Recent content by Delphi270

It's a brewer's best Brown Ale. You are supposed to add the Willamette Bittering Hops first, wait 45 minutes, add Willamette flavoring hops, then wait 10 minutes, then add aroma hops.

hey guys, I am making a Brown Ale right now and in classic fashion, I have forgotten to read the directions. I added all three packets of hops at once into the wort. The directions say to add bittering, wait 45 minutes, add flavoring, etc. Did I destroy this batch by adding all at once?

Hey Guys, I just bottled today, but I have some worries about the sanitizer I used. I have a Brewer's Best kit that came with LD Carlson Company "no rinse" sanitizing powder. Now, it says no rinse, so I assumed that after dunking my bottles in the solution, I wouldn't have to rinse them out...

Am I correct in assuming the extra one or two weeks have made the beer better? Also, I took a small spoonful of a sip of it last night, it was decent but lacked body. Right now, I believe it is at 6% alcohol. Will the taste perk up once it carbonates?

Hey guys, Got a quick question for you. I am bottling my Brewer's Best IPA tomorrow. I left it in the primary fermenter for about 3 weeks. Was this a stupid decision? Should I have bottled after 1 or 2 weeks? Will the beer taste horrible because of the fermentation length?

Thanks for the help and the quick response. Another thing...the directions say to ferment for 4-6 days or until it stops bubbling, then bottle. Do you suggest leaving it in for longer? And does it matter that or first OG reading was like 1.058? I wanted a higher alc content IPA.

Hey guys, I just brewed my first beer a few days ago. I have a Brewer's Best kit and just finished brewing their IPA. I have a question and a few fears...We used (stupidly) a spaghetti strainer to pour the beer through into the primary fermenter and a bunch of the hops got through. I just...