Recent content by ccpotter

Thanks for the info. I will not boil the cider and I will report back when this is done fermenting. The airlock smells amazing.

Here is my recipe 7 lbs. Domestic 2-Row barley malt, 1 lb. Honey malt, 1 oz. of hallertau hops and then 1lbs brown sugar put in during last 10 minutes of boil. I collected 5.5 gallons of wort from mash/sparge and boiled down to 4 gallons. I plan to put the gallon of apple in to make it a cider...

Hi am just brewed an all grain - soon to be apple ale. Everything went well but I am adding a gallon of organic apple cider when racking to the secondary. Do I need to boil the gallon of cider before I put it in or do I just dump it in the secondary? Thanks in advance!

I forget exactly what it ended up tasting like. It was a bit sweeter than expected but it was a good brew.

I am brewing the Hop Head Double IPA which is suppose to have a high alcohol content. During primary fermentation the airlock went bananas for the first 2 days and then there was not really any action. I transfered the batch to the secondary after a 7 days and it has been in there for 2 weeks...

I used Munton and Fison Ale Yeast Active Brewing Yeast

I am brewing my 3rd batch of brew. The first 2 were EPA's and this is my first high ABV brew. With the EPAs the airlock went crazy after 2 days and with this IPA batch the airlock went bananas for the first day (could have been settling or something) and I have not seen it bubble for the last 2...

I already have a 5 gallon glass one and I am trying to decide weather to get another 5 or to get a shared 6 gallon one. Thanks for writing!

Are there any disadvantages to using a 6 Gallon glass carboy vs 5 Gallon Glass carboy when doing the secondary fermentation? I see that wine is usually fermented in 6 gallon carboys and beer in 5 and I plan to make both. I brew beer in standard 5 Gallon batches.

Thank you for all of the responses. My kit basically included. Liquid malt extract, 3 hop varieties, dry malt extract, grains, and bottling sugars. I got it from midwest brewing supplies and I believe that it was called Summit Ave EPA(http://www.midwestsupplies.com/summit-avenue-ale-clone.html)...

After I was done brewing and transfered the wort into the primary fermenter, I noticed that I still had the bag of DME sitting in the EPA kit box.

I was brewing an EPA beer with a buddy of mine and I forgot to put in the dry malt extract. We did not notice until we had it in the primary fermenter. It is bubbling like crazy. Is it worth continuing to let it ferment? or should I just start over?