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hey guys im trying to do a DFH 60 minute clone recipe. the recipe calls for continuously adding hops. would pellet hops be fine to add right to the wort or should i have a bag to throw them in to steep in the wort..? i didnt know if it would be a problem. im not able to find leaf hops for...

A swamp cooler just seems like so much work. I've placed thermometors in a couple areas of the basement and hope to get accurate reads for dofferent temps. I guess now ill just hope winter comes soon so the overall household temp will be lower. That would probably help I'd imagine. Might just...

so i just checked. the temp was around 74. ouchhhh. any suggestions now how to keep that lower consistantly?

yeah the OG was 1.042 and the FG was 1.006. i was pretty comfortable with that thinking it wouldnt really get much lower.

honestly im not sure exactly what the temp was. im confident that it was nowhere over 75 degrees, although we have had a lot of heat lately it stays relatively cool in the dark basement. im going to make sure to monitor the heat in that area and do what i need to do to keep it in range.

I used a priming sugar, people have commented before that using dry malt extract works just as well.

maybe because i only boil about 2 gallons worth of water in my five gallon batch and top that off with 3 gallons of cold tap water?

new a couple questions answered if you have the time to help me. my first batch ever was a kolsch beer which i made from a kit at the local store. spent 2 weeks in the fermentor handling the business and then was bottled and was let condition for 3 weeks. whelp after those 3 weeks needless...

thanks for that info revvy. works for me. but doing a hydrometer reading tomorrow should be a help.

thanks guys, your all helping to calm the nerves. ill just make sure to check again this time tomorrow and hopefully ill get to see some airlocks bubbling, if not then ill take a hydrometer reading then. im just gonna let it sit for now and hope for the best. i guess one upside would have to be...

well, another one of those questions, but i really do need to ask. about 48 hours ago i brewed up what will be the start of a blackberry ale. using light LME and some tettnanger hops with some carapils yada yada yada. well the question is, WHY HASNT IT STARTED TO FERMENT!? :( i have a...

right on, i used that recipe list for a few notes when i did mine. i appreciate it. looking forward to the taste later on!

Train conductor on a class 3 shortline railroad. Its been an interest of mine for a while and I'm really thankful to have the job. Although hours can be tough I really think it is outweighed by the nature of the job. You never know what might happen day to day. As far as hobbies go...

Should I boil the extract or something to sanitize it? My guess is no as it would mess up the taste but I thought I'd ask.

to switch it up a little bit i went out and bought blackberry extract (my LHBS actually had the extracts, sweet!) and based on what i had read, adding the extract at the time of bottling like jgourd did will give you a fruitier taste as apposed to a more mellow taste as if you had added it...

bump this. best place to find raspberry or blackberry extract? anyone?

hello all. looking to brew my 2nd batch and want to make it a bit more personal this time. used a kit to make a kolsch beer for my first and was pretty excited about that. i needed some help with recipes. because its my 2nd time brewing i was wanting to stay with extract recipes but im having...

I think I have a scale somewhere in the house if not I'm sure I could find one fairly cheap at the store

edit: i just read the last 2 posts and finally noticed i kept saying 3/4 oz of priming sugar when i should have said 3/4 cup like you were saying. i got it now. thanks hahahahah.

well based on the calculator with my 5 gallon batch of kolsch style beer its saying i should use 4.7 ounces of priming sugar.? am i not reading that correctly? therefore the 3/4 a cup of the sugar would give me the 5 ounces i need? hmmm...