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I don't know if this is the right place.... I brewed a partial mash imperial stout a few days ago. OG was 1.090 when I pitched the yeast. The wort was temped at 68 degrees at time of pitch. I woke up 24 hours later i saw the airlock doing it's thing but the temp was now at 75. Another day...

I am fairly interested in it. I'm trying to find out the "why" for a lot of the reasons people do why they do when building grain bills and hop bills as well as fermentation and what not.

I'll have to rephrase a question due to some serious autocorrect errors from my phone... How do I lower the FG? I'm starting to think that I may want to do a single hop recipe. I am really interested in simcoe hops. I may end up doing these at the times some of you suggested in the boil.

The is for the advice guys! I think I'm starting to get an idea of where to start in terms of the grain bill. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like I s houkd pick a base malt thst I like, then use these for the vast majority of the fermentables. Then select smaller amounts of other grains...

Hello, I have brewed quite a few extract and some partial grain kits from Brewer's Best. I really want to start creating my own custom recipes. I am using BeerSmith 2 to develop this one. It is my first ever recipe. Its supposed to be an American IPA....once again...."supposed" to be...

I scorched my LME on my first batch and it didnt show up until about six weeks in the bottle. It tastes like burnt wood and paper. It's rough. Hopefully yours doesn't do anything.

thats what happens when beer ferments. its left over stuff fro the krausen.... i think.

I have pitched that yeast at higher temps than that only to find that my beer is perfectly fine.

I brewed a wit which is in its second week in the primary. I had crazy active fermentation in the first five days and then the gravity reading ssllllloooowlllyyyy got down to the specified FG on day 10. (now on day 14)

My current brew is a Belgian wit which is my third brew. I tried the "dump it all in method" and its actually working better for me. Like the others said, just be sure to siphon the beer when you rack into the bottling bucket.

looks like the aftermath of a fermentation to me. Keep doin' what your doin and brew on my friend. :mug:

Good stuff and thanks for the appreciation.:rockin::rockin:

rewarding....more like addicting :ban::D

My biggest advice that I got from a well seasoned brewer was one that consisted of "don't be so excited to see a nice boil. Let it be a gentle rolling boil." He said it should look like its just starting to boil. He also said if its too high, it will darken your beer more than you want. Other...

I brewed my third batch last Thursday. It was a brewer's best Witbier. I checked the SG last night and took a sample. I am so surprised how this is looking and tasting. I am positive this will be my first batch without any screw ups. The only thing I wish I would have known about it that I was...

I have a kolsch style brew from brewers best in a make shift secondary. (plastic bucket) It was in primary for a week but had a stable FG reading around day 5. The fermenting temp was stable around 72-74. I transferred it into secondary about 2 weeks ago. at day 10 in the secondary, the airlock...

It's nice to know that I am blowing the water issue out of proportion.

That's good to hear! Thanks for the advice.

Hello, I am dropping in for the long haul here at homebrewtalk to learn more about brewing and to meet new people. I just started my first batch ever. Its from a kit and it should be an IPA. However, I think I made a huge mistake. I watched a bunch of youtube videos before I started this...