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Cleared up nicely in a week. Looking foward to first bottle opening in another week. Thanks for the input and calming me down.

Today was bottling day for my cream ale. It was gin clear after two weeks in the secondary and srm was dead nuts on. During transfer from secondary to bottling vessel the beer became cloudy. My guess is that my priming solution was not sufficiently cooled down and the temperature differential...

Thanks. I used campden, but no other water additives.

Last week I brewed Yooper's original grain bill for Fizzy Yellow Beer. Brewed up much darker than expected- SRM 7 or so. Any thoughts as to what happened?

Sorry....obviously meant sanitize...another cautionary tale about positing while sampling one's inventory! Thanks to all for the support. Pellets going in today. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I'm about to attempt my first dry hop, on a session ale. Using pellets. I'm worried about: 1. Risk of infection, and 2. excessive particles in the beer interfering with bottling. I'm considering using a sterilized muslin bag to address the particle fear. Any advice is welcome. Sent from my...

Is there a rule of thumb for differential between fermentation chamber temp and ambient room temp?

I'd like to give this recipe a try, but I'm a relative newcomer and don't yet have the ability to lower my fermenting temp below the dark cold cellar temp. Would it be possible to ferment this at 67 degrees? Should I change up the yeast?

I drank a bottle of Saranac Red IPA yesterday (Matt Brewery-Utica, New York). Pretty tasty. I searched for a clone recipe but can't find one. Has anyone taken a shot at cloning this beer?

I went to a 90 minute boil for this RIS as opposed to a 60 minute boil used for all prior brews. I did not realize that, as a general proposition, efficiency drops for higher gravity beer. This is, at least in part, where I messed up. Oh well, still going to bulk age this batch for about...

So increase the grain bill?

Nothing from the experienced brewers? Need some help here. I have no idea as to what went wrong.

Yesterday I brewed a Russian Imperial Stout with a target OG of 1.103 at 75% efficiency. This was my third batch on this equipment set up and my ninth all grain batch overall. My first two batches on this set up both came in slightly above target OG. Yesterday I missed low by 25 points -...

Thanks to all for the input. Today was brew day. Did not make the starter, but all is well so far. The S-04 kicked off in the primary in approx four hours. Won't drink this brew until Xmas 2013.

Just racked 5 gallons of all grain Russian Imperial Stout to the primary. My plan is to have it on hand for the holidays. Missed my OG target by a few points, but otherwise a very good brew day.

I'm a relative newbie to all grain. Eight batches under my belt. Plan for this weekend is to brew a 3 gallon batch of Russian Imperial Stout. Going with S-04 for yeast. Two packs based on Beersmith calcs. I have not used dry yeast previously. I've been reading about rehydrating in Palmer's...

Sounds interesting. Where can I find this recipee?

My first try at a Russian Imperial Stout. Hoping it will be drinkable for Christmas.

Thanks for the reassurance. According to my software, 55 IBUs.

I have a timing issue. Brewed a heavy, hoppy all grain IPA to take along on a Northern Canada fishing trip with the boys next week. Got a late start, so by departure day it will be three and a half weeks in the primary and three weeks in the bottle. Og was big...1.069. Final was 1.018. I...