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I made Charlie Papazian's German Pils recipe the other night and bought Wyeast Czech Pils for the yeast. I made a starter and followed the directions on the yeast packet and pitched at about 68 degrees and waited until fermentation started. After that I moved it to about 55 degrees and plan to...

Hi folks, The most recent issue of BYO is all about brewing with Extract. One of the articles is a pictorial of a brew day using Extract. The author said to add the Malt Extract when the water hit 180 degrees and then bring to a boil. I was always under the impression that you added the...

Hey all, Anyone going to the Beer Summit Winter Jubilee? http://www.beersummit.com/

Hi All! Well, after a long break, I am finally back to brewing and being on the forums. It has been awhile and I just wanted to introduce myself again. Long story short, due to fertiliy issues, it took my wife and I 4 years to have our first child in June of 2008. Then guess who got...

Hi all, I want to move from Kits to recipes and my LHBS has many canned extracts on hand. Papazian says to match the extract to the style (eg. Muntons for an English Ale, Briess for an American style, etc.) but do you all have any eperience with some being clearly better than the other...

Hello everyone, I want to start doing some 2.5 gallon batches. I understand that a 5 or 6 gallon carboy will have too much headspace for secondary conditioning, but what about for primary fermentation? Is a 6.5 gallon Ale Pail ok for this because of the fermentation activity? Will all of...

Hello all, I am brewing MW Winter Ale tomorrow :) and it talks about aging the beer for 4 to 6 months to mellow out the flavors. Total Noob question: Do I age in my secondary or do you age in the bottle? I do have some oxygen absorbing caps, but I am not sure if you age for 6 months in...

Hi all, I am getting ready to brew up MidWest's Winter Ale which has an OG of 1.07. I am going to be using dry yeast and I have one packet of Nottingham (11 grams.) The kit came standard with a 6 gram packet of Munton's yeast which I was going to keep aroound for emergencies. I went to...

Hi all, I am a total noob when it comes to labeling my beer. I do not even know where to start. SWMBO had photoshop elements for digital photography and scrapbooking so I might try to use that. My question is, where do you folks get your graphics/pictures to design your labels? There...

Hi all, I have done some searches and can't find an answer for this. I am going to be moving to full boils on my next brew. I have read a lot of information about using less water when steeping grains to get the full benefit. So when doing a full five gallon boil, do you steep the grains...

Hi all, Wonder if I could get a little advice. I am going to be brewing Midwest's Happy Holiday Brew and it lists the OG around 1.065. I was going to use Nottingham dry yeast and using Mr. Malty's Pitching calculator, it suggests based on the gravity that I should us 1.1 11.5 gram packets...

Hey everyone, I searched around and had a hard time finding the answer so I thought I would start a thread. I just bought some LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient from my LHBS. I am going to be brewing a high gravity holiday ale using a Nottingham Dry yeast. I wanted to add this nutrient because of...

Hey all, I had sort of a technical question about blowoff tubes. Is the main purose to let built up air pressure release or krausen? or both? The reason I ask is that I will be brewing the Big Ben Pale Ale this weekend from. I decided to upgrade to the Wyeast British Ale yeast so I will...

I am not ready to make the jump to all grain yet and want to get some malt extract online. My LHBS only has canned Muntons, Alexanders, etc. so I was wondering if anyone had any guidance on which online supplier has the freshest malt extract. They all claim high turnover, but you all have so...

Hi all, I thought this was a pretty interesting article about starting a microbrewery (or any business) in an economic downturn. More Entrepreneurs Brewing Own Beer, Starting Microbreweries, Pubs - WSJ.com

Hi all, My wife and I have been given the chance to go to Largo FLA. I have never been and wonder if anyone has good suggestions of some decent pubs / eateries and drinkeries? We are going to go to St. Pete one day and will be in and around Clearwater beach for most of the trip. Any...

Hi all, This looks like a great event that will feature all cask conditioned ales. I am going with a few friends so if anyone else is going let me know! :mug: Looks great! It is rare to get cask conditioned ales so this looks really interesting. . . Cask-Conditioned Ale Support Campaign

Hi all, I love BBQ and love smoked anything. My wife's Aunt gave me a vertical water smoker that she wasn't using at her cabin. :ban: I have no directions, but think I have that covered from a general website. What I am looking for is a good first recipe or choice. I know that smoking...

This may not apply to everyone, but for anyone using extract and doing partial boils in a small pot, boilovers are really hard to avoid. One way that I have found that works everytime is after you add your extract and bittering hops (when most boilovers happen) remove it from the burner very...