william2010
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Alright so I'm on my third batch of beer. This one is a chinook ipa from northern brewer. Wyeast American ale. 6 pounds malt. 1 pound Dme and of course chinook hops. Just summed it up a bit. Well anyways. Their are a couple things. First I didn't get my DME in the package . So I called em up and they said hey we are sorry and are sending it to me now. He told me I could go ahead and brew now without it and when I got it in the mail 4 or 5 days later. I could boil it in a quart or two of water and dump it in the fermenter. Does anyone see a problem with that? He said it wouldn't make a difference but I'm just curious If anyone else has an opinion. Ok now second. My first batch was very active and I had to do a blowout tube. Second took about a day and started to go good. I had already had a blowoff tube on it. And my third. The chinook hasn't really made any fuss, I popped my Wyeast the evening before I did it and it was pretty blown up when I dumped it in. . Did I need a blowout tube? Is that bad that its not bubbling at all. Today is the third day and no noticable activity. I mean I didn't sit there for ten minutes and watch but... Does it have anything to do with the DME not being in it? Am I just to over anxious and crazy about this. Haha. Need advice and maybe some guidence on what's going on. Oh and by the way. I wish I had some pictures but I'm using a gromet hole fermenting bucket. It has the smaller hole instead of a big hole for a plug or cork. I put my blowout tube right in the hole. Plenty plenty of room for the beer. Just thought I would throw that bit of info in.