Recent content by Deacon240

I just brewed my first wheat beer yesterday and wow that thing took off quick. So what kind of filtering are you talking about? Just enough to get big particles out or are you talking enough to make it clear? Personally I'm not a fan of filtered wheats... that's just me though

I pitch around 80-90 if I'm in a huge rush. Don't worry. Yeast are hardy little buggers.

I'm almost willing to put money on your thermo is a POS.

I keep looking at 1 liter blue swing tops... I just wish I had the cash to get a good 10 cases of those.

Personally I love Cascade hops... My oatmeal stout has 4 oz of hops (all low AA so not a overly bitter beer). 2 oz of which where Cascade... Depends on how bitter you're wanting to go.

What I believe is key is developing an understanding of what each ingredient provides to the beer and a willingness to experiment.

My group of friends wouldnt touch those bottles. I need to put those on my bottles just so they dont drink my beer at parties.

If you dont want something overly bitter use hops that have a low acidity. If you did something like .25oz of Cascade hops for 60min and .25oz at 5 min and .5oz at 2 min you'd get a lot less of the bitterness from them and more of their aroma/flavor. That'd give you around 9-10 IBU, which is not...

Typically those (IIRC) are basically just sugar. I am pretty sure the coopers/mr.beer kits come with boost sugar. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The local 'microbrew' where I live (it's in quotations because their beer is more bmc like) makes a beer without hops, it tastes like bud lite with sugar added.

Haha, I just realized what I said after I posted.

Grab a box, get it wet and lick it?

I personally feel that glass will last longer as long as you dont drop it.

Here is a good read on secondaries. It's entirely up to you. It's not necessary. There is a lot of debate over glass to plastic carboys, again up to you. I personally love my glass carboy, but it has the potential to break.

The kits I got from them where pretty good. I'd say give it a shot.