Recent content by tryder33

I only have 1 6 Gallon primary and 2 have 5 gallon secondaries. I have mainly used wyeast packs and found that the fermentation almost fills the whole 6 Gallon primary, with the krausen. I guess I could use a blowoff hose in a 5 Gallon but I never really have thought about it. I am fairly new to...

The are a couple main reasons for transferring into a secondary. The first thing is that it is recommended if it needs to sit for longer than 4 weeks. The trub in the bottom of the primary can lead to off flavors if sitting longer than a month. Another reason is, it should give you a clearer...

So I am going to brew a cherry wheat but I dont want to use an extract for the cherry flavor. This is my first attempt adding fruit to a beer so I was wondering how much should I add to a 5 gallon batch? I know they say add to your liking but what would be a good starting point? Also I am...

What kind of carbonation drops are you using? I use a priming sugar solution, 16oz of water and 5/8 cup of table sugar, and they suggest leaving the bottles 2 -3 weeks at room temperature before you stick them in the fridge.

I came across a cool idea which is to take some scrabble tiles and come up with 4 - 4 letter words and glue them together. Here is a link to what it looks like http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/45528646202746793_n7q4VAwA.jpg

When you do your boil do you just add your hops right to the boil? I got rid of alot of my aggravation with particles by using a muslin bag and dropping my hops in it and it drastically reduced my particles. At .49 cents a bag i grab 10 at a time

I think it is tough to say but i try to follow the directions so if it says 1 - 2 weeks in the primary then I watch and after it krausen has collapsed and there are no more bubbles I wait 2 days and move over to my secondary, which I let sit for 4 weeks (its tough to do after the 2 week mark)...

Hey I'm fairly new to brewing but I have a couple of questions regarding my last batch. I planned on brewing a black ipa yesterday night and was all ready in the morning because I knew I had plenty of running around to do during the day. This was my first time using liquid yeast (wyeast 1272...