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It's been about a week since I added the carbonation tabs and I'll have to say this is a roaring success! The beer has carbed up nicely, and no bottle bombs....I guess it's better to be lucky than good. Actually, it's awesome having a forum to bounce ideas off of, I couldn't have done it without...

There's no way in hell I'm writing this batch off. My momma didn't raise a quitter! Those first four bottles went down nice and easy, and actually tasted pretty good...and yes the rest are double bagged in the closet, just in-case. :mug:

So, I cracked one of the test bottles open and the carbonation was perfect. When I went to re-carb the rest, a funny thing happened, several of them had bubbles, and looked as thought they might be ready to drink. I pushed forward with the plan of a half tab in each bottle. Right now i'm a...

So I went to the LBH and bought he right carbonation tabs today. I cracked three open and added a half a tab to each one. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Cracked a couple bottles open, and lo and behold, there's some tiny bubbles in there. Not enough to be quite drinkable yet. I bought some CAMDEN tabs to put in each bottle....FAIL...at least I caught it this time. This is the batch from hell. Off to the LBH to get some carbonation tabs...

Thanks for the good advice. I'll try the priming tabs, that sounds like it'll be a little easier than measuring out the corn sugar. I'll let you know how it turns out.

I've stored the bottles in a closet in my house, the same as always, 70-75 degrees, so this isn't it. I've stored other bottles in there since then and they've carbed up nicely. So, you don't think that the heat in my garage over two days would have killed the yeast? I'm sure that it got...

I've got a bottling question. I brewed a blonde ale, and tried to bottle condition it. It has been in the bottles a few months now and still hasn't carbonated. I think that I know what I did wrong. When I went to bottle, I removed the carboy from my fermentation chamber, and sat it on the...

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Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm thinking that the layer is to thick, they were to wet to begin with and that I left them in the mash tun to long. Three strikes and you're out....Pee-you!

I'm in the process of drying some spent grains from a batch of beer. This is my first attempt. These things STINK! Is it normal for them to smell sour when you're drying them? I waited about 3 hr's or so before starting to dry them. I left them in the hot mash tun, 56 QT. converted cooler, so...

Hey guys, I was wondering what to do with a yeast starter that I haven't been able to use. It's been on the stir plate for about 3 days now. You see, I started the morning that I left for work. I'm a fireman and we work 24 hr. shifts. I got stuck at work and did a 72. I'm home now, but I still...

I think this is the ticket. I'm gonna order one up.

So, fill the cooler with my mash water, then drop the bag in and let it steep for an hour. After that remove the bag and drain the wort to my pot??? That sounds like a real good idea.

I'm new to all grain and haven't brewed a batch yet. So take what I say with that in mind. In my research, I've read about the "No rinse sparge". A no rinse sparge is basically draining the wort, the first runnings, from the mash. That's all that there is to it. That's the way that I understand...

Thanks for all of the quick replies. I think I'm gonna try it both ways. I have one extract kit that I still have to brew, that will happen in about ten days, when I empty one of my fermenters. Any suggestions for a first all grain batch? What would be an easy recipe? I was thinking a Hef...

OK, I've got a question that I hope you guys can help me out on. I want to start doing all grain brewing. I currently do extract with specialty grains. My goal at this point is to spend as little money as possible. As I was doing some research I started reading about brew in a bag. This seems...

YES!, I love watching the fermenter.

I'm trying my hand (again) at a tangerine wheat. I have one in the primary now, but there's mold floating on top. I think the mold came from the tangerines that I put in. At flame out I added six tangerines to the kettle. I put whole tangerines into a food processor and sliced them up. I'm...

I found this and it really helped.