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So here goes. I did my last partial mash creme ale this afternoon. i've been brewing for almost 2 yrs and never had anything like this happen. My SG was a whopping 1.030. Grain bill: (What I mashed at about 150 F for over an hour in about 3 gallons of water) 5.5 lbs of 2 row 1 lb of...

Hey everyone. I'm just trying to figure out which size container to get for a 5 gallon all grain batch I'm going to be making via BIAB. 5 or 6? Don't anticipate fermenting in it either b/c it seems like it would be a little tricky cleaning it out. I plan on buying a container from US plastics...

Hi guys. Sure this has been addressed before but here goes. I'm going to switch to BIAB. I do PM now and BIAB seems to make the best sense. I've decided that I'm going to buy my bag from wilserbrewer but I'm undecided on a kettle. I'm deciding between a spike kettle and a concord. I will say...

Hello all. I'm going to making the jump to AG soon and will be buying a kettle soon. I am leaning towards buying a 10 gallon kettle since I only brew 5 gallon and don't see ever going any higher than that. With all the different options out there is it worth to buy an expensive kettle or would a...

I found a recipe for an Octoberfest. When I plugged it into BeerSmith it came out with a high gravity, closer to 1.07. I had an extra half pound of wheat in that recipe that in the end I did not use, and my OG just now came out at 1.04. I'm rather pissed to say the least b/c I hate making...

I don't do lagers because I can't. Taking advantage of the 21 day trial of beersmith I made up my own Oktoberfest but as an ale using dry yeast. I got the recipe off of here but substituted the yeast. It came in as a high gravity beer and I am wondering if I needed 2 packets of the dry yeast...

This is used yeast. I made a Wit a few weeks ago thatI made a starter with about 6 hours ago. I am brewing right now and when I pitch the yeast should i scoop up the yeast on the plate and toss it in the fermenter as well?

Here's my problem. I bought the floor burner by blichmann with natural gas conversion kit. The burner came with an orifice that looks like it is for propane. Can anyone confirm this: When you order the blichmann floor burner with natural gas conversion kit you should get a total of 2 orifices...

Hello brewers. I currently have done extract and partial mash brewing and am considering jumping to AG simply because there are more recipes available and it sounds like it is cheaper. DME in Chicago is $5 a lb and liquid is not much cheaper when you factor in shipping. Local LHBS sells canned...

Hi brewers, I am thinking about buying an outside burner to brew outside this summer. I am also thinking about moving to all grain in the future. I have NG outside so I am between the Hurricane and the Blichmann burners. Any good recommendations? Also, I have a Weber NG grill too. Does...

It was groupon that I can thank for becoming a home brewer. They had a special on Mr Beer and that got the snowball rolling. Ended up buying a new brewing kit from Midwest after research and taking a pass on Mr Beer. I now keg and love making my own beer. Cubs fan who is a brewer. Go figure.

Hello there. I am new to home brewing and this forum. So here's my question. I made a yeast starter kit for a belgian wit I want to brew. As I was opening my whitelabs vial over my funnel and bottle, the thing exploded, sprayed my hand and then went down the funnel into the bottle...