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Wow! Just had my first blast off. Finished brewing around 9:30pm last night, woke up this morning, about to leave my house at 5 am, just thought I'd check the beer before I left... And there it is, a frothy mess in my closet. :mad: Looks like that top blew off with some force, there was...

Beautiful. Should get around to brewing in about a week and a half. Ill let you know how it turns out, and if I make any adjustments. Appreciate the help! :mug:

Im only an extract brewer for now, and my brew pot is a 6 gal. pot. You dont think I can steep 8 lbs of grain do you? Is there a way around this, or should I buy a bigger brew pot, and get around to making my cooler mashtun?

Well cat, I think you've convinced me to give this one a shot. I dont have any experience with saison beer, but im looking for a good summer brew (and one the wife will like), and this one seems to fit the bill. Ill let you know how it goes

Just brewed this baby up yesterday! LHBS had everything, except I used muttons Light LME, and I used .5 lbs of carapils, instead of caramel pils- hopefully the changes wont impact the beer too much. How detrimental do you think it would be if I racked into bottles after 1 wk in the primary...

+1 I just brewed my 2nd batch and used my home made wort chiller, that i made for 30 bucks. It was super easy to make, and worked like a charm!

"At the very least, blind somebody!" Thats classic... Are there a lot of HB recipes that deal with cyanide?

yeah, ill just take readings next time. I appreciate the help!

Hmmm... thanks for the heads up! I've always heard that you can rack into the secondary a day or 2 early, just as long as your putting it into a secondary, and not bottleing. Regardless, Ill get out of that habbit. So... what do you think? Beer still ok? I do have about a half inch of...

Yes. I let it sit in the primary for 5 days. Had no real bubble action after about 3 days in the primary, however, I did not take a SG reading to verify

Im brewing a DFH 60 min clone. ( my 2nd brew btw ) I think things went very well during the boil, and my home made wort chiller (immursion) seemed to work very well. primary went just as it should. Last night I racked into my secondary and this morning I noticed some white clusters on the...