - mmmm... butter... I assume (and I know I could find this if I trolled around long enough but I'm so friggin excited...

Okay, I am gonna give this a shot this weekend. I would really like to have a 32qt kettle, a plastic fermenting bucket, a glass carboy, and 2 more of each. My main issue is that I can't afford to get the whole ensemble at once, so I am picking up the essential items one by one, in the order that...

So, if I add the rest of the entire amount of DME to only 1.5 gallons of water or so after the boil and stir like a maniac till its dissolved, I am sure the readings are gonna be off a little. Theoretically, it should work fine as long as its dissolved thoroughly. And, btw, thanks Dave- the...

That is absolutely brilliant. ( Lawyer voice: "Mmm hmm, yes... I like what you did there...") All the DME has to do is mix so the sugars can breakdown? Will this affect the expected fermentation times or anything else that I am not thinking of?

Not following ya.

Thanks everyone- The most recent recipe I had called for 2 gallons of water boiled with the ingredients to make the wort. I obviously had to cut this in half and boiled 1 gallon of water and used half of everything else. The brew pot I used will hold about 2 gallons at best, leaving me...