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Thanks for the replies. I'm using a carboy currently. Sorry I did not specify. Sounds like the thing to do is to just throw them in and use a hop bag over my racking cane when transferring to the bottling bucket.:mug:

I'm getting ready to dry hop an IPA I currently have in my secondary (no krausen left on top, so I assume fermentation is all or nearly complete). I have pellet cascade hops for dry hopping, which came in my extract kit. My questions are: a) do you guys recommend using a hop bag for this...

Yeah I will ditch the secondary in my next brew. I tasted it out of the hydrometer test jar and I thought it was pretty good. Maybe it will ferment on down to 1.010 and be right. Much thanks for the input. Love this forum. :mug:

I just searched online for Bells two hearted ale clone finishing gravity and it said 1.010. If mine yesterday was at 1.020 is there any chance I hit target ending gravity by leaving it in the fermenter for two more weeks? How big of a deal is it if 1.020 is my final?

Thanks for the replies. All of this is helpful as this is only my second brew I've done. I did take a gravity reading when I racked to secondary and it was 1.020. The problem is that my kit did not give the target ending gravity but I'm guessing it should be lower than 1.020.

I have an IPA that sat in primary for almost two weeks and I racked to secondary yesterday. I checked this morning (beer now in a carboy) and its not showing any signs of fermentation. Beer looks completely flat with no krausen at all on top. My primary fermentation was fast and furious. Is it...

Thanks for the advice. I will get this set up for next time.

Im in my second day of fermentation and when I got home today I had some of my brew coming up through the air lock. The star san I had in the airlock was brown and some yeast appears to have come up through the whole in the lid. I think the air lock may have gotten clogged. I changed out the...

Starter turned out great. I brewed today so we will see how it turns out. Thanks for all the input.

Thanks guys. You were right. I checked this morning and she's fermenting away! I guess I should alow it to completely finish prior to pitching into my primary wart batch? I was originally planning on brewing today but may wait until tomorrow since the starter isn't finished... Any suggestions?

I am doing my first ever brew with liquid yeast and tried to do a starter. I did 1 cup of DME 4 cups of water. I brought the water to a boil and then stirred in the DME. Fighting boil overs, I boiled for about 15 minutes. I took off heat and cooled in an ice bath until 75 degrees. Then I added...

Count me in !

Thanks for the great post... Did I miss something, or were there only 4 gallons of water boiled for the wart? I saw 2 gallons in one pot and two gallons in another pot, but did you have to add any water to the final wart (in the fermenter)?

Thanks for the link. I want to go the easiest rout possible, so if a second container is not necessary, then I'd rather do all in one.

Nice - I've heard you need a 3 gallon cooler with a spigot for a partial mash and I've been shopping around a little bit. I saw that lowe's and home depot both sell 5 gallon coolers like this for around $20. However, the 3 gallon one's I've seen are all (gatoraid or igloo) around $40. Would...

Thanks for the replies. I plan to go to partial mash eventually, but may try to get a few more extracts on the table first. It would be interesting to taste the same recipe with one extract brewed and one PM.

I am really new to brewing, but do you guys know what the benefits of doing a partial mash over an extract brew are? I know extract saves time vs a full grain brew, but wasn't sure how much extra time it takes to do a partial mash over an extract brew. I've heard that doing a partial makes a...

Good deal. Thanks for the advise. Planning to brew in a week so fingers crossed.

Edit to the post above (I'm planning on doing a starter).

Good deal - I will be sure to use more ice next time and try the cold crash. Here is a picture of the beer at two weeks (I only tried a few, and am letting the rest of the batch condition for another two weeks before I taste again). It's not too far off where I would have expected color to be...