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Hi there fellow home brewers! I have a quick question..... I am fairly new to home brewing. I have done 4 all grain batches, 4 partial mash batches, and roughly 6 extract batches. For some reason I never gave capping bottles much thought until today when I bottled my all grain Lagunitas...

That's good to know. So, I guess I will make my secondary carboy another primary fermenter and do two batches at a time rather than one. :D One last question though, why do kits (specifically, ones from MidwestSupplies) mention to rack the beer into a secondary over top your hops (dry...

I assume by "bubbler" you mean an airlock, correct? Are you using a plastic bucket or carboy as your fermenter? If Carboy you should get a tighter fitting bung (they do come in different sizes). If bucket, you will either need to shove the airlock down further and/or make sure the black...

Thanks for the feedback.I have read and heard that you should rack the beer into a secondary to get it off the trub which can cause of flavors. Is that not true?

Hey home brewers! I have a question.... I have done several full extract and partial mash beers up to this point and last week I finally broke my all grain cherry doing a Stone Ruination IPA clone. I am happy to report that my conversion went well...hit the O.G.; actually just slightly...

Thanks for the reply! I can't wait to taste it in 3 days when bottling. Sure, it will be flat, but I'm hopeful it will be great flat beer at that time! :)

Thank you for the reply. I haven't tried it yet and will probably wait until bottling (in 3 days). It smells really good (I can smell it if I push on the Better Bottle Carboy while holding my nose over the airlock). :) I'm hoping it turns out well. I did add the Irish Moss with 15 minutes...

Hello home brewers! I have a question for you more experienced brewers out there. I have brewed my fourth batch ever and the last beer I brewed was a partial mash clone of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. My OG and FG were right on after 1 week in the primary fermenter (fermented in a food grade...

Sorry, I chuckled when reading this. Of all the luck, huh? I'm sure you will be fine.....RDWHAHB! :)

Thanks for the info and reply! I was surprised that the book didn't give any instructions or suggestions on water volumes. I appreciate it!

Hello home brewers! My apologies if this has already been answered/posted. I am fairly new to brewing (have done 4 extract brews) and have a question on calculating water volumes for doing a mini-mash. I got the book, "Clone Brews" and am going to try a mini-mash of the Dogfish Head 60...

So true! :mug:

If you were noticing active fermentation after just a few hours I would say you are good to go. The few left behind won't hurt anything. Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuE_EjQ0LCA&feature=youtu.be New burner in action!

Took 15 minutes to reach typical steeping temp of 155 F from ice cold tap water. I didn't have the regulator wide open since I was losing heat off the sides since I only have a 5 gallon kettle on top of this monster burner.

Cool. I will see if mine will hold around 155, if not, maybe i will steep on my kitchen stove and then move the kettle outside for the boil. :-)

LOL.....okay, ya got me. :-)

Excellent! Thank you for posting. I wondered about that as far as steeping goes....do you have a flame out because of the wind and that low of throttle on the regulator? Would an additional shield from wind help? For my next brew (Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA Clone) I plan on doing a partial...

Not sure yet, I haven't tried it yet. I will post the results. :-)

So true! Thing is I just purchased this 5 gallon kettle only 2 months ago because I was afraid a bigger kettle wouldn't do well on my kitchen stove. Now I am moving my brewing outdoors and wishing I had purchased a bigger kettle. I will just try heating up 3 gallons of water and give it a...