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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Bottling weekend coming up! The FINAL final gravity wound up being 1.030 on the porter... So, how much priming sugar should I use? Your Mother
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    1.074 is the OG from another beer. The porter in question had an OG of 1.090. Your Mother
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Took my gravity reading this morning and I'm at 1.030, which would make this a ~7.9% beer. Tastes excellent as well! I'll take another reading tomorrow to see if fermentation has stopped and rack to secondary if necessary. Comments regarding my gravity reading are welcome. Your Mother
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    So, it's been in the primary for three weeks as of this Sunday. Should I take an FG reading?
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    So, I'm a bit concerned that my high OG of 1.091 is the result of a high temperature in the partial mash. While it's true that there's only two pounds of grain here, I did accidentally have it at around 163 degrees for about 10 minutes or so, followed by an over-cooling to around 148. The...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Visible signs of fermentation began at about 11AM this morning. Airlock is bubbling well and there's some foaminess. Looks good. Your Mother
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Yes, I used Irish Ale yeast from White Labs. It's been about 14 hours since I pitched and while the airlock isn't bubbling yet I do see a layer of bubbles on the top of the wort. Socia's swamp cooler has the carboy down to about 67 degrees and I have it in a dark closet fanning away. I don't...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    So, I finished the brew today with an OG of 1.090. This is a lot bigger than I thought, but I double-pitched so I'm hoping for big things. Your Mother
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    UPDATE: Swamp cooler test has the carboy down to 65 degrees! Your Mother!
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    OK-- so this recipe calls for 2 pounds of grain for the partial mash, which I believe means I will need 2.5 quarts of water for the mash heated to 168F to achieve a 153F mash. Does this sound correct? Also, the sparge water should be about two gallons at 175F, which means I will have a 2.625...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    OK-- so I got all ingredients yesterday including two vials of Irish Ale liquid yeast for double pitching. I don't think I'll make a starter. I also made a swamp cooler and I'm testing it now to see how low it will go. So far its holding at about 70 degrees (which is about the temperature in...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    OK-- my beer is still bottle conditioning (and tasting better) and I want to start brewing the baltic porter. I have some questions: 1. How big should the boil volume be? My first batch was about 2.5 gallons and I could go higher but I'd like to know what you used. 2. For the Hallertauer...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    I tried it on Wednesday (four days in bottle) and it sucked the Big One. I tried some this evening (seven days in bottle) and it's night and day. Nice malt front and heavily hopped, as designed. It's still a bit wild, I think, as the flavors are not quite there yet, but I'll keep you posted...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    OK-- so given that this would be my second brew and I've only done extract, could I partial-mash the grains using the method described in this thread?: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/ Also, I'm not sure if my fermenter-storing location will get as low...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42224677@N05/3960955180/
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Hmm... I should be able to post pictures directly to the board now, but I can't seem to figure it out...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Just cracked one open and there's a little bit of carbonation in it already! It tastes much better than when it was first out of the primary and I expect it will mature substantially over the next two weeks. Yeah! Your Mother!
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Bottled the concoction yesterday. I'm thinking I will need to let this sit in the bottle in my closet for two weeks or so. Any harm in tasting it before then? It has had two weeks in the primary and one week in the secondary, dry hopped. I can see why people move straight to kegging. Washing...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    Racked to the secondary last weekend and I'm thinking about bottling this weekend. Since my primary is now empty, it may be time to try another brew. I'm thinking some kind of Christmas ale. Any suggestions for a new brewer? I like hops but I'd also be happy with, say, a spiced porter or...
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    Your Mother Brews Beer

    That's heavy, man.
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