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That’s the route I was headed. Thanks for the reply.

I made a 1L starter of Omega lacto about two weeks ago. It started out like most lacto starters I have done. Unfortunately, life and family happen and I haven’t had time to brew. It has been sitting on the kitchen counter out of the way with sanitized foil on top. A few days ago it started...

There must be something up with the Dry Irish Stout these days. I was attempting to brew one today and I had a disaster of a brew day myself. My Barley Crusher stopped crusing halfway through my grain bill. After I finally got it fixed I accidentally dumped half my grain bill on my floor. It...

Thanks for the advice guys! I went with the Maris Otter.

I was thinking either a pound of Maris Otter or some corn sugar to replace the pound of 2 Row. Anybody ever substitute a litte Maris Otter for some 2 Row?

I am doing my first all grain recipe this afternoon. It is a BIAB version of a vanilla cream ale. I needed 7 lbs of American 2 row, but accidentally only ordered 6 lbs. What should I do to make up for the lb I'm missing. Should I use another lb of Maris Otter I have on hand, or a little...

Thanks for your input. I have to confess, I'm still quite a noob and can't make sense of all the functions on Beersmith. I guess I just need to do a little more fooling with it. I have noticed the issue with beer looking really dark in a carboy before, it just seemed darker than the last...

I did a partial mash Northen English Brown yesterday. It was only the second time I did a partial mash and the first without using a kit. I did a 5 gallon batch using a full-boil. My grains were fresh unmilled grains that I crushed beforehand with my barley crusher (factory setting). Here...

Thanks for the advice, both of you. I already have all the amber extract on hand now and probably wont be able to get more liquid extract before brew day (my LHBS usually closes before I can make it there after work). I guess I may just have to take that into consideration for next time.

I am planning on brewing a Northern English Brown this weekend. I will be doing a full-boil with a partial mash. I will be using about a 1L starter. Could I please get a few comments/suggestions on it? I am trying to make a nice nutty brown that remains fairly true to style. I was mostly...

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm looking forward to trying this out. I will have to do some experimenting.

Anybody have any experience with toasting Maris Otter? I was thinking about toasting some for a Northern English Brown I'm planning. Anybody have any experiences with toasted malt? I am wondering if I should use half regular Maris Otter and half toasted Maris Otter? Or should I just toast it...

I figured I would have enough yeast, thanks for the advice. I would not have thought of stirring up the yeast with my autosiphon. Luckily I have plenty of beer to keep me going for a couple more months.;)

I bottled a Scottish Wee Heavy on 12/14/2010. It was an extract recipe with steeping grains. It had an OG of 1.089. I used Wyeast 1728 Scottish to ferment. I pitched a 1L starter and pitched a second 1728 pack due to the high gravity. I racked over to secondary after about a month. It has...

Thats kind of what I was thinking too cincy. I will try that. Thanks everybody for their help! Sounds like pretty irresponsible business to me. You better believe I'm going to make them pay the postage to mail me a replacement, whether I need it or not.:D

Looks like maybe you just bolted the burner to the stand? I was kind of thinking thats about all I need to do. Maybe I just need to hit the hardware store. Thanks!

I bought a Bayou Classic SQ 14 from Amazon this week. I didn't really have time to look at it until last night. Much to my chagrin, there was no hardware with it at all. To make matters worse, the instructions aren't even for the SQ 14, so I don't even have a clue what I'm supposed to have...

I kind of figured as much. I will just take it out of the fridge on Monday before work, then brew that night. Thanks!

I am ready to brew up a stout with an OG of around 1.055 or so. Naturally, I forgot to get any grain bags to hold my grains, so I had to push back my plans until I could get some. Unfortunately, the LHBS was closed when I went there Monday (01/17/2011). I made a starter using 1 smack pack on...

Thanks everybody for the responses. I think I will just forget about it and bottle as normal this weekend.