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I dry hopped for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It was 10 days in primary and a week in secondary, when I chucked in a small package of pellet hops. Planned to keep another week in secondary and then bottle. Anyway, I should have read up a bit more on dry hopping. I'd have known to...

Anyone know the gravity of a regular pack of priming sugar? I bottled my Trappist Tripel tonight and got ahead of myself. Took the gravity after I added the sugar. It was right at .02 1 week in primary 3 weeks in secondary .........shoulda been okay to go, im hoping. Thx M

Belgian Trappist Tripel 1 week in primay 2.5 week in secondary thus far I added some gelatin finings a few days ago (1st time using it) and planned on bottling a couple of days later. A day later, I noticed that the brew was layered. The top quarter was/is pretty clear, while the bottom...

Okay, I've just read in several places that a longer boil can help with clarity and is definately recommended for lighter beers (90 mins at least). Helps to boil off and separate protiens and such, I guess. Now I'm a bit confused. I remember a thread not too long ago about how "late...

Well, I just made my first blowoff system. Up until now, I had only used dry packaged yeast. Boy, what a difference. I made a Belgian Trappist Triple and pitched two smack packs. They recommended two for this beer. I'm used to a quick two day, mild ferementation with the dry yeast. This...

Thanks to these forums, I've been inspired to try my first partial mash. I went with a Trappis trippel. I liked the looks of the ABV. :mug: I had a couple of questions though. Here's the recipe: 1/2 Cara-pils 2 1/2 Blegian Pale 1 clear candi sugar 6 extra pale extract 2 munich...

I had some supplies arrive today. One of the items was an 8 gallon pot from AHS. Man, it looked taller and not so fat in the picture.......im sure there's a joke there somewhere. Anyway, I tested it out on the cooktop and took FOREVER to bring 5 gallons to a boil, and then very hard to keep...

When you clean with idopher and that other white stuff (forget the name), is it true that you dont have to rinse if mixed to proper proportions? I'm always paranoid of chemicals, so in rinse anyways with boiled water, which is a bit of a pain. Okay not to rinse? Off flavors? Liver...

I'm thinking about making my first lager. No refrigeration, but the winter temps keep my garage around 50 degrees. Will that work? We probably have at least another month or so of cold temps. Question: If the temperature is not totally consistants day to day, will that hurt my...

I just bought my first glass carboy. 6 gal Up until now, ive been using two plastic buckets. Someone just told me that i should have gone 5 gallon size instead if im using it for secondary, because i want as little air as possible. Is that true? Will it make that big a difference? Should...

Well...here goes! My first partial mash. I'm going to order this: AHS Scottish Export/80 Shilling Ale - Kit Option Mini-Mash - Yeast Option White Labs Edinburgh Scottish Ale WLP028 - BrewVint Yeast Fuel No Thanks - Ice Pack Yes - Priming Sugar Include Priming Sugar - 1% Alcohol...

I'm gonna take the plunge and try a partial mash. I found a site online that sells PM kits, but am not familiar with this option: Brewvint Alcohol Boost Anyone use this before? Its supposed to boost ABV by 1%. Is it just something that is added to the wort at boil? Thank M

In browsing the "howtobrew" site, I've noticed that he recommends pitching two packs of yeast. I wanted to start branching out from my usual pre-packaged "kits", so just wanted to get an opinion. Should I be pitching more than on yeast packet? I'm guessing some of it depends on the type...

Its been 2.5 days and my airlock has completely stopped. The exact same (time period) thing on the few prior batches that Ive made. A couple of questions: -Ive usually just take a gravity measure to be sure and then gone on and bottled. After perusing this site, I see that most people keep...

I'm on my 5th batch of beer and have been contemplating secondary fermentation, but most of what I've read on the internet says its not worth it; especially for a basic "ale kit." I've read that you can just keep in the primary fermenter a bit longer and then take extra care when bottling...