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Hi Paul: Regarding your question, my air lock did not go dry. I used water, but I like your suggestion of using cheap vodka . My wife drinks vodka and Seven Up. She hates beer and I know she will be happy to contribute to the cause. It's great to be King OK back to the subject. I used 6 lbs 2 Row ma...

Paul :

I will get back to you regarding my Octoberfest brew. I have to go out of town for a few days.

Tom

Paul: On May 6,2004 I brewed your Octoberfest/Marzen recipe. May 8th first fermentation activity noted. May 11th racked to second fermenter and logered at 45F until Aug.25 and bottle conditioned four weeks and taste tested. It was NASTY . It was like drinking a chemical I took a sample to my beer su...

paul
I never thought about the airlock drying out. I'll let you know how the beer turns out. Thanks very much.
Tom

Hi Paul: I looked up your Oktberfest recipe and it peeked my interest so I made a batch. I just finished racking to my secondary fermenter and placed it into my lager cooler at 55 F and gradually dropping the temperature within one week to 45 F. I plan to lager until Sept.(4 months) and then bottle ...

Eric I read your information and it really peaked my interest. I had just finished brewing a Bavarian Weizen and was about to brew a second 5 gal.batch After reading your information I said to my self, why not, I was in a perfect position to make a comparison between a 90 minute single infusion and ...

Thanks for your help Bill
Tom

Hi Fellow Brewers

I found a partial mash recipe that I would like to convert to all grain. What is the formula to convert a given number of pounds of extract to an equal amount of grains ?

I agree with Brewers Ody. You will find the recommended temperatures on the yeast package. In reference to beer not liking light, thats correct. I built a fermenting box that will hold four six gallon carboys. I installed a heat control using two 100 watt BLUE light bulbs and a muffin fan to circula...

Hi JS As Billybock said, GO SLOW, There is no need to rush. Yes water is very important. My home is provided with city water, so I went and cut a 2 1/2 inch hole in my basement floor and drove a sandpoint down about 20 ft. The basement floor is about 10 ft.below outside ground surface so I,m really ...

I use filtering bags. I have great success and they are not expensive.

Tom

Thanks for your info. I feel better now.

Tom

HI Guys: I just did a dumb thing. I had Just finished the rests for my all grain mash and began raising the temperature to 168*F to stop enzyme activity. While waiting for the temp. to rise I started to page through my BYO magazine and got carried away. When I checked the mash it had reached 200*F. ...

On October 22, 2003 I placed 10 gals. of Czech Pils in my cooler at a controlled temperature of 45*F. Yesterday I took the two carboys out to allow them to reach room temperature of 65*F. Thats 78 days of lagering. Yesterday the surface of the wort was smooth. Today it has foam on the surface and ha...

Thanks for your help.