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Gotcha. Thanks for the tips! Will try saving the majority of the hops for flameout and dry hop.

Extract. Was leaning towards a light ale but whichever one would hold up better to the hops. Thanks for the recipe!!! I'll give it a shot :)

I'm looking to make a light beer but I'd like it to have the hop burst of an IPA. Is it possible or will it turn too bitter without the background maltiness of a bigger beer? Any suggestions on what kind to use for dry hopping?

Thanks. I don't want to make five gallons of air freshener.. But everything I read gives different amount of berries, from one ounce to 300 berries..

Wanting to make a Juniper Pale Ale. Not sure how many berries to use. Everything I've read says 1 ounce or less. Approximately how many dried berries are in an ounce? Not trusting my scale at the moment. Need to get a new one.

Well I wanted to try this recipe , but while I was grinding my grains I kind of got carried away and before I knew it I milled the whole pound of crystal in with the others instead of just half a pound . I'm brewing the extract recipe, any suggestions on trying to balance it out?

Brewing a munich helles, great activity and airlock action. My question is there anyway to tell when I need to do the 75% diactyl rest without taking endless samples? Does the airlock activity decrease at 75% ?? Just wondering , I hate opening the carboy for readings. And wasting yummy beer!! Lol

Yup I guess it was just bubbles from moving it out if chiller to take gravity reading. Seems to be stuck again. Gonna pitch some more yeast tomorrow.

Raised it 4 degrees and it took off like a rocket!! Thanks for the advice! :)

Gravity reading hasn't moved. Gonna try to bring temp up and see wht happens like you said. Thanks for help. Sulphur bomb???

I haven't opened it to take a reading. I'll take one when I crack it to repitch, but don't want to be opening it too much.

Brewed a brewers best kit of Munich Helles on the night of the 12th. I knew I should have made a starter for it but was lazy and pitched the yeast pack that came with the kit instead. Now it's the 16th and I have no activity. Carboy is in a chiller holding at 50 degrees. Yeast was pitched about...

Cut the bean lengthwise and scrape out the insides. Then let it soak in alcohol, ( I use Jameson) for a week or two. Add directly to bottling bucket. Comes out great. I used 3 beans for 5 gallons and just enough Jameson to cover the dissected beans. The scraping seems to bring more flavor out...

Brewing a belgian tripel and noticed its recommended that it sit in secondary for 9-12 months to fully blend flavors. Will I have to repitch after that long of a sit or will it carbonate ok?

About to make a cream ale and I wanted to add some vanilla in with it. Got 3 beans cut, scraped, and soaking in whiskey. My question is when to add it. I generally don't use a secondary, so should I throw it in the primary after fermentation slows, or dump it in the bottling bucket and mix it...

I have a batch( my first) of English brown coming off its third week in bottles. I'm dying to try it, but want to make the best possible. So with that in mind is the time spent in bottles proportional to the quality of the beer? ie will it get better and better the longer it sits? If so, how...

Thanks for the advice !! Looking forward to brewing lagers. :)

Still new to brewing. Using a brewers best kit. It comes with a dry yeast you just rehydrate. Nothing fancy. :(

About to try to make my first lager, have everything set up and ready. Chiller is set at 46 for the ferment. Question: after I cook and cool the wort, should I chill it to 46 and then pitch or just pitch around 70ish and slam it in the chiller??

Ok so it's time to piss off the wife and load the fridge with the conditioned batch while the Munich helles lagers in the chiller.. Gotcha!! :)