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I'm new to brewing and up until this last brew, I have just swirled the carboy after pitching. After reading about oxygenation, I thought I'd try it out and see how it affected the process/taste. Brewed it last week and used a starter. Oxygenated for 1 minute and then pitched yeast. Usually I...

Looking for bottles in Atlanta, if anyone is needing to get rid of any. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I mixed the vanilla with the bourbon to sanitize Cheers!

I've been on their website, I was wondering more about the flavor that either of those would impart on the beer. Cheers!

I am planning on bottling a vanilla bourbon porter tonight, but do not have any corn sugar. I was thinking about using either DME, or brown sugar. If anyone has experience using either (I'm a noob), please feel free to give me your thoughts (positive and negative). Thanks all! Cheers!

I am local and interested in the stir plate and better bottle (if it's 6 gallon). PM me if they are still available. Thanks! Cheers!

Just popped the top the other day on the first one...a few days too soon, but man, is this good. Friends love it. I zested 4 Valencia oranges and 1Tbls of coriander. Dumped it in at end of boil and let it sit in primary for a week. Smell was outstanding and like I said, it tastes great...

Did this as an extract using WL001 (not set up for starter yet so just pitched as is) and WOW am I glad I glad I decided to get blowoff tubes! The wife is also very happy about that. Do have a question. I am soaking 4 oz of oak chips and 2 vanilla beans in Woodford (1 1/4 C roughly) and was...

Sorry, can't sift through 90 pages (holy jeez). Did anyone decide if there was an acceptable extract recipe for Blue Moon? Love it and would like to take a shot at it. Cheers!

And it's an extract brew

I figured it was under pitched, but wasn't sure if that ruined it, or if it just needed a LOT longer to ferment. Didn't touch it once I got it in the carboy and I have it wrapped in a blanket (no sunlight). Yesterday was first gravity test (2 1/2 weeks into fermentation).

Thanks. And what about bottling? Now or wait a little longer?

So is the batch a loss, or do I just need to give it a little longer due to the under pitch?

*coming

And the smell come out of the airlock is amazing. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. If I were just doing all grain and didn't have to purchase expensive extract, I probably wouldn't make such a big deal out of it....plus I was really looking forward to this batch.

I didn't know the trick of getting the hydrometer through the bubbles by spinning it, so I didn't get the OG, but the poster of the recipe stated it should be about 1.057 with the FG being 1.014. My reading today was 1.018.

Yes, 5G

Should I let it sit any longer, or do you think it's good to go for bottling? And it is a Pale wheat ale (Bells Oberon clone). Just don't want to bottle too early and have to deal with exploding bottles. Thanks guys!

It tastes like skunky beer. My first batch just tasted like flat beer. Pretty good flat beer at that. This one has an off flavor.

This is only my second batch ever and just a little concern with the fermentation. I had a vial of White labs and didn't realize how much pressure builds when you shake it.....hard. Sprayed what seemed to be about half of it on the floor, but managed to get the other half into the carboy. Took...