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So I have a sasion I brewed about 3 weeks ago. OG was 1.067. It actively fermented for about a week and started to slow down so I brought the temp up to the lowish 80s noticed it "start up" again. Racked to secondary at about the 2 week mark (gravity was 1.010) and noticed some airlock activity...

well i am back in the states and brewed my first beer in a year and man i missed the smell of grains in the mash. made a smiple pale ale with 10# 2row 1# crystal 20 and some perele. smells goods in the fermenter never used perele and they smell pretty awesome bout to throw some in the...

IT IS SO HOT IN KUWAIT!!! i cant wait to get to iraq. it feels hotter than last time but then i was here in october not july. i have sand in all of the places it souldnt be. but i could be worse i guess oh and who ever reads this has to drink a beer for me

cause i am about to deploy really soon. iraq means no beer unless its near beer. only 12 months this time and hopefully they switch to the 9 month deployments with 2 years home. but please brew more for the next year for me. ill be workin on a welcome home brew for when i get back yall take care

just wanted some opions on what a good starter bike is for someone who only has experience on a dirt bike like when i was 15. i have done some research online and alot of places say that for a first time rider you should start out on a 250cc bike maybe 500cc depending on your build and how much...

this place is awsome! my family and i just PCSed here to hawaii on the island of Oahu and it is awsome. the plane ride from dallas to here sucked but man north shore is so beautiful. havent had a chance to check out the brew shop downtown yet been busy inprocessing and gettin to my new unit...

the only thing that sucks is a month or two after i get there i deploy to iraq. not to worried about deploying but a few more months in hawaii with the family would be nice.

ok so here is the thing. my last to beers i have made havent gone down past 1.016. i basicaly do all of my mashes the same 1.5qt/lbs 152F give or take one degree for 60min. the last one i did was a stout with an OG of 1.038 i think basic stout nothing crazy in the grain bill. it spent 3...

we are doing valentines today because next week i got surgery so on the valentines day i will be pretty messed up on pain pills. so i made her manicotti for dinner and other things so she went and got me the big bottle of chimay, a sixer of spaten optimator and a sixer of franziskaner hefe. i...

i have been brewing for almost a year now and have never got around to trying any lambic or sour ales. i am really interested in trying and trying to make one. what is a good "gate way" sour ale to try out and what all goes into making a sour ale. do i just make a nice balanced recipe and...

what all should i expect from this yeast besides somewhat peppery and spicy flavor? just ordered some stuff from BMW and wanted to try a differnt yeast. i am makin a batch with 2-row amarillo and t-58. thanks

ok i cant make up my mind about something. my original plan was to do a SMaSH with American 2-row and amarillo and try out hop bursting adding hops at only 20 and 5 min or just late additions. today i was thinking that hop bursting and FWHing are somewhat similar (correct me if i am wrong)...

so i was wanting to brew up something easy and nice before i say good bye to fort hood tx and hello to schofield barracks hawaii. so i figured i would do a SMaSH with some american 2-row and amarillo. i also wanted to do something new i read on here the other day call hopbursting. luvhops...

ok this weekend my friends and i had a get together and of course beer was involved. but my friend and i got into a disagreement about sh!iting your pants. yeah stupid i know. but his point of view is if the smallest particle of poop comes out that is poopin your pants. even if you just...

ok i am not freakin out. it has been almost a week and my stout has only gone from 1.040 to 1.020. i used danstar windsor (first time using) and used a whole pack or 2.25 gallon batch and my supposed FG is 1.010-1.012. my recipe was basic 65% MO 25% flaked barley and 10% roasted barley. it...

so i brewed up 2.25 gallons of dry stout OG 1.040 and i used danstar windsor for the first time. i brewed this late friday night and picthed the yeast at about 1 am saturday. when i got up saturday mornin it was like the yeast were listening to slayer and moshing around like a bunch of crazy...

would it be a waste of time to wash dry yeast? i have a pale ale fermenting away and was wanting to make a stout right after and i used Notty. should i just quit being a cheap ass and shell out the $2 or give yeast washing a try? thanks

ok when i built my recipe i set the effiency to 70% and that gave me an OG of 1.060 which i hit right on the money for post boil and my pre boil was 1.045. i went to http://www.brewersfriend.com/brewhouse-efficiency/ to see what my effiency was and it said 85%. i used 75% 2-row and 15% crystal...

i just ordered the stuff from Brewmasterswarehouse. i am going to shoot for a very hoppy aroma/flavor apa. i do 2 gallon batches. 70% eff and the cascades is 5.4AA according to the site. 4#6oz 2-row 8oz crystal 10 4oz crystal 40 .75oz cascade FWH .25oz " " 60min .25oz "...

ok i still use my mrbeer fermenter for my all grain fermenting needs and was wanting to get a 3 gallon better bottle. i was wondering if it is ok to just use a blow off tube the whole duration of fermentation? or should i get a blow off tube and an airlock? and what size tubing should i get...