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The beer turned out delicious! The lilikoi flavor was a little strong, but after the first few sips to acclimate one's taste buds, it was delightful. While I still don't understand the relative lack of fermentation reaction after dosing the beer with fresh fermentables, I can't argue with...

Yes, I was joking a bit! But, at least in our current rental, there are only three 240 circuits: stove, water heater, dryer. My hope is that the new place, once we find it, will be a bit more robustly wired. If not, well, we will be owners, and I can fix that! Looking at other threads...

That is a good lead. Thanks beergolf! Although the 220v does add a hurdle.

Well, that IS a thing a beauty! Now to find a spare 220v outlet lying around :( I suppose I could drag my stove aside and unplug it on brew days.

Aloha all! I'm thinking about migrating from partial-mash to all grain. Amongst the hurdles I have to overcome is my stove. It barely boils 2.5 gallons of wort. I have zero faith that I'll be able to get 5-7 gallons to boil EVER. Propane isn't a desirable option. I'm limited to...

I think we Googled "adding fruit to beer homebrew" or something similar. :mug:

Aloha al! A few weeks ago, we made a 5 gallon batch of a generic hefeweizen, with the intent of adding Lilikoi to it after primary fermentation. The initial fermentation went as expected, VERy active, stuff flowing from the BOT for 2 days. We let it sit in the carboy for 2 weeks (had to...

The more brewers here the better!

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We did the stickers and legend method for a while. And, while it beats not labeling, here's some of the fun we've encountered: 1. running out of the proper stickers before bottles and having a mixed batch 2. Keeping a few bottles from each batch around means the legend gets awfully long 3...

I'm fortunate to live in an area with excellent tap water, so that's what I use. To echo what SteveM said, i tried it, I liked it, and I've stuck with it!

I generally keep several batches of beer around (in bottles) and enjoy whatever I'm in the mood for at the moment. Sometimes I even go days without a beer (gasp)! It seems to me that were I to keg, I'd end up with fewer varieties on hand and cold. I mean, really, who has room for an 8-keg...

Ok, in full disclosure, I can't follow a recipe exactly. I started with the recipe as posted 11/04/2008. But I wanted to clear out some leftovers in the fridge, so I used 1 oz Liberty hops for the 1st addition, and 1 oz Tetnang for the 2nd. And we didn't use the Burton water salts. Oh, and...

I don't know. Like I said, those who make mead are adamant that boiling is a sin. However, you're not making mead, you're adding honey to beer. So maybe latent bacteria that wouldn't stand a chance in an all-honey must (what a mead-maker calls wort) could take off and bloom in your beer...

I drink homebrew and stare at the pot. Stare, stir, sip. Stare, stir, sip.

This is my experience every time I brew a hefe or dunkle weisen. Extremely active fermentation, lots of blowoff, and having to empty the blowoff bucket at least once. Very normal from my experience.

Crossover wisdom from mead forums: Boiling honey is not only unnecessary, it's bad. Boiling removes most of the flavor and character of honey, leaving only a tasteless (but fermentable) additive. The sugar content in honey is so high and the moisture content so low that bacteria can't grow in...