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Was looking to try this one out but my equipment is not large enough to handle 10 talon batches. Can I just 1/2 this recipe for 5 talon batch or is thee other alterations to therecipe that I would need to make?

Beautiful paddle sir, truly a work of art. I have often wondered at making a free-form design such as this one for a mash paddle, but was afraid that it would be awkward or difficult to use. What are your thoughts on the this? Do you find it any more awkward than a straight handled paddle?

Beering is a social endeavor. Invite some friends over for Poker and insist they all bring a sixer of a beer that you need an opener to get into. You have a fun night socializing and tasting beers with friends and when thy all go home you get the bottles for your bottling. Once you bottle your...

So many factors can contribute to cloudiness or clarity of a beer. Certain styles and certain yeast strains are just naturally more cloudy. I personally have noticed that how quickly you can get your wort from finish boil to pitchable temperatures can make a big difference in the cloudiness of...

what do you mean step it up 2 or 3 times? That's what I want to do is make 3 starters. What is the best way to go about it? How do I ensure I will have enough active yeast in each before pitching?

Label I made for a micro batch of mead. I usually dont label the beer. But I will be posting a few beer labels later on in the year, as I plan to do up some variety packs as x-mas gifts this year.

How bout a 1.50 starter with honey and rasins in say a 1.5 Liter Bottle for 24-48 hours then split to 3 bottles each say 1 liter each and add apple juice, lemonade, and more honey respectively to bring them back up to the 1.50 -1.60 range. Would that work?

I have this Wyeast Sweet mead yeast that I bought to try out in a Hard lemonade. but the more I thought about it the more I thought I might want to actually brew a sweet Cider, and another sweet mead. So is there a way I can make a starter and split it into 1/3rds enough to do a mead, a...

I am new to all grain so was kinda at a loss as to what to do with the spent grains. some great Ideas here, I don't compost but will try to spread evenly in the lawn. The lawn could certainly use the help and good to know it wont hurt the dog if she gets into it. My first few AG grains went...

Nice looking Manifold

this is the inside of my newly converted Mash tun cooler.

just racked 3 gallons of blonde ale onto 3lbs of fresh strawberries. primary is empty now I need to Plan my next batch. I think a Belgian wit, haven't done one of those yet.

Ditto. My first White labs vial I ever used exploded on me as well. I used no starter, just pitched it right into the bucket. Good thing too because it really exploded. Had I been preparing to poor it into a 1000 ml flask half would have ended up on the counter, as it was most of it landed...

Thanks for the advice I will Try a vinegar water solution on 1/2 of the bottles that I didn't already throw out. I honestly did have two bottles that appeared to have actual pitting in the glass around the rims. Wish I would have saved them now for you non-believers. Hopefully the vinegar...