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Ok so I tried the beer after 4 days in the bottle super early, and it was pretty good with good hops aroma and really juicy. i was surprised as most of my beers aren't great that early. Thanks for the comments. I was siphoning out of the top middle but I hadn't done a cold crash and there was...

Ok so this beer was to be a hop monster! But at the first dry hop it said to add in pineapple concentrate. I couldn't find any at all so I added in crushed pineapple after talking to my buddy. What I should have thought about was to put it into a hop sock. But no what could go wrong with just...

Wow this is really useful Thanks. So Melanoidin says it must be mashed. So the effect on the beer when steeping will mostly just be colour I assume and some flavouring but will not contribute any fermentables.

Thanks for the advice on using the Pilsner I think next time I will try that and ignore the melanoidin. Any recommendations on using any steeping grains when doing an extract? Now my debate is whether to retry this recipe with the corrections next weekend or try something else. I think I'd like...

I realized I made a mistake with the Melanoidin half way through the steep. I'm not sure why Wort is so far off on the OG calculation, I tried Brewers friend after the fact and it was much more accurate. I think I need to switch. As far as the melanoidin any idea how this might affect the taste?

I think I messed up the Hefe recipe I was using. I put it into WORT app on my phone and it had the OG too low as it was calling for 7.5lbs of LME and LME is only available near me in 3.3lbs batches, so i did 6.6lbs of LME and added 2 lbs of DME. The recipe called for replacing all grains with...

Ok thanks for the advice. So I think boiling it will guarantee that it is sanitized. I'm not sure why starsan wouldn't work for a cloth bag as it would completely soak it.

So I've gotten a hop bag to put into my primary for tonight. It's a cloth bag by the looks of it. Do I spray it down with starsan before putting it into the fermenter and then let it dry out?

Thanks all for your replies this has been very useful for me. I will wait to see how it turns out if it's an IPA per the definition but not what I expect and most other expect in an IPA so be it. Next time I'll work on an IPA recipe which is closer to what I expect with more hops and a dry...

Oops forgot to add the weight, it was 1oz each.

That was exactly my issue too. I just didn't know anything when I did my first brew. I also had barely read anything on brewing at all at that time. A friend had recommended the split of extract. I also wonder how fresh the ingredients may have been. I did a blond ale as my second batch a week...

Thanks that's what I thought about the hops if it isn't there it's not going to come. I guess I should have looked into dry hopping. Live and learn. My batch volume was 5G I boiled to 3.5 and added the extra 1.5G The recipe is as follows 6.6lbs of Light LME 1lb of Extra Light DME Steeping...

My first ever brew was a BB IPA extract recipe kit. I followed the instructions very closely and only made one deviation which was to split the extract, 50% at the start and 50% in the last 20 minutes. I siphoned wort out and left the trub behind and honestly too much. (I have since changed to...

Thanks all for this as it provides some reassurance that my late night brew should hopefully be successful without infection. I also have starsan in a spray bottle which I've used to clean various items on an as needed basis. Eric it's a good point about the mixing of the wort. I didn't stir it...

So i did 3rd ever brew today. I sanitized everything even things I didn't need except for one thing. The measuring cup that I re-hydrated the yeast I just took out of the cupboard without sanitizingand added the pre boiled (and cooled) water to the yeast. At which point I thought about how much...