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Yeah I would do 1.5 to 2 ounces for the dry hop

I did an amarillo IPA and dry hopped for 10 days with 2oz of amarillo and it came out pretty grapefruity, you could also try adding dried grapefruit zest if you want a real heavy grapefruit taste.

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I'm no expert but I would definitely let it go for at least two weeks and if your planning on dry hopping I would go longer.

I brewed the Red Ale kit and it took nearly a month to fully carbonate.

I've never used a dishwasher for my bottles but I do soak them in oxyclean if there is crud inside, otherwise I just sanitize them with starsan on bottling day

Congrats on the first brew! I too am new to brewing and it's awesome to drink beer you've made and it tastes amazing. Keep brewing because that 5 gallons wont last long!:mug:

I tested one bottle and after being in the fridge for a day the sediment packed down very nicely and had no real issues with pouring out sediment into the glass. Thanks for all the input everyone! :mug:

Thanks for the input everyone. I guess ill try a secondary on my next stout and see if that makes a difference

I kept it off the bottom and left quite a bit in the bucket so that I wasn't racking all that into the bottling bucket. Even the bottling bucket had a lot in the bottom so I left beer in there so that it would not transfer to the bottles. I have a clip so that it stays off the bottom and my...

So I bottled up my oatmeal stout extract kit that I got from Midwest. It was in the fermenter for 28 days and used Safale 04 yeast. There was a ton of loss from trub in the fermenter and in my bottling bucket. So now the sediment in the bottles is around a 1/4 in thick and in a few almost 1/2...

Thanks everyone! Im very glad my first beer turned out great, being that I was so paranoid something was gonna go wrong

It seems that the 29mm caps might be too large, but I never used them so I can't say for sure. My advice would be to call Midwest and ask what they suggest to do.

When I capped mine for my cider I used just a regular old wing capper but added a little pressure at the end and it seemed fine as my cider is very heavily carbonated. And remember if the caps are wet they can be turned if you twist them but when they dry they seem to be fine and hold tight.