Recent content by Hoppin_Mad

its cool - I am 24 and love the beach boys

I think there is a thread around here about this somewhere....

The primary purpose of a 60 minute boil is to eliminate DMS. Some people will actually boil 90 minutes or even two hours for further DMS reduction. Also, it gives you plenty of time to have a few while brewing :)

Before reading this thread I thought offal just meant poop. At that point I was really intrigued to see where your post was going...

As far as rants go that was not a very good one.

The beer will be fine sitting in primary for another week(s)/month(s) Order a capper online or go to a brew shop if there is one near you and buy one. No rush

If it is mold then you will want to rack it to another container ASAP. Probably a decent chance you will be able to salvage it.

Got pictures? Could just be krausen gunk.

A blow off hose is just some plastic tubing stuffed down the hole of a carboy. The other end is usually placed in a bucket with shallow water/vodka/starsan. It allows the gunk produced during a vigorous fermentation to be guided somewhere. yeast starter -...

You could probably throw in some dextrose if you are really desperate to up the ABV, but I would say just leave it as is. You will have plenty of chances to brew up higher alcohol brews in the future. And just think - people in Oklahoma have to drink 2.4% beer their whole lives!

bottle it when the hydrometer says to! :)

I have made a cherry stout a couple times. Both times I have added all of my cherries along with my aroma hop addition at about 10 minutes to go in the boil. I have gotten great cherry flavor this way. The only thing I would suggest is steering clear of frozen cherries. I have made the stout...

I feel like this thread would really bother this guy: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/has-anyone-seen-yeast-starter-saga-234201/

You are probably right down the road from the LHBS I use (Homebrew HQ).

The last liquid yeast pack I ordered from them was no good. I live in Dallas and I know it ain't any cooler in Austin. Probably tough for them to ship liquid packs at all with temps frequently around 100. I am probably going to be getting yeast from my LHBS until the fall. Still love AHS though!