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Hey there folks. It's brew day and I'm doing a couple of new things. Doing a protein rest (wheat in the bill), which I've never done, and a 90 minute boil (Pilsner in the bill), which I've never done. Using an online calculator, I get the following quantities/temps. 12.5 lbs grain - 15.63...

After bottling a batch yesterday right out of the fridge from cold crashing I was cleaning my gear and while getting the gunk out of the bottom of my bottling bucket I noticed a good sized hunk of my priming solution that had hardened into silly putty and didn't get dissolved into my beer. I'm...

Good morning Gonna be bottling batch #2 today. (a Saison that I dry hopped with Citra) It's sitting in the garage fridge cold crashing right now. Wondering whether or not to allow it to come to room temp before bottling or go ahead and bottle it while it's cold. I've seen conflicting...

After many scheduling conflicts I was able to get a buddy to come help me bottle batch #1 yesterday. (he only broke 1 bottle!) I thought I'd take advantage of the assistant and brew batch #2. I knew I wanted something light and refreshing after all the heavy/malty winter beers I've been drinking...

Well, it'd been about 16 days since I set the yeast loose on my maiden batch and after going back and forth on the matter I decided to crack open my bucket and rack to a better bottle for secondary fermentation. I've seen a lot of people saying that it's not necessary, but for various reasons I...

So my first batch (an ESB) has been in the fermentor for just over 48 hours and I'm not seeing any action in the airlock. I'm just being paranoid right? First batch jitters? My volume was a little high (closer to 6 gallons than to 5) so I'm wondering if I under pitched. Also, when should I take...

I've been lurking here for a month or so and wanted to finally poke my head in and say hi. After 2 or 3 months of reading, video/tutorial watching, equipment gathering, and pestering the nice guys at my local homebrew shop, I'm ready to get brewing my first batch Friday. It wasn't easy deciding...