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  1. seanhuber

    How do you drain the hop bag? At boiling temp??

    I'm an extract brewer and am up to my 6th batch now. Every part of the process seems to go fairly smooth now except when it comes time to remove the hops from the wort after a 60min boil. I use one of those nylon mesh bags for steeping grains and for hop additions as well. It's very fine...
  2. seanhuber

    Please Help - My beer tastes too sweet/malty

    I tried brewing midwest's octane IPA, which is supposed to have an OG of 1.064-1.068 and an FG of 1.012-1.018. Had the brew 7 days in the primary fermenter and about 11 days in secondary. There was about a 24 hour lag before noticeable fermentation started. When I took it out of primary it...
  3. seanhuber

    Is this excessive?

    This is only my 3rd batch, it's a double IPA. Just wondering if this sort of craziness is typical:
  4. seanhuber

    18 days and still fermenting

    I have a batch of Midwest's Octane IPA in secondary and it's been 18 days since brew day. The airlock is still bubbling. I took gravity readings last weekend and the gravity was still falling. Does this seem like it's taking too long? Should I even bother continuing to take gravity readings...
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