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You also get the domed bottom in the better bottle which helps with all of the yeast cake when you're siphoning.

After you bottle your beer the yeast will consume the priming sugar and release CO2 into the bottles. The bottles are sealed so the CO2 has nowhere to go but back into your beer creating carbonation (head). The process of the CO2 going back into the beer takes time, this is why we suggest to...

I would be happy to pm you my address for further testing. :mug:

This weekend I will be brewing a Dry Irish Stout from Northernbrewer.com

If it's dry yeast you don't need a starter, just pitch. :mug:

What temperature was it?

Congratulations on the new hobby! My first beer was also an Irish Red Ale. Aluminum (aluminium for you guys across the pond) is fine for boiling. Just make sure you boil some water in the pot before you start making beer in there. This is to prepare the surface of the aluminum pot for your...

It should be fine if you can throw it in the fridge. Why can't you buy closer to brew day? EDIT: Nevermind I reread your question and now understand why you can't buy closer to brew day. You could stage out your shipments (slightly more expensive since you'll pay shipping on each kit)

I'm no pro but I've left a beer in the primary (on the yeast cake) for a few months with no problems.

Wrong thread! HHAHA

Thank you for all of the replies. Now my next newb question... How do you guys measure the hops you are removing? By eye? Scale? I hope to do a video on my first full boil. If I do, I'll post it up for other newbs like myself.

Thanks for the replies. Downloading now... Do I need to make any other adjustments to the recipe aside from hops? EDIT btw.. The bags of hops say Cluster 1oz. 7.5% alpha. (two bags, one ounce each)

Thanks for the reply. So, according to the recipe I posted; I should be using 1.25 ounces of hops. I'll take a look at Beersmith, how easy is it to use?

Howdy folks, I am planning to do a full boil with my extract kit from NorthernBrewer.com. I have a few questions about the recipe. I understand that the hops will need to be adjusted for the larger boil? But I am not sure how to adjust the hops since I'm still a newb. The kit recommends...

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