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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 8/13 Edition

« on: August 13, 2010, 09:33:06 PM »

I will be brewing a CDA today.  I just got done bottling a Belgian Wit and a Newcastle Clone.  I'm thinking of brewing a Porter next weekend.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: NEED HELP

« on: December 24, 2009, 03:21:50 PM »

I looked up the recipe as well and it seems an oz. of Cascade @  60 and an oz. of Fuggles in the last 2 minutes would hardly over bitter the beer. Kinda tough to pinpoint. Do you have a lot of yeast sediment in your bottles that may be making its way into your glass?

No, actually there is very little sediment in the bottles.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: NEED HELP

« on: December 24, 2009, 08:28:07 AM »

I just bought the book you mentioned from Amazon.  I will have to study it.  Thank you for all your help.  Hopefully the Porter I have in the secondary will be better.  I used the Activator for that one.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: NEED HELP

« on: December 24, 2009, 08:09:21 AM »

The thermometer sticker on the bucket read between 65-70 f.  I went with liquid yeast because of all the talk about it being superior to dry.  I mostly drink Newcastle, Dunkleweiss, Hefeweiss, mostly German beers due to my current location, Sam Adams, Guinness Draught(bottle or can), and any English Ale my buddies bring back from London.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: NEED HELP

« on: December 24, 2009, 07:54:39 AM »

I followed the Irish Red Ale kit from Midwest.

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General Homebrew Discussion / NEED HELP

« on: December 24, 2009, 07:16:22 AM »

I just tasted my first batch of beer and it was pretty awful.  Super Bitter.  I used a kit from Midwest called Irish Red Ale.  I followed directions to a "T".  Primary Fermenter (bucket) - 7 days; Secondary Fermenter (Glass Carboy) - 7 days; Bottled using EZ-cap bottles and let sit at room temp for 2 weeks.  Average temp during fermentation and bottle condition was 65-70 f.  Should I dump it or wait another week.  Oh yeah, I used Wyeast Propagator.  No yeast starter due to me not really knowing anything about it.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What Are the Next Steps for Beg.- Intermediate Home Brewer?

« on: December 21, 2009, 09:39:07 AM »

O.K. I looked for this answer on the forum, but I couldn't find it.  So here it goes...This question seems really trivial but I don't want to waste anything.  I recently picked up equipment to brew 10 gallon batches.  Is it as simple as doubling everything in a 5 gallon recipe?  Including 2 packets of Wyeast Activator?  Any insight would be most helpful, Thanks.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha Brewin' this week -- 2009 Dec 16 - Dec 22?

« on: December 18, 2009, 03:02:20 AM »

Getting ready to start a Porter today.  My first one, fingers are crossed.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Sanitizer

« on: December 11, 2009, 04:16:06 AM »

I know that Star San is a no rinse sanitizer. If I don't rinse off my bottles, will it effect the conditioning of my beer? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.