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One thing I want to add is that I just tried a sample that didn’t make it through the spigot of the bottling bucket and it definitely tasted sweeter and better than the first sample when I first finished racking it to the bottling bucket. I racked the beer on top of the priming sugar that was...

Thanks guys! I went with about 1.1 oz of sugar in a little over 3 oz’s of water.

Unfortunately the only bottling bucket that I have on hand is 1.5 gallons so I was wondering how much priming sugar should be added to a bucket that size and then the beer will be racked on top of it of course. How much sugar and how much water would you use to boil the sugar in a bottling...

Thanks for the tip, I’m definitely gonna do that when its time to spare. Bracconiere said that 170 is a little too high of a starting temperature for the water before the grains are added, so I think I’ll probably have the starting temperature be 160-165 instead.

5 gallon batch, so should I aim for about 160- 165 before the grains are added?

So is it better that I strep the grains instead? This recipe that I’m doing is a pumpkin ale and says that you can do a partial mash or soak the grains. If I do a partial mash, what did I get wrong that needs to be done instead of what I described?

1 pound of Vienna or 2-Row malt, 4L ½ pound crystal malt, 40L ½ pound malted wheat Those are the grains and the amounts, and yes they are milled so do I follow the process that I described or do it differently?

I’m going to be doing my first partial mash tomorrow and want to be sure that I have the method correct before I start. So from my understanding, you only put part of the water in the pot and bring it to about 170F so that the grains can settle at 150F and you sustain that temperature for 1...

I really need some help figuring out a solution to aerate my wort because brew day is tomorrow, and it has to be tomorrow because I’m brewing a pumpkin ale for Thanksgiving and it won’t be done in time if I wait any longer. I’ve never aerated a wort before, but I feel like I should now that I’ve...

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Hey everyone, so I posted awhile ago about how I accidentally filled my carboy up too much since the wort came out really good and I didn't want to waste any. Well as a result of that, I had some overflow into the blowoff bucket and then I haven't seen the regular 2 chamber airlock bubble at all...

Hey everyone, so I found some mold in my mini fridge. I have been away from home for awhile, so it might've been there for a little while. Will this have any negative impact on the beer in the carboys? They both have airlocks that are filled with vodka on them.

Hey everyone, I kinda forgot about this thread so I thought that I'd update it. As a result of the carboy being too full, there was some overflow into the blowoff bucket as you can see in the pic below. Other than that, it appears to be in good shape and I have changed the airlocks since...

And can I suggest that you take a racking cane and go f**k yourself with it? No one here agrees with what you said, but maybe your brewing skills aren't up to par so you feel better putting other people down for their mistakes? No judgement.