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Brewed a honey wheat 5 days ago and I'm pretty sure its done fermenting. Checked the gravity last night and it was 1.012. Going to check again tomorrow night and if it hasn't changed I will either put in secondary or bottle but which one? I couldn't care less about clarity but will putting it in...

Thanks for the reply everyone! That shandy sounds great. I think that's what I'll end up doing

I brewed 5 gallons of a honey wheat last week and just tested the gravity last night to see how things were going. The og was 1.061 and right now is sitting at 1.012. I believe that puts it at around 6.5%. . I got this recipe from a YouTube video and the guy even said that his came out to 6.5 so...

Last night I brewed up 5 gallons of some honey wheat ale. I got the recipe from a you tube video that I saw but the recipe forgot to mention the addition of cascade hope at the last 10 minutes. I watched the video again last night and realized that the guy mentioned it in the video but not in...

Just picked up this pump at a yardsale for $5. Was wondering if it would work for pumping my sparge water to the hlt. Says its good up to 160 degrees. Obviously my sparge water would be just a little hotter. Cannot find anywhere if it says it is good grade or not...

Yea it's only going to be 4.3% but ill take a reading to make sure

I just made a gingerbread ale 2 weeks ago and was wondering if it would be ok to bottle. I had planed on taking a gravity reading on Thursday then again on Sunday to see if it changed at all but I never got around to doing that. Would it be safe to bottle it tomorrow?

I have a stainless steel water supply line that I used on my mash tun and it worked great. Could I put one of them in my keggle if the scrub pad dosnt work to good?

I have a nice German Oktoberfest sittin around right now. Pretty excited to try my first all grain brew though. This one is for my wife. She is 9 months pregnant with our second daughter and she has been dying to have a beer. She tried some ginger bread ale last winter so I figured I would...

Ok ill start checking the gravity after 2 weeks. Thanks again guys.

Ok cool. Ill just keep it in the car boy. I found out what a blow off tube was after the thing damn near exploded haha. I think I will just use a bucket from here on out. Once it has stopped bubbling that is a sure sign that its done fermenting right?

Haha this is the first time I used the carboy for a primary. I figured it would be cool to be able to see it the whole time. But just about 24 hours after I pitched the yeast is over flower from the car boy so I think I had it to full maybe. Is it ok to do 4 weeks in the car boy or should I...

Thanks for the replies guys! So I will definitely pre best my mash tun next time. I use a rectangular cooler. I have about 4 inches of head space to I will try to make a foam block for it or I was also reading that covering the grain bed with tin foil helps as well. I will look into the brew...

So I just did my first all grain batch and it sure was a learning experience. I did a gingerbread ale. 5 gallon batch 8.5 American 2 row .5 chocolate .5 special b I used the brew365 calculator for this brew because I found it really easy to use. It told me to heat my strike water to 165...

Cool! Thanks

I just made a wort chiller from some extra copper I had laying around and I was wondering if I should take some sand paper to it to get off all the grime and tarnished looking stuff or will a good scrub with soap and water be ok? Also I soldered quite a few pieces on it and was just making sure...

Sooner or later I would like to make a system where I can pump my hot water/sparge water into my mash tun and them from my mash tun into my kettle then into the fermenter. What would be a good cheap pump to use? Can I use an awuarium pump or any type or water pump for that matter? Also could...

Tha is for the advice everyone. I think ill try batch sparking for the first time. Just need to make me a wart chiller and Im ready to go!

Thanks fellas. Always getting some quick good advice from these forums!

Doing my first all grain batch and want to make sure I have an understanding of how to mash out and sparge correctly. So after mashing for 60 minutes @ lets say 152 I pour a few pitchers till it starts to run clean and pour it back in the mash tun then drain everything into my boil kettle...