Recent content by bluepaddle

Yes this is my first batch and so if I keep the beer on the primary longer the sediment on the top and throughout the beer should fall to the bottom of the beer ? And after that I can cold crash the primary to insure a clearer beer once the sediment falls to the bottom. I know this is my first...

Do you think my yeast is in suspension because my room temp is 59 degrees ?

So my beer is a Midwest Autumn Ale Kit from Midwest Supply. I have had the beer in the Primary bucket for 2 weeks and 3 days. I have checked the FG and both times it has been 1.013 which is good. So my questions is why is my beer so cloudy and why is there so much sediment. What can I do to...

I was thinking about my last batch and I remember thinking to myself that I lost a lot of wort at the end to evaporation from the boil. I used a 5 gallon pot, boiled 4 gallons and at the end had to add about 1 3/4 gallons to top off primary. Is this normal or is my heat to high? I remember...

Yea I used the reuseable hop bag but it is so hard to get the bad clean. I want something cheap so I just throw it out after my boil. So I will give the painter bag a try.

Anyone use a cotton muslin bag as there hop bag ?

So how long can you take to cool the wort to around 65 ? I just did a batch and it took me 25 min to get it to 69 degrees. Is that to much time ?

Thanks for the help, I can't believe I forgot to do a OG. So much to remember when it's your first batch.

So I completed my first batch on Saturday morning and everything is going really good. I just checked on the primary and my blowoff is bubbling like crazy. I am so proud to see all my hard work paying off, but now I was wondering when do you take a hydrometer reading ? Should I have done this...

I am going to be making my 1st batch on Saturday from a kit. The kit has only liquid malt extract, no powder malt extract. So I am thinking I will steep my grains and then bring my wort to a boil. So my questions is the kit says to add the liquid right after the steeping or should I wait...

Thanks for the help, I just wanted to make sure.

I know the same questions are always asked but I just read how to brew and they say that once you are done cooling the wort and you have added it to the primary to make sure you have 5 gallons. He says if you dont have 5 gallons to add unboiled water to the primary to hit your 5 gallon line...

So I just received my beer kit from Midwest Supplies with dry yeast. I will not be making my first batch until Saturday morning. So I am just wondering where I should store my kit until Saturday morning when I am ready to brew.

So I am sitting here thinking that once I start my first batch and it is my primary do I need a blowoff tube. I am going to be storing my primary at my Uncle's wine room and will only be able to check on the primary once a day. So do you think it would be safer to go with a blowoff vs worrying...

I am just starting out and from reading all over the web it looks like the Bayou SQ14 will do a great job for the price.