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Hi Trencher- For the Choc. Milk Stout - I used 4lbs Liquid Extract and 3lbs Dry. Yeast: White Labs Liquid English Ale Yeast. For the Cherry Wheat: Dry yeast - Ale Safale US-05 ( thats what it said on the pack & the brew store recommended it). Thanks for both your coments Trencher &...

Hello All- I have 4 questions if anyone could answer please: 1.) I have a Cherry Wheat that I just transfered to the secondary after 10 days. How long should I keep it in there? Also, do you think it will clear up any....it is very very cloudy. 2.) I put 3 lbs. of cherries in the primary...

Yep....only way to tell is to open one up. I was exactly like you the first couple batches. The longer you wait, the better it is. There was a huge difference on the last wheat brew I did. I couldnt wait and chilled one and opened at 2 weeks. Good but the one that was left for 4-5 weeks was much...

Hello All- I just got done with (2) batches. The first batch was a Chocolate Milk Stout, and the other was a cherry wheat. Below are the ingredience for both. My main question is with the 2nd batch of cherry wheat. This is the first time Im using real cherries. Batch #1: Chocolate Milk...

Orfy- What does 78910 mean???

Doesnt anyone else have any thoughts on this one???????????????

Well, that is the whole recipe. The can of extract is already hopped. The only thing that Im using that is not listed is the White Labs English Ale Yeast.

Hello all- Just bottled the last batch and am on to the next.....but need a little help. Here is what Im trying to do: Sweet Chocolate Milk Stout. Here is what I have: (1) Can Mountmellick Famous Irish Stout extract 4lbs. 1 lb Lactose 3 lbs Mutons spraymalt extract - Plain Dark 1 Can...

Thank you to all who replied. I decided to make the trip to the store and buy a bottle bucket. All is bottled waiting for carbination. Anyone ever had a flip top bottle explode? I used just under 1 c of sugar and left about 2" of room at the top. Thanks again.

Hello All- I have a question in regards to bottle carbonating. My first batch - I used Coopers drops so there wasnot to much guess work 3 per 1 L. bottle. The issue is that they are way too much $$$$$. I have the corn sugar....but how much do I use??? It is a wheat beer. 1 L bottles. I dont...

Yep.....the sky has fallen. I didnt take the brew store's advice and buy a 5g carboy. I decided to get the 2.5 because I thought thats all I would need. Well.....after my wife and I hit the homebrew.....only 2 bottles left. That means I waited over 2 weeks to only have 2 good nights with my...

Thank you to everyone who answered my ??????????

also- head on the bear was good while pouring it. It went away within about 30 seconds. Any idea why???????? Thanks- Brad

I couldnt help myself. I have a raspberry wheat beer thats been in the bottles 13 days to carb. I cracked one open today to take a test taste. Not too bad...better than expected. Tasted a little watery and not that great of carbonation but it was ok. I figure another few weeks and it should be...

Hello All- Thank you at everyone who answered my dumb questions with this first brew. I bottled this morning and all went well except the siphone into the bottles. What a pain in the @#*. I bought a hydromter and the final reading when bottling was 1.008 - 1.010 - in that range. I didnt take...

Thanks Yuri. I just had a thought: Did I add too much water? I used a can of extract ( Mr. Beer), 1/2 gallon of water then added the sugar - boiled it and added it to the carboy. Then I added the rest of the 2 gallons of water. Is that correct?

Hello All- Looks like the batch is ready to bottle. It has been a total of 6 days....no bubbles/ferm for 2 days. Beer is really clear and looks very good. My question: I didnt have the cash to set up a corney keg/co2/etc. and I didnt want to mess around with mixing the sugar then...

Thank you Dibby 33. I think your right.....sugar. It has been a few days and it looks like all ferm. is complete. The beer is clearing and looks good. I do believe I wait a total of 2 weeks before bottling right?

Hello all...I am very glad to have found this forum. I was wondering if anyone might shed some light on my first brew. I will give all the details I can and please forgive me for my mistakes. OK - Here is the setup: 3gal. glass carboy. Wanted to start small and didnt have room/bottles for 5...