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WOW! Very cool! Nice going!

By the numbers it looks like a d-rest would be fine now. I usually wait 14 days but I don't really check gravity along the way like I should so it sounds like you're ready.

And is there any problem with serving this through my normal taps? Will I need to replace everything to get the lacto out when I'm done? I am going to dedicate the bucket to funk after this ferment, but what about everything else? Thanks! Brent Dedicating a bucket and siphon hoses will be important...

Brent's mention of the leaking bucket is probably on target. After I read that I remembered the same thing happening to me, the CO2 was escaping from all around the lid and not going out the airlock. That was on one of my conicals when I didn't have the lid screw down tight enough.

(which is good, because once we drop it off at Alesmith, we have no control over whether it goes into their fridge or not). That happened to me the first year I ever competed at the OC Fair. I used carbonation drops to bottle 2 of my entries and they were refrigerated! Doh! My score sheets all read...

thanks for the tips. My house is hotter than hell on the second story, but If I were to brew in the summer I probably buy a used refrigerator, if it is possible to brew in a refrigerator. Take care, I'm sicker than hell from this flu going around. A lot of people brew in a fridge but it does requir...

SSSSHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh.......... One of the Beer Gun's secrets is the use of about 10+ feet of 3/16" beer line. This allows you to run the keg at well below serving pressure but at a higher pressure than you would have to otherwise. The idea being when you dramatically drop the pressure to fill fr...

bwarbiany wrote:--The only way to know where you're at is to measure.

Yep. Sometimes a wheat ale at that temp could finish that fast, but not likely. In my experience wheat beers go through an explosive (literally) fermentation that lasts about 72~96 hours before it starts to settle down.

My buddy Steve is getting married on June 22nd. Is this enough time to produce a sweet-sparkling mead? I suggested we do something and find some really cool little 6oz bottles and make it as the party favor. Attach a nice card to it explaining what it is and inviting everyone to open this bottle in ...

You know, funny thing is when you have a drink in one hand and you're throwing beads with the other, there isn't room for a camera.

Sorry gents.

That's very good information and makes a lot of sense. I know there are some bulbs that when grown in temperate climates like SoCal need to be wintered in the refrigerator or freezer for them to really grow well in the spring.

Man that was a good time. A few nice racks but not as much as i expected.

Lyn had the link in his first pot, but here: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/site.html Brad, it's always been 1 bottle for round one and I think 2 for round two, but they are changing things around this year so we'll have to read. You are allowed to re-brew your recipe between rounds, but there i...

I'll be heading out in a couple hours here to go down to San Diego, they have a huge Mardi Gras party in the Gas Lamp District. Nothing like a huge party of booze, beads and boobs!

Oh that sucks! What a bummer.