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Thanks for the input on the bottle caps. I'll try the bag and see what happens. What do you mean by "bake"? You put them in an oven? Or Dishwasher on just a dry cycle? The first batch this happened to has long been dumped. I still have the last two batches in the basement. Haven't...

Hey all. Been homebrewing for a number of years and started running into an issue I've never encountered before and could use some input/advice. I all grain brew and have been using the same general procedure for years. I do both a primary and a secondary fermentation generally hitting pretty...

so admittedly, i only briefly looked through previous posts to try and find an answer to this and didnt see anything... so im going to ask and hope for responses. im a little concerned about my current batch. its a black ipa. i brewed it way back at the end of december. it sat in the primary...

6 oz of hops is what i have on hand at home right now. as the recipe was coming together and i was starting to see what the estimated IBU's were going to be, I kind of figured that I would need more hops. I plan on brewing this during the week, so its not a big deal, I just will need to run out...

Still fairly new to this and this is the closest to a "from scratch" recipe that I have created. In the past I have either used someone elses recipe or and AHS kit and made minor tweeks here and there. Some help/feedback would be much appreciated. I wanted to create a partial mash, Black IPA...

never mind.... i posted before looking at the sticky above. sorry.

So i am considering moving into the world of brewing software. i know that each of these is packed with other features, but to start out, i mainly want it for designing recipes. any thoughts on which would be better for taking this plunge? other options? thanks.

i always like to taste the beer at various points throughout the brew process to see how they evolve. i tasted a small sample when i went from primary to secondary and it was not very good... but as you probably know, that is WAY to early (a little over a week old) to be assessing the taste. i...

i brewed it about 4 weeks ago.... getting ready to bottle it tomorrow.... so.... i dont have much to contribute about the final product, but i am very excited about it if that means anything...

14oz of hops?!? how big was your batch? sounds interesting though...i love hoppy beers too...

yeah, i dont really make it a point to taste the beer, but when i start my transfer, i usually let just a little run off into a mason jar before putting the tube into the secondary, just to get any leftover cleanser/water that was in the tube out before putting it into the carboy. I usually...

so i havent been homebrewing for too long, but long enough to know that a beers flavor can change considerably through the process, i am just looking for some reassurance here... i brewed my first pale ale a little over a week ago. im using a fairly hoppy recipe with some really aggressive...

yeah, i will definitely be doing things different on my next batch. I am going to try to control things a little more as far as light and temp. just to avoid any doubt in my own mind. learn as you go right?

while i do enjoy a heineken from time to time, skunking is not the affect i would like with the red ale i am discussing here. so thankfully it has not been sitting in any direct light. on a seperate note, has anybody been to amsterdam and had a heineken there? i wont venture as far as...

....slow and steady....

so...not sure if i made a big mistake here or just worrying about nothing. transfered my beer to secondary and let it sit a couple of weeks. brought it out into the open with all intentions of bottleing... long story short it has been sitting out in a relitively well lit space for a couple of...

i will try to stop obsessing over it. i think i will probably end up doing nothing and hope that i had a bad reading and the beer doesnt end up tasting like water. i will just continue to obsess over it here in cyberspace... anybody have any ideas as to what may have caused this? its an...

it is in a carboy. i checked it out this morning before leaving for work (about 6 hrs in primary) and fermentation has not started yet, should i still shake it up and take a reading? i wont be able to "shake it up" until after work at this point. i already have a good ammount settlement at the...

this is my 4th or 5th brew, but for the first time i am doing a recipe kit (mini mash) from AHS. i did everything exactly how the directions said... i hit all my temps, times and volumes right on... in fact this was the closest to a "perfect" brew session i have had, no major hiccups. so i...

anyone out there ever brew the Austin Homebrew Supply American Red? I ordered a mini-mash kit yesterday, it is the first AHS kit that i have ordered so i thought i would throw this question out there to see if anybody has had any experiences with this kit. i have brewed a few recipes that...