New Brewers and FAQs

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1. Upcoming Brewing Schedule 1 2 3 4 8

   By MrWhy, February 22, 2016
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   • Cato
   • Yesterday at 02:37 AM

2. Propping Up Your LBK - No Trubal 1 2

   By RickBeer, January 31, 2015
   • 109 replies
   • 16,492 views
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   • gophers6
   • June 17

3. Cold crashing - what it is, and why do you care?

   By RickBeer, May 25, 2019   

   • cold crashing
   • 12 replies
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   • Cato
   • May 22

4. 3rd time is the charm?

   By bigntall1983, October 15, 2017
   • 20 replies
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   • bigntall1983
   • May 3

5. Temperature for May the Schwarz Bier Recipe

   By Kevin Caffrey, January 6
   • 10 replies
   • 255 views
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   • Kevin Caffrey
   • January 9

6. Newbie here!

   By HoppySmile!, December 2, 2019
   • 14 replies
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   • gophers6
   • January 4

7. Basic kits

   By Cammanron, November 15, 2019
   • 24 replies
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   • Cammanron
   • November 24, 2019

8. sanitization for late addition

   By ewildcat7, October 21, 2019
   • 10 replies
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   • Nickfixit
   • October 23, 2019

9. Nilla Porter

   By hoosier beer?, July 26, 2015   

   • little hep
   • 22 replies
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   • Jdub
   • October 20, 2019

10. Efficient bottle washing method?

    By greyhound, September 7, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • Nickfixit
    • September 24, 2019

11. Please Help Me w/ An All-Grain Batch

    By StretchNM, September 7, 2019
    • 28 replies
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    • StretchNM
    • September 12, 2019

12. corbo drops vs sugar experiment

    By pborder, March 30, 2019
    • 17 replies
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    • D Kristof
    • September 5, 2019

13. Mysterious leaking bottle

    By Marius, August 16, 2019
    • 12 replies
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    • zorak1066
    • August 20, 2019

14. Shipping Beer

    By StretchNM, August 1, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 288 views
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    • D Kristof
    • August 2, 2019

15. Pitching the yeast

    By Teambanzai, July 22, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • RickBeer
    • July 22, 2019

16. Keg Size

    By Topkick Brewing, October 17, 2015   

    • LBK
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      • LBK
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      • 2gal
    • 16 replies
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    • D Kristof
    • July 12, 2019

17. Carbonation Issue

    By kurtpepp3, June 26, 2019
    • 14 replies
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    • zorak1066
    • June 29, 2019

18. First Batch CAL

    By Lukon, April 19, 2019
    • 17 replies
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    • RickBeer
    • June 17, 2019

19. Another Yeast Question - Ale and Lager

    By StretchNM, June 16, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 382 views
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    • Brian N.
    • June 16, 2019

20. Table Sugar vs Detrose

    By Lukon, June 14, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 250 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • June 16, 2019

21. Brewing with Just HME?

    By StretchNM, June 12, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 450 views
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    • RickBeer
    • June 13, 2019

22. John Palmer - Dont Add Sugar! (?)

    By StretchNM, June 8, 2019   

    • voodoo ale
    • 24 replies
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    • Shrike
    • June 11, 2019

23. How long does the beer keep?

    By HollywoodTRBros, June 7, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • Nickfixit
    • June 8, 2019

24. Proper Storage of Comsumables

    By StretchNM, June 6, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • StretchNM
    • June 6, 2019

25. Over carbonated

    By Rjg08, May 31, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • zorak1066
    • June 4, 2019

26. fermenting times

    By ewildcat7, May 31, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • Creeps McLane
    • June 2, 2019

27. oxydized beer

    By Marion, May 27, 2019
    • 6 replies
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    • zorak1066
    • May 29, 2019

28. 2gal fermenter from cooper

    By Marion, May 27, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 274 views
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    • RickBeer
    • May 28, 2019

29. SUCCESS - with an All-Grain English Pale Ale!

    By StretchNM, May 22, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 407 views
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    • StretchNM
    • May 23, 2019

30. SUCCESS!!

    By StretchNM, May 9, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • epete28
    • May 14, 2019

31. When to use a "Krausen Kollar"

    By Marion, March 28, 2019
    • 10 replies
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    • Nickfixit
    • May 10, 2019

32. Storing Opened Can HME

    By Lukon, April 18, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 320 views
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    • Cato
    • May 7, 2019

33. Czech Pilsner Hop Addition?

    By Kevin Caffrey, May 1, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 394 views
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    • Kevin Caffrey
    • May 3, 2019

34. Oktoberfest tastes weird

    By JayBee, May 1, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 468 views
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    • Shrike
    • May 2, 2019

35. Bottling with Wand and Siphon?

    By StretchNM, April 23, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 359 views
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    • RickBeer
    • April 23, 2019

36. BeerSmith 3 on iPad

    By Lukon, April 21, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 374 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 22, 2019

37. How to enter MB HME into Beersmith 2

    By Nightman, March 10, 2013
    • 1 reply
    • 409 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 21, 2019

38. Don't Sanitize Utensils In the Fermenter

    By StretchNM, April 18, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 488 views
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    • Cato
    • April 19, 2019

39. Bottling/Carbonating in 1 Gallon Jugs

    By Lukon, April 18, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 280 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 18, 2019

40. can I get a abv for beer that has already conditioned in bottle

    By Marion, April 14, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 404 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 17, 2019

41. Boosting abv without MRB booster?

    By Mic-S, April 15, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 486 views
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    • Mic-S
    • April 16, 2019

42. Full Mash Kit Instructions Faulty

    By StretchNM, March 19, 2019
    • 31 replies
    • 892 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 15, 2019

43. How Beer is Made

    By StretchNM, April 15, 2019
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    • 234 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 15, 2019

44. Ferment or Cold Crash?

    By Mic-S, April 12, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 341 views
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    • RickBeer
    • April 12, 2019

45. Using a air stone to add oxygen to wort before pitching yeast

    By Marion, April 8, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • Cato
    • April 9, 2019

46. Bottle Capper

    By StretchNM, April 6, 2019
    • 27 replies
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    • Cato
    • April 9, 2019

47. hydrometer vs refractometer

    By Marion, April 1, 2019
    • 5 replies
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    • zorak1066
    • April 4, 2019

48. Infection Leading to Sour Aftertaste?

    By StretchNM, March 18, 2019
    • 17 replies
    • 657 views
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    • Jdub
    • March 30, 2019

49. All-grain Brew Day

    By StretchNM, March 25, 2019
    • 26 replies
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    • StretchNM
    • March 29, 2019

50. Advice for Brewing "That Voodoo....."

    By StretchNM, March 27, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 504 views
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    • Mic-S
    • March 29, 2019

51. Fermentation & Bottling

    By Rjg08, March 23, 2019
    • 6 replies
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    • D Kristof
    • March 26, 2019

52. Sacked Hops in Fermenter

    By StretchNM, March 21, 2019
    • 7 replies
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    • StretchNM
    • March 21, 2019

53. LME Softpack versus Brewmax Booster

    By Shadowspawn, March 16, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 455 views
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    • Brian N.
    • March 17, 2019

54. carbo drops vs sugar

    By pborder, March 16, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 355 views
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    • RickBeer
    • March 16, 2019

55. Carbonation versus Conditioning

    By StretchNM, March 10, 2019
    • 28 replies
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    • RickBeer
    • March 15, 2019

56. TV Moonshiner and temptation...

    By Ted the Chilehead, March 10, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 307 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • March 10, 2019

57. Star San

    By pborder, February 17, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 537 views
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    • JoshR
    • February 27, 2019

58. Octoberfest

    By Tbird, February 24, 2019
    • 3 replies
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    • Tbird
    • February 25, 2019

59. And the winners are.....

    By Guest System Admin, October 3, 2012
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    • swenocha
    • February 22, 2019

60. Thanks

    By Vfwrider316, February 18, 2019
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    • BDawg62
    • February 19, 2019

61. Extra time

    By pborder, February 10, 2019
    • 8 replies
    • 500 views
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    • Cato
    • February 10, 2019

62. First taste

    By DrDave, January 25, 2019
    • 29 replies
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    • Mic-S
    • February 10, 2019

63. Adding flavors

    By Don H, February 3, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 423 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • February 4, 2019

64. Purified Water VS Tap Water

    By KCullison86, December 30, 2015
    • 43 replies
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    • Don H
    • February 3, 2019

65. Pet bottles problem

    By oldbagobones, January 31, 2019   

    • pet bottles going flat
    • 19 replies
    • 623 views
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    • gophers6
    • February 2, 2019

66. Hello!

    By HollywoodTRBros, January 19, 2019
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 31, 2019

67. Next brew

    By pborder, January 18, 2019
    • 3 replies
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    • Mic-S
    • January 31, 2019

68. New brew kettle

    By Brewing4Fun, January 26, 2019
    • 18 replies
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 28, 2019

69. Pipeline

    By pborder, January 25, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 237 views
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    • Don H
    • January 26, 2019

70. Old LBK

    By pborder, January 25, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 328 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 25, 2019

71. Can you cold crash for too long?

    By Clonedogg, January 24, 2019
    • 6 replies
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    • MiniYoda
    • January 24, 2019

72. Splitting a batch

    By Brewing4Fun, January 24, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 24, 2019

73. S-04 & US-05 @ Low Temps

    By Fire Rooster, January 19, 2019
    • 11 replies
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 21, 2019

74. Classic American Light Tweaking

    By Enzo, January 19, 2019
    • 12 replies
    • 491 views
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    • Enzo
    • January 20, 2019

75. 6qt Insta-Pot

    By Fire Rooster, January 16, 2019
    • 17 replies
    • 526 views
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    • RickBeer
    • January 18, 2019

76. Carbonation problem

    By oldbagobones, January 18, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 277 views
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    • RickBeer
    • January 18, 2019

77. Caps Not Sealing

    By Fire Rooster, January 13, 2019
    • 19 replies
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    • D Kristof
    • January 16, 2019

78. First batch

    By pborder, January 10, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • pborder
    • January 16, 2019

79. Bottling wand

    By pborder, January 14, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 403 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 14, 2019

80. Creating a recipe database

    By MiniYoda, November 16, 2016
    • 89 replies
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    • MiniYoda
    • January 14, 2019

81. Why does the Oktoberfest Lager recommend fermenting between 65-75F?

    By nathliea, November 1, 2018
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 14, 2019

82. Risk vs Reward

    By Fire Rooster, January 11, 2019
    • 14 replies
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    • Jdub
    • January 13, 2019

83. Hops

    By wagonblott, January 30, 2016
    • 30 replies
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 12, 2019

84. If I bottle 2 days early, will my beer be ruined?

    By Enzo, January 8, 2019
    • 17 replies
    • 521 views
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    • Cato
    • January 12, 2019

85. Used wrong yeast

    By mikewiz, January 6, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 345 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 9, 2019

86. Bottling wand

    By pborder, January 6, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 286 views
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    • zorak1066
    • January 8, 2019

87. US-04 or US-05

    By Fire Rooster, December 22, 2018
    • 15 replies
    • 554 views
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    • SilverBrewerWI
    • January 8, 2019

88. Trying to brew again

    By SteveT, January 6, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 264 views
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    • Brian N.
    • January 7, 2019

89. Bottles only half full

    By JRCasualBrewer, January 6, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Brian N.
    • January 6, 2019

90. American Ale Ferment Time

    By Randygto67, January 3, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 358 views
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    • Shrike
    • January 5, 2019

91. Partial Mash

    By Fire Rooster, November 29, 2018
    • 67 replies
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    • Jdub
    • January 4, 2019

92. Temperature Controller

    By cconstantine307, January 2, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 367 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 4, 2019

93. Returning to Mr Beer

    By pborder, December 27, 2018
    • 12 replies
    • 472 views
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    • zorak1066
    • January 3, 2019

94. First Beer

    By CANbeernewbie, December 31, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 260 views
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    • Shrike
    • December 31, 2018

95. Mr Beer American Lager Temperature

    By tjndaltx, December 30, 2018
    • 8 replies
    • 356 views
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    • Brian N.
    • December 31, 2018

96. Newbie Question

    By Don H, December 29, 2018
    • 14 replies
    • 439 views
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    • D Kristof
    • December 30, 2018

97. My first bottling

    By DrDave, December 29, 2018   

    • bottling
    • 10 replies
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    • RickBeer
    • December 30, 2018

98. Problem averted, hopefully

    By oldbagobones, December 28, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 288 views
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    • RickBeer
    • December 29, 2018

99. New to brewing. Anyone know Art Car IPA by Saint Arnold brewing co can be cloned with an lbk?

    By Haggard, November 28, 2018
    • 11 replies
    • 367 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • December 29, 2018

100. Booster

     By pborder, December 28, 2018
     • 4 replies
     • 327 views
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     • RickBeer
     • December 28, 2018