Recent content by cdif911

thanks guys, will try it out and let you know

so we brewed an IPA, added maple syrup at the end, and ended up with about 9.5% apv - we put it in secondary after about 2 weeks, then did secondary for 1 and bottled 2 weeks ago - just wondering if anyone has done a higher content beer and how long to let it sit in the bottles before opening...

we just brewed a hefe and the OG was 1.034, which seems really low - any ideas why this may be?

I'm very happy I caught this thread - we checked the hydrometer today (7th day was planning on bottling per kit instructions) and the reading looked to be 2.8 apv.. gonna give it at least another week now. glad we didn't blindly follow the directions

thanks makes sense (the 70 degrees) what I was getting at is if you go through the cheesecloth first into the primary, wait til 70 then pitch, is that ok?

quick question- how does one take hydrometer readings without aerating the beer?

also on this topic, curious about why the wort would need to be cool (obviously not boiling, but how cool?)

thanks guys for the feedback, makes me feel better!

Hi All, We're using a truebrew kit (red ale) and have used cheese cloth over a funnel to the carboy (primary) to remove excess hop sediment. Was this a good idea? I'm sort of worried that the hop sediment should have actually been in the carboy for fermentation. So is it ok to strain hop...

thanks for the ideas - so essentially fermentation will be done when it completely stops bubbling? (sorry for being a n00b!)

just bumping this - again the question is, it says primary for a week, then bottle for 3 - that seems like a quick ferment, any ideas?

We just started this one - it suggests primary for only a week, does this sound right to those who have done it? seems quick. Then a 3 week bottling period... (we did our first batch as a Hefe from True Brew and it turned out solid)