Hi, I figured I'd show some pics of my old school can collection. These are only my cans from the 1930's to the 60's. All of my 70's pull tabs are stored away in the attic. The reason that many are rusty is because most are extremely tough and expesive to get in grade 1 (mint) condition. One...
I did some more reading out of the new joy of homebrewing and the author said that hop pellets need to be strained. I never read anything about this in the brew kit instructions. They just said add hop pellets and stir till disolved. Was I surposed to strain out the cascade and chinook hop...
I figured that was the krausen, but wasn't that sure. This is my first batch. I only exposed the beer to air for a total of maybe 3 min. while I took 2 seperate reading with a sanitized hydrometer. I then placed the lock back on and put water in it. Thanks for the help man:)
Ok I brewed my beer on 2/7. (IPA) The directions said it would be ready to bottle a week after which is today 2/14. Then ferment for another month in the bottle. I cleaned and sanitized everthing, got everything ready and took a hydrometer reading which had a close final gravity given in brew...
Hi ya'll, just got a quick question. I will be bottling my homebrewd IPA within a week and wanted to ask this before I forgot. My ingredient kit came with 5 oz. of priming sugar (Dextrose) for the 5 gallon batch. Do I use all 5 oz. like the booklet that came with it says, or does anybody recomed...
In reading how to brew by John Palmer, he says not to rinse the sanitized bottles with water straight from the tap. What is the reason for boiling the water, and how do I rinse the bottles after doing this?
I just got done brewing and followed everything to a T, and then as I was putting on the fermentation lock on my fermenter bucket the little rubber circle fell through. Luckly I had another lid and quickly sanitized and put it on. Putting the lock on first then attaching the lid. The only thing...
Hi, just a few more questions about the IPA I'm brewing before I get started.
1. How Do I sanitize the stepping bag?
2. How do I close off the steeping bag, and do I just let it sit or float around in the brewpot for the time that the instruction say, or is there anything else I need to know...