i suggest a search on the forum for first wort hopping. it's a technique that is generally applied to partial mash or AG but there are a few folks on the forum who have used it in extract recipes with good results. i just bottled an IPA with all NZ hops that I FWH'd and the sample i pulled had...
Was this kit comprised of a can of HME and a pack of booster? If that is the case no amount of time is going to heal your problems. As for body developing overtime, it doesn't work that way - if the beer is thin it's going to remain thin, or in the extreme, simply become drier/thinner. You...
my cat is actually my brewing partner - he knows not to get up in the process but he's always hanging out close by.
as for the cat hair problem - never found one in a finished beer, but there certainly is hair around the apartment. i dust, sweep and vac on a weekly basis so that keeps it at a...
hahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaa. you might be old indeed.
FWIW not all new bands use 'metal' scripts.
animals as leaders for one, between the buried and me for another.
http://esra-magazine.com/blog/post/whats-brewing
found this for my SIL before she officially made aliyah in march this year.
have fun.
FWIW you should have a few of the Israeli commercial staples like Maccabee or Goldstar (both produced by the same brewing conglomerate), not bad bmc lagers for...
there is no way for you to know if it is done conclusively without a hydrometer - airlock activity is meaningless. that being said, it is likely done.
give it another week for safety's sake, that'll make it 3 weeks in primary and just about perfect.
happy brewing good sir!!
i went to this 7 years back with a group of my college buddies. we camped n raged on mt ascutney. the food was awesome and being able to hop inside the windsor brewery n purchase some brew made the event spectacular.