Deahmx
New Member
Let me preface this by saying that this is only the fourth time I have brewed so I am still learning and any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I purchased the Bigfoot kit from Midwest and brewed it last night. I have read a couple of Bigfoot clone recipes and was curious about a couple things...The kit did not have a step (or ingredients) for dry-hopping in the secondary and the recipes did. I was thinking of doing this. Which hops should I use for this? (I am thinking Cascade). I also noticed in some barley wine recipes that they use DME in place of priming sugar during bottling. Is this an improvement, or a way to increase the alcohol content?
Also, if anyone has used this kit, is the timeline given in the instructions accurate? They say a week to a month in the primary and then 6 to 8 weeks in the secondary (with the champagne yeast). All went well with the boil and my O.G was on target. I hear this one is worth the wait.
Thanks
Also, if anyone has used this kit, is the timeline given in the instructions accurate? They say a week to a month in the primary and then 6 to 8 weeks in the secondary (with the champagne yeast). All went well with the boil and my O.G was on target. I hear this one is worth the wait.
Thanks