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Be proud of it! It is a living all natural beer that you created! Many excellent craft brews have yeast in the bottom of the bottle. You can reduce the amount greatly by cold crashing your next batch. Will still have plenty of yeast to carb the bottles.

Good timing on this post. I just pitched a blonde ale this weekend. Used WLP005 and it is definitely is giving off major banana smell. First time for me using this strain so i am definitely concerned about the final product. I pitched at 68 F but it climbed to 72 and stayed there once the yeast...

Ok, so after much investigation on this forum my plans for my blonde ale this weekend are to: - heat one cup of water with a tablespoon of unflavored gelatin. Do not boil, let sit and slightly cool. - transfer primary to bottling bucket - add jello mixture to bucket and stir slightly - put lid...

GUNPOWDER CREEK BREWING A Creek running behind my house

Interesting..still learning myself but would it not be possible to get the yeast going again. Maybe raise the Alcohol level slightly. Especially if it is much sweeter than desired? Or after so long is that not possible?

What about giving it a shake to aerate and maybe add some sugar to see if you can kick start that yeast again? Boil the corn sugar and water first or maybe add honey or even Belgian candi sugar.

Some are already there others are still a few hours away! Just wanted to wish all the home brewers a safe and Happy New Year! May the year 2012 bring you happiness, prosperity and of course excellent home brew! Thanks for all your help this past year!

Shock Top Belgian White!

"Sunday Morning Coming Down" by johnny Cash Great Song for the morning after!

I didn't see an answer to this question. Can someone help? Also, once the beer is bottled is it then ok to condition at room temp for two weeks or should the beer now stay cold while conditioning?

I started brewing just a year ago and had the same confusion. So far out of five batches I have only racked one and it turned out to be my worst as far as clarity goes. Not that the secondary caused the issue but it definitely didn't make it worth the trouble. Have a blonde in the primary now...

Can I add and store my tap water profile. I don't see this option under "profile". Or maybe I am confused about the use of the "water" section within the ingredients. It has defaults of only European towns?

Thanks for offers to help! As I have questions I know where to go now:) As I have been using the program today I am liking it more and more. Brewing a blonde tomorrow and it has really helped me understand what a few tweaks to my original recipe will make to the outcome.

After reading BA reviews I Purchased IPad version last night. So far very impressed with recipe creation. One thing I cannot seem to find anywhere online is a users guide or any sort of instruction. Very surprising as most other apps I download at least have YouTube how to videos. Maybe I...

3/4 ounce Tettnanger hops, boiled for entire 60 minutes 1/2 ounce Willamette hops, boiled for last 10 minutes of 60 minute boil