I just woke up 3 different strains from Imperial the G03 Dieter, A01 House and A38 Juice, these were dated July of 2019. Did each of the first 2 with 3 step up starters, might leave the last at 2 steps cause the first 2 woke up in a big way. I had vigorous activity on both the G03 and the A01 within...

Life got in the way since Big Brew Day 2019. Back at it inside with electric setup, last 3 weekends did tried and true recipes, Irish Red, Kolsch and Brown Ale.

Get my place holder. Last year wine and selzter, home re-modeling got in the way need to straighten brew area as I set myself up electrically to brew inside in winter.

2/7 Traveling Red Irish Red 5.5G
2/14 Krispy Kolsch 5.5G
2/27 Bottoms up Brown 5.5 g

Total: 16.5G

Welcome, good advise from these guys!!! Looks like they got you covered!

Just pour slowly and leave that last little bit, it is from a secondary fermentation that actually carbonates the beer when bottle conditioning. Only way to truly avoid it is to keg and have one big bottle basically that will have a bit of sediment on the bottom, instead of multiple bottles. It real...

Welcome, John's got some good advise there!!!! Patience is the key!

Welcome, brew what you're comfortable with till you get a couple under your belt. There is no cheating if you're brewing in the end, still need to boil, cool and ferment it!

Welcome!! Bottle conditioning should be done warmer so upstairs. Stay in Basement for fermenting, ambient temp is better but the first few days the active fermentation will raise the temp a few degrees, if you can keep the first week of fermentation 68 or cooler you're good!

Fortunately or unfortunately I am working as our business of material handling is considered essential to keep medical, manufacturing and the food and beverage infrastructure going, in Ohio there is NOT a stay at home order it is a social distancing order, in other words a common sense order, don't ...

Cold crashing will leave enough yeast to bottle condition, and YES you can tell people you brew your own beer, if nobody else brewed it for you from your stove top then you brewed it!!!! BREW-ON!!!! ENJOY!

KOTM, which is my Local HBC's annual AHA comp, was this past Saturday and had a Beerborg presence in the winners circle!!!!! PaperKittenBrewingCo had 3 medals, Silver for his Schwarzbier which I was told was a great beer! Bronze for his Cider (Tart Cherry), AND Gold for our Founders Cup which this y...

^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^ is pretty cool for those traveling!

Like Chris, local and never saw this coming from them considering one of the owners is/was a homebrewer and LHBS owner. Paul has put out a message though that Cleveland Brew Shop, which is across the street, he started before he started Platform was not part of the sale. Sad day locally in NE Ohio. :(

Welcome to the Borg, I'm glad to see you found out there IS a lot of great info here. Yes Kealia has got you covered on this one. I would leave it carbonate at 70-75 degrees for 4 weeks it should be perfect for you.

Thanks for the reminder Paul, DONE!
Leigh