Recent content by smitty868

ignorant question...dme, do i add it when i am boiling the wort, or add afterwards when you add the sugar?

thank you all for the suggestions. however, i do think that for the first round, i will just sit and let it be. next batch...i might experiment a wee bit. i do have a local homebrew store up here in cartersville, so i plan on stopping in and checking it out.

i agree...just tired of my local selections, want to make something I like.

so, corn sugar and maltodextrin is what i should use to raise the content? if so, how much and when do i add it? i am making a 2 gallon batch. next thing....i am as ignorant as they come, so what is dme?

i kind of like rooster teeth...

so i am in the process of my first batch with a mr beer kit i pruchased, making the pale ale. reading the labels and the instructions, i read that the beer i am making is only a 3.7% beer. i am quite accustomed to the higher gravity ipa's. question- is there anything that i can do to raise the...

hello all! i am a new home brewer from northwest georgia. i have been interested for a few years now in brewing, finally took my first step here recently and began my first batch of ipa. we shall see how it turns out and go from there. hopefully it will be a success!