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Hey everyone I brewed a Midwest Brewing irish red ale kit back in mid January and haven't had time to bottle it. I want to bottle it now and am wondering if it will still be okay to drink? Do I need to add more yeast? If so, do I add it to secondary and let it sit awhile or what? Thanks in advance!

I'm not ever sure. It's just whatever yeast was included in the kit. It's a dry yeast. Here is a link to the kit: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/mexican-style-cerveza-20-minute-boil-kit.html

Anyone??

I brewed the Midwest Supplies Mexican Style Cerveza recipe two and a half weeks ago as my third recipe. The only modification to the recipe was I added about half a cup of corn syrup because I read a review suggesting to do that. After one week I transfered it to secondary. After a few days...

Now do any of you know if on a ceramic cooktop it's okay to use a pot that the bottom isn't completely flat? I actually ordered an aluminum 20 quart off of amazon before I found the SAMs club pot. It came today and is great quality but the bottom isn't totally flat. Attached is a picture of the...

I picked up a 6 gallon stainless kettle from sams club. The bottom is about an inch larger than the burner on my stove. Do you think this is okay or should I just get the 4 gallon?

Wow that really sucks. Do you know how big of a pot she was using? I might just not use our glass top because that would be a expensive mistake

Thanks for all the input! Right now I am using a electric glass top range to do my brewing. The keg conversion looks cool but I think I'd rather get a turkey fryer or kettle to use on our stove. I plan to continue using extract kits, but would I have a burning issue if I get a cheaper kettle?

I just got into brewing and had to borrow a kettle for my first batch. I'm not looking to buy a decent kettle. I have been looking around on amazon for one in the $20-30 range. Is it worth buying one in that range if I'm just getting into brewing? Any suggestions on what to get? Thanks in...

Great write up! That certainly answered a few of my questions.

Thanks for the reply. I figured out that I wasnt pushing hard enough lol. It snaps on so tight now. I hope I can get it off

Okay sounds good. Thanks for the help!

Thanks for all the replies! I was quite worried about it. The directions say to let it ferment for 2 weeks then bottle it. Should I do that or let it sit for the 3 weeks? How would I know what the end gravity reading should be? I didn't take an initial one so I hope that's okay.

I brewed up midwest supplies irish red ale on friday night. All day Saturday and Sunday the airlock was bubbling nonstop. I checked it Monday morning and the bubbling stopped, but I also noticed that the temperature was at 60 degrees. It was running at around 64 degrees. I brought it up to...

I just got back from vacation and my brew kit was waiting for me. I was looking at everything and the lid doesn't fit on the fermenter tight. It just kind of sits on there. Is that going to be an issue? I was thinking about calling midwest supply about it. I also read their pamphlet on...

I just put my order in. I ended up going with the Irish stout.

Thats what i'm thinking. Thanks everyone for the help!

Or do you guys think it would be better to piece my own kit together? How would that compare in price?

Awesome! I'm thinking thats the route I'm going to take. I'm going to research more today and see if anyone else has input. What ingredient kit did you get?

Thanks for the replies! If I were to go between the two I posted in my first post, which would be better? I know first one has the auto syphon on it but doesn't come with any of the ingredients for brewing. The groupon deal ends today so I'm going to try to decide soon.