thank you swenocha. i'll be tucking this one away for when I can get back into things. light in the ibu's...check. what ABV should I shoot for? roughly... I'm new to brewing and tend to make things kinda strong. is a roggensbier typically 4-5% or higher?

A very special Festivus to you all!

Rickbeer - another question if I may... Since 2013 it seems like a lot of ppl are reporting Acronis to be really buggy. (amazon reviews) Is there a particular version that is better than the rest? or is the 2014 version in your opinion stable? I usually don't put too much stock in amazon reviews bec...

lets say I have a very high alcohol by volume beer like a barley wine. would there be active yeast to carb if it sat in a secondary for a month before bottling? or would you just bottle it from the primary and bottle condition it for an extra long time to mellow out the alcohol rocket fuel quality?

would I get something tasty or crap if I made a brew: 50% munich liquid extract 30% wheat liquid extract 20% rye liquid extract hopped at 45 mins with Willamette and 20 mins with Willamette hops and used bella saison yeast at around 76F? I like wheat beers. I was also very pleased with the saison I ...

thanks all... it looks like Acronis it will be then. Rick - as always appreciate picking your brain. first thing out of the box I did the emergency recovery disk. I also got the windows OS disk this time just in case. win 7 system image backup went smoothly .. I have shadow copy turned on so I think...

thanks for the replies. according to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-does-windows-choose-which-files-to-back-up the backup included with windows 7 no longer backs up program files (identified in registry) and certain other files , EVEN IF you check them off for backup. not much of a ...

hi totally unrelated to beer but.... anyone have any recommendations for a simple to use backup software for pc running win7? I want one that can do system images, backup/restore individual files. I want to be able to fully backup everything...docs..music.. programs...etc. I tried EaseUs todo backup...

2 reasons I hate buckets... cant watch the yeast... and the seals often suck so theres no airlock activity often. 2 reasons I like buckets... 5 gallon volume... easy cleanup... and my autosiphon works better due to the height of the bucket... THREE three reasons I like buckets.... I wasn't expecting...

I did a 1 gallon northern brewer saison kit. I used belle saison yeast... no additions beyond the 2 oz honey they packaged. I fermented at 76-78F the entire 2.5 weeks then let it sit at 68f for a couple days before bottling... aged 3 weeks. to keep the temp up I put the fermenter in a cooler full of...

made a 2 gallon batch ... used about 1/4 cup of brown sugar to boost alcohol and 2 cans of oatmeal stout. fermented at 62-65f for 21 days. used bottled mineral water. no other additions. bottling sample tasted like strong black licorice, caramel, molases and stout. what i am wondering is ... what ca...

Ive been mulling things over (yes I am as slow as a tree ent when it comes to making a decision). I'm going to just buy a new pc system and bite the bullet. i'd use it for surfing, some work, offline games like diablo 2 and elder scrolls oblivion. i'd like a fast computer that wont be totally obsole...

ive taken a proactive approach to my life's problems. I consume 1/2 - 1 liter of beer and/or several cups of mead , hobo wine or hard cider daily. drinking makes my problems go away for awhile and is thus good for my mental health. my weight seldom fluctuates more than 5 lbs up or down and I stay be...

here's a question for ya.. i made a blueberry mead. months later i racked it to 1 gallon jugs to finish aging and there's still lots of co2 in it. i wont be degassing because a) i dont know how and b) i dont have any special equipment. i have the black plastic screw caps with the white plastic stopp...

middle of the road. . . usually organized to the absurd level, but not afraid to tweak a recipe here or there to see what happens.