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Do you add the extract at bottling for this or is it worth adding to the primary?

Thank you sir! I think I will keep playing with different variations and keep it new and fresh for each batch. If the basic design remains the same it will be memorable and i can still mess with the colors.

Any drawbacks to using 5 gallon water jugs (i.e. not better bottles) as secondaries?

Both batches have been fermenting for approximately 24 hours now, could I take a reading now to see if it's higher? How much should the gravity drop in the first 24 hours?

I think this may be the best explanation. We only poured the wort+water back and forth once and couldn't pour more than 3ish gallons out of the carboy. Oh well, my final ABV calculation can be off as long as my beer tastes good :mug:

I just brewed two Northern Brewer kits yesterday, the Sierra Madre Pale Ale and the Phat Tyre Ale. Both have an estimated O.G. of 1.052, but I came up with 1.043 for both. I followed the instructions as given by Northern Brewer. What could cause my O.G. to be so low?

Thanks for the feedback. I think I will use different colored versions for each beer I brew for now.

Which of the following (if any) do you like best? Any ideas for improvements are certainly welcome!

It's not much of a kit, just the Cooper's Wheat Extract Can. I have 1 oz. of the Amarillo.

I brewed my first batch 2 weeks ago using a Belgian Pale Ale extract kit. The fermentation really died down after 3-4 days and I dry hopped with 1 oz. of Cascade hops after 10 days. The airlock is not bubbling at all right now. Can I go ahead and bottle? I'm anxious to get to the end result of...

I have a can of this lying around that I'm looking to brew sometime tomorrow and I need some suggestions. I'm fairly new to brewing but I would like to spice this up a bit and add some hops and flavorings to make it a little more interesting. I was considering adding clementine peel to the boil...

So my dad and I just brewed a 5 gallon batch of Bavarian Hefeweizen that is now fermenting beautifully. We are considering splitting the batch into two carboys (5g and 6.5g) for secondary fermentation so that we can flavor it two different ways. Will we have a problem because there will only be...

Me too. I'm in the Park Ave Complex.

Thanks for the response, I will be bottling, not kegging, though. Also, the kit I bought for my dad has a 6.5 gallon carboy, a 5 gallon carboy, and a 6.5 gallon bucket. Does it matter which I use as the primary?

Hello everyone, Tomorrow I will be helping my dad brew his first batch of beer with the new brewing kit I have bought him for Christmas. We will be using this kit from Northern Brewer...

Ok perfect, thank you.

Ok thanks guys. Do you normally keep your fermentation carboy in another bucket then to handle the overflowing bubbles?

Hello everyone. Today I treated myself to an early Christmas gift and bought a brewing starter kit and an extract ingredient kit to use as my first brew. I now have my first batch fermenting in a 5 gallon carboy. The fermenting seems to going nuts and bubbles are coming up and out of my air lock...