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I can fill the bottles without too much foam, but what I fear is oxidation so I fill them and then splash the top and cap on the foam. When I do this they end up fuller than a professional beer. I guess I need to practice filling to the correct amount and then letting them sit for a while and...

I am entering my first competition with bottle that I filled from a keg. I am using Biermunchers beer wand. The bottles fill great with very little foam. I splash the bottles before I cap to remove all the oxygen. The bottles end up quite full, only leaving about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of head space...

You don't HAVE to have a vigorous boil but there is nothing wrong with it. In fact it can be benificial. Charles Bamforth in the March 1 podcast of Beersmith explains the benifits of a vigorous boil. I get a nice boil going and consistently boil off 1.5 gallons in a 60 minute boil. Now I...

Brewometer's customer service rocks. I used my Brewometer on one beer. Towards the end of fermentation my gravity reading dropped a little, and then when I cold crashed it it dropped from ~1.09 to ~.999. I emailed them and asked if they have seen this before. They replied quickly and asked if I...

Is everyone still using nottingham at 68 degrees on this?

I brewed this a week ago so I don't know what the final product will be. The hydrometer sample tasted great. I mashed a little higher (154) and added some oats. I can't wait to try it. I will say this makes the best spent grain bread I have ever had. It had excellent flavor.

Using Beersmith I hit the numbers right on. I haven't changed any of the coefficients in the software. I keep my grains and cooler in the same spot and take the temperature of the grain using a thermapen. I use that temp for the grain and equipment temperature. I like to hit a degree higher and...

I just brewed a batch of Caramel Amber That took a full 48 Hours to show any signs of Fermentation at all. I kept the temp low around 63 deg F and though it would be a slow start and slow ferment, but when it went off it was an absolute beast. The bulk of fermentation took about 48 hours and it...

Exactly how light is this beer. I'm interested in brewing a nice quaffable beer for summer, but I don't want something too light.

I have been practicing bottling from the keg, but I'm not very good at it yet. I want to try to send some bottles to a competition just to see what the beer judges say.

I typically keg my beer but, I brewed a batch of the Caramel Amber Ale from the recipe section. I want to bottle half and Keg the other half. Is there any problem using a 5 gallon keg on 2.5 gallons or should I buy a smaller keg?

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