Recent content by Agrice

So I've read a lot of the priming threads and am going to prime my Maple Porter with maple sugar. My question is: if I am using 3.5 oz of maple sugar for my 5 gallon batch, how much water should I use to boil it in prior to priming?

As a newb as well (fourth batch) I'd say go for the one that has the most additions, it makes you pay attention to the process. My first brew had Minor details and my second even fewer, but my others have been a little more detailed and I found them to be way more fun and engaging.

Well, I placed an order. I hope mine will look that good.

Yeah, I'll convince her it will just be a pain. At some point I'll have to make one but this will have to do.

I have thought of the swamp cooler idea and it will be tough to get by my GF I think. Also, I am in Los Angeles and my apt gets in the 80's-90's during the hot days in summer. I mean it's March and I can't keep it below 70 in my closet.

And I mean 75F is my fermenting temp.

I live in an old building in southern California, and we don't have AC. Does anyone have any tips for keeping my beer cool while fermenting? It's a little high now 75 F, but it will get really hot soon here.

I just joined but am on my third brew.

Awesome! Thanks I want a vacuum sealer but ziplocks for now, inside of a pyrex container with a lid, in the freezer.

I made a DFH 90 min clone recently and I bought all my hops at once, so now when I open my refrigerator I am overwhelmed by the delicious aroma of the hops in there. They are sealed in plastic and all I was just wondering if there was any value in waiting until I rack to secondary to buy them...

I like this recipe and am planning on brewing it as soon as I bottle and rack my current batches. I am interested in adding some basil to it. Basil and watermelon make an awesome, refreshing combination, but being fairly new to home brewing I don't know how to go about adding them. I think I can...