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Second batch w/ the English Ale yeast was pretty much dead on!!!

Mine was very close with the American Ale 2 yeast. I am about a week away from tasting the second batch with the English Ale yeast.

Furthermore, I am a little confused about pouring... People talk about wanting a nice head on a beer, but I was always under the impression that you want to pour a beer on the side of the glass to limit the amount of head. Or is this different for different styles? Could anyone help here so...

What would you suggest for volumes of CO2?

There has been a lot of talk about proper kegging of this recipe and using the right ratio of gasses... well my question is how would this turn out if bottled carbed? I don't have a kegging system but would like to make this. How would it taste different than the stuff on tap at the bar?

It says on Goose Island's website, that they don't use Wheat Malt at all... they use Torrified Wheat. It has also been said in this post by many that the ratio of 2-Row to Torrified Wheat is around 70/30 or 80/20. Therefore this recipe looks like it needs a lot of tweaking. I wonder if you...

Not that big of a deal though, because it would continue to ferment in my secondary in that case. I put it in a secondary because I was going to cold crash it in my garage, but it's been too darn cold up here (in MN) and my garage has gone below freezing.

Well I'm not worried about the carbs, I have just heard that some beers (especially dark beers) need more time to age in order to taste right. That's what I'm worried about... do you think 4 weeks will be too young to drink this? Can it age properly in the secondary or the bottle, provided...

+1 to turning them upside down and swirling them. I do that on all of mine at the 1-week mark just to make sure.

However, if the gravity is going down now, you are probably fine. Just keep checking it after a couple days, if it keeps moving you should be fine. No sense in being in a hurry to pitch new yeast... it has already sate for 2 months, what's another few days? The warmth has obviously re-started...

But I want to base my recipe off of the post boil amount, right? Contrary to what BendBrewer said...

But, what % loss should i figure from the amount i put in the primary, to the amount that I bottle?

I took what dave said as this... a 5-gal recipe is for 5-gallons post boil... he does 6-gal boils (adjusting his recipe) so that he ends up with 5-5.5 after trub/equipment loss.

Thanks Dave! So would I have to figure 1 gallon/hour no matter how much i'm brewing, or roughly 1 gallon/hour/6 gallons boiled? What i'm trying to say is: if pre-boil 6 gal = post boil 5 would a pre-boil 3 gal = post boil 2 gal, or 2.5 gal?

Quick question on Gravity Readings... I took my original gravity (post boil), of a wheat beer and there was a bunch of crap floating around in it. Now I expect that, since my strainer didn't catch all of the pelleted hop remains, and I didn't use irish moss, since i want it cloudy. Here...

I have only done a few batches, I skipped extract and jumped right into all-grain. My question is this... if i'm brewing a 5-gallon batch, when should I have 5-gallons? I know it's not pre boil, but is it after the boil when it's in the primary? Or is it after all the yeast falls out and...

I just brewed a Summit Winter Ale clone, and I have a question about what everyone things about fermentation time. Here is the recipe: Summit Winter Ale clone 5 gallons/19 L, all-grain; OG = 1.052; IBU = 22; Ingredients: 10 lbs. 14 oz. (4.9 kg) 2-row pale malt 1.25 lb. (0.57 kg)...

Can I drain as fast as I want then? Then this is much quicker than fly sparging, right?

Can anyone comment on using WLP002 instead of an Irish Ale yeast when making a Guinness Clone? How would it change the flavor, would it matter? Thanks!

I just brewed the following, 3 gallon batch: 2-Row 4.25 lbs Torrified Wheat 1.00 lbs Flaked Oats 0.50 lbs 5.0 AA Cascade, .5 oz, 60 min 5.0 AA Cascade, .2 oz, 10 min (Shooting for 17.5 IBU's) Wyeast American Ale 2 (washed from a previous batch of wheat beer) I used a little oats...