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So you boil the hops for an hour to get your bitterness, then add the DME. Interesting. My guess is you dont get boil overs that way either.

When you do your extract brews at what point do you add your extract?

I took a peak at it and its fermenting away. I must have a bad seal on the container. So are you recommending to not boil the wort for an hour like most recipes say?

I think I might have an issue with one of my latest brews. Im not sure that I boiled my extract long enough. The airlock is not bubbling, though there is fermentation going on. Could not boiling long enough cause an issue with DME?

Thank guys, but I drank it all. ;) It is really rich and creamy tasting and I only had it fermenting for 4 weeks. Here is the recipe if you are interested. http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/36748/doppelganger-bock Let me know if the link doesnt work. Cyclman, I'm...

Okay, here is an update. The beer that is flat is a Black Lager. One week after I brewed the black lager I brewed a Doppel Bock. With both beers I filtered the beer through a hops sock prior to bottling. I just cracked open my first Doppel Bock and it had the BEST head of any brew I had put...

They are pretty tasty even when flat, so not too much of a fail. Thanks for your help guys. Ill let you know how it comes out in another week or two.

So adding a granule of yeast to the bottles and recapping wont work?

What will Oxidation do to the beer?

Okay, Ive read around the forum and I know that yeast on the bottom of the bottle is the way to go. BUT! I screwed up my last two batches of beer. Right before I bottled my batches I ran my wort through a mess hops sock thingy to get the floaties out. What I didn't think about is that I...