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No need for secondary at all. I just do 3 - 4 weeks primary then bottle or keg. Works great and it greatly reduces the chance of infection and/or oxidation.

+1 It's totally normal.

It looks like it didn't attenuate fully. Did you re-hydrate the dry yeast before you pitched it? If not you probably killed off a good portion of your yeast, making them use more of their energy reproducing instead of making you delicious alcohol. ALWAYS re-hydrate dry yeast, no matter what it...

Sippin' on some SN Bigfoot Barleywine. Lovin' life.

emjay, That makes alot of sense and seems MUCH more accurate then just guessing like I did. I will defiantly start doing it that way! Thanks for the advice!!

After making a starter the other day with WLP001 I refilled the white labs tube alittle more than half way(after soaking the tube in starsan of course) and put it back in the fridge. Is this okay to do? I plan on making another starter from it in a month or so and doing it again if it's a good...

Anyone one who drinks just a few a day or or 6 throughout the week doesn't have a problem. I work over nights in a warehouse and go in at 11pm and I normally have 6 or so before I leave for work and 1 or 2 when I get off in the morning. But I only do that 4 or 5 days a week. The only problem I...

So it's defiantly broken. Any ideas on what to do with a broken mini fridge? I don't want to just trash it. I spent hard earned money on it and didn't have it for 20 min before I destroyed it. I feel like there has to be something it's still good for... Right?

That's exactly what I DIDN'T want to hear. I'm in Birmingham AL. I paid 80 for the fridge so I bet it would be cheaper to replace then to repair it...

Has anyone ever broken the cooling line on the inside of a mini fridge while bending the freezer tray part back? Because I just did. It kinked a little, and then cracked a little, and then sprayed a little. I quickly covered the hole with a ton of quick sealing silicone but I'm not sure if it's...

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I have about 12 milk crates lying around my house. At least half of them are full of bottles. It's defiantly my favorite way to store bottles

Just an FYI update. Just got my brew to the fermenter. OG 1.051. I was shooting for 1.049 so I'd call that pretty close. I'm pretty stoked on this ale. I'm pretty sure this is the first brew I've been this close ti my numbers on. Or maybe it's all the home brews I've had. I hope the other 9...

That sounds like a good plan! I will also have a pint for my birthday! Or 10! 

Oh no! Someone please save me from all za beer! Glad to hear you're okay!!

Man I'm sorry you got hit by a car. I hope you're okay! No lie I'd be more then happy to send you a bottle! 13 gal is alot to drink by myself and SWMBO isn't really a beer drinker!

Thanks d00dz! And so far so good on the brew. Just collected my first runnings and it's smelling so good! I wish I was drinking it now!!

And what a great day it is. Sitting by myself drinking one of my almond browns and brewing up a 13gal batch of a birthday blond.  Life is good. Who agrees with me?

I'm pretty sure that they are referring to the temp you condition the beer at. You could maybe condition the beer at a slightly lower temp(maybe around 60) and a little longer, since co2 dissolves better at lower temps? Seems logical to me anyway, but I'm not sure. I had a batch that I didn't...

Just got my new 15 gal conical on Wednesday so I'm breaking her in with a 13 gal batch of blond ale on Sunday. Got my starter going yesterday and I'm gonna step it up tonight so it's ready for me on Sunday.