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Going to brew tomorrow. I have a 2000mL beaker with my starter in it. I was going to pour off the top layer of beer and then pour the slurry into the carboy. Questions: 1. How thick is the slurry as far as getting it into the carboy? 2. How do you prevent the stir-bar from ending...

So I'm brewing Northern Brewer's Belgian tripel kit and I was going to brew on Friday. So yesterday I made a yeast starter. Smacked the pack(Wyeast Trappist). Boiled 1/2 cup light DME in a 2000ML flask. Cooled it in the sink. Added the yeast to the flask. Put flask on stirplate and let it...

...and this clueless poster asks: How do I set all this up. Here's what I've got: A DC power jack that has two leads for soldering. A Rheostat with three leads. An on/off rocker with two leads on the back A 120mm DC fan with a black(ground?) and red(hot?) wire Is there anyone who can tell me...

Hi, I racked my slightly brownish/red Oatmeal Stout into a secondary about 10 days ago. Since then it has turned jet black. What am I looking for before bottling? How long should I let it clear for? When you guys rack into your secondary, what determines when you bottle? The gravity has...

So I figured I'd change the logo of the Devil a bit give him a hockey stick instead:

Hi all. I use Beer Alchemy for Mac. When making a new recipe, it asks for my "volume before boil," and "volume after boil." It is defaulted for 6.08 gallons before boil and 5.25 gallons after boil. However, when I boil, I boil 1.5-2 gallons of water, add the DME, and when the boil is done, I...

I tried brewing an oatmeal stout that has imperial qualities. Used 36oz of quaker quick oats, 1lb each of Crystal 80L and Roasted Barley and 8oz of black patent. Added 4oz of molasses. 4oz of kent goldings and 2oz of fuggles. These are my notes since the brew day: 11/13/07 OSG 1.093 Beer...

I brewed an Oatmeal Stout the other night. Long story short, I put a 2.5 gallon jug of poland spring in the freezer for the hour of the boil so that I could speed up the cooling of the wort. After the boil, I strained out the hops and gave the wort a quick bath in some cold water in my sink...

Hello all, for a Christmas gift for some of my friends, I wanted to brew an oatmeal stout. When I enter my recipe here: http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator?9290819#tag I use the Tinseth method of calculating IBU. With a 2.5 gallon boil, and a 5 gallon finish, with 4 oz of 5.2% Goldings...