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  1. AndytheBeave

    Post your infection

    you know what? Screw it. I'm drinking it. If the hydrometer sample didn't kill me......
  2. AndytheBeave

    Post your infection

    yeah I am in new territory here. At first I was bummed out. The beer is using Pilsner malt, white wheat, a hint of crystal 20 and a touch of munich. It's pretty heavily hopped and is on day 10 of fermentation. I only noticed the bubbles when I was about to check gravity and went "oh oh". That...
  3. AndytheBeave

    Post your infection

    The weird thing is that pic was taken 3 days ago. Most of those bubbles are gone now. There are a couple of the hazy ones left but they are shrinking. Maybe there is still yeast in there that is competing with some bacteria and winning? I am thinking of going with it. Dry hop it and keg it up...
  4. AndytheBeave

    Post your infection

    my first ever infection. Not sure what it is. Doesn't taste bad though. Although it smells a bit like weed.
  5. AndytheBeave

    To keg or not to keg??

    This is a simple question to resolve. Do you want beer on tap at home or not? If you do, then keg. Even if you get out of the home brew hobby, you can easily switch the system over to commercial kegs. If you don't care about having a tap at home, then bottle. I did things kind of ass-backwards...
  6. AndytheBeave

    Stepping up my game: From kit to on my own.

    I agree with what m1k3 said. Beersmith is great and so is www.brewersfriend.com No matter what brewing software you choose, it is one of the most important tools you can have. Oh I should have mentioned before, make sure you control your fermentation temps. If you don't have a ferm chamber (aka...
  7. AndytheBeave

    Stepping up my game: From kit to on my own.

    Welcome to the hobby. If you are just starting out, I recommend doing a smash ale (single malt and single hop). That way you can really learn about what different hops and base malts provide to the flavour profile. Here is a mosaic/marris otter smash that looks good...
  8. AndytheBeave

    Post botteling wait period - I cheated, and wow!

    What a great analogy. Well said.
  9. AndytheBeave

    Given wrong grains. Will it still make a good beer?

    I think that will make a killer beer!! I freaking love biscuit and Munich malts. edit - maybe use an English yeast strain and drop the sugar and mash at 150ish and you'll have a nice bready tasty bitter on your hands. I noticed that your grain percentages haven't been updated in your "instead"...
  10. AndytheBeave

    T’wasn’t perfect, but we got there.

    the dry pellets will contribute a bit more gunk when they break down but they'll drop out when you cold crash. I prefer pellets for dry hopping actually. Sounds like you had a fun brew day!
  11. AndytheBeave

    Typical IPA time in primary

    Funny, that is the same sort of sentiment that my wife has. Something or other about "Selective hearing"....;)
  12. AndytheBeave

    Typical IPA time in primary

    There are 2 things I wish were stickied and put on the front page of HBT. This: and the advice I was given when I first joined this forum, "Listen to Yooper, Yooper is wise."
  13. AndytheBeave

    specific gravity-og

    oh yeah. Every time I log onto this site, I learn something new. You may want to try www.brewersfriend.com as well. That site has a great recipe building tool. :mug:
  14. AndytheBeave

    Fermentation

    it's showing the airlock bubbling with an empty (except for air) carboy
  15. AndytheBeave

    specific gravity-og

    Well that kind of depends on your system and recipe and grind of the grain. What I do (FWIW), is first calculate my mash thickness that works best for my system - which is around 1.5 quarts per pound of grain. So if I have a grain bill of 10 lbs, I will use 15 quarts of strike water. Now here is...
  16. AndytheBeave

    specific gravity-og

    can you post your recipe and boil times? The first thing that jumps out is the amount of wort you ended up with in what was supposed to be a 5.5 gallon batch. This suggests that the boil wasn't nearly long enough for the amount of pre-boil wort you had. This link...
  17. AndytheBeave

    Coopers European Lager in the fermentor

    Here is a great blog from brulosophy. He tests the debate between just flat out dumping all of the break material into the fermenter vs. filtering it out. http://brulosophy.com/2014/06/02/the-great-trub-exbeeriment-results-are-in/
  18. AndytheBeave

    Coopers European Lager in the fermentor

    Well, if you are planning on washing your yeast, all the hop sludge will need to be separated. I sometimes get a bit of break material (including the hop sludge) into the fermenter and it really just causes more of a mess than anything else. IT just makes clean up that much more fun.
  19. AndytheBeave

    Does my beer have alcohol?

    Good point. However, a base line must be established: Day1: 1) buy a 6 of your favourites. 2) record the ABV (comABV) 3) drink all 6 beers 4) attempt to walk a straight line 5) count the number of steps before you veer off course. Day 2: 1) drink 6 home brews 2) attempt to walk a...
  20. AndytheBeave

    American ESB?

    PNW = pacific north west I haven't had Foster's ESB before but now I'm intrigued. The next time I go to a liquor store, I'll check it out. Not sure if we have it up here in the Great White North. It's been a while since I have bought a commercial beer for myself out side of a pub!
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