first time brewer... - Page 3

**Rbeckett** · 02-07-2012, 07:58 PM

Inda,
You can have all of my ABV. I love the taste of beer but do not care for the consequences so I brew up, boil off the alky, repitch some yeast and add Priming, then bottle. There is some small alky from the new ferment but it is negligable. I can have the best of both worlds. If a cop pulls me over and asks the 64 thousand dollar question I can say yup wanta a sip?. Course I would get some dick head that would make me take a blood test and make me late for an appointment or something stupid like that. It's not about the alky, its about brewing and the end result of great taste that you made yourself. Send me you email and I'll send you all of my ABV's. I got a box full now.
Bob

inda_bebe · 02-10-2012, 03:04 AM

I have a question. I'm reading thru the directions and I'm confused about the hop addition. When throwing in the hops into the boil, do I put it into a grain bag or just throw the pellets in and use a strainer to remove it from the wort?

**remman4** · 02-10-2012, 11:07 AM

I use bags for most of my hops additions to help minimize trub but I dry hop without bags

brewguy82 · 02-10-2012, 12:13 PM

i just toss it in...they get more exposure so more flavor and aroma in the final product...who needs the trub anyways just leave it behind when you rack easy.

**RM-MN** · 02-10-2012, 12:45 PM

Throw the hops loose into the boil, when chilled dump it all into the fermenter and let the yeast sort it out. When your beer is ready to bottle or keg the hops will be at the bottom of the fermenter covered by the yeast so you can just rack above them and they stay in the fermenter.

**remman4** · 02-10-2012, 04:40 PM

I agree with you, but when I use a lot of hops you lose a lot of beer to the trub