Started my first batch while I was home in California. After waiting 2 weeks for fermentation and 3 weeks after bottling, my beer arrived in New York (ground shipping) yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised with the final product. Had a few things that I would have liked to turn out...
Started brewing my first IPA the other night. Using Fermentis Safale US-05 dry yeast. Pitched the yeast about 50 hours before any bubbles appeared in my blowoff. A good amount of bubbles are starting to pump through the blowoff now but i'm not getting an Krausen. It's been about 65 hours now and...
First of all, this community is awesome! Thanks for the quick replies.
I can't remember what yeast I used other than the fact that it was a dry yeast from Belgium. The home brew store that the kit came from must have recommended it for the recipe.
I pitched the yeast at about 70 degrees (I...
Started my first brew last night and I'm unsure about some potential issues I may be having. Hopefully someone out there can let me know if I have a real problem or not. Here is the IPA recipe I'm working with and I'll get to the issues after:
- 9 Lbs Pale Malt Extract
- 16 oz Caramel grain...