Recent content by dropjaw83

No dme. 6.6 lbs of lme. The full recipe is up at the top.

They've been conditioned for a month now and they were in my basement. Every other batch was just fine.

Sorry guys. Been a bit busy. Anyway. The taste is great. Smooth, sweet and the perfect bitter. It's fairly light though. The big problem is there is little carbonation. Not sure if I did seething wrong in bottling or what. This was my first attempt at using a secondary fermenter. I may...

Sorry for the delay in response. It actually came from my Brew Kits book. I'll have to check the name of the book later, but it came in my Brewer's Best kit. It was a pretty decent starter book. I'm definitely interested in getting into a more in-depth book, but one step at a time, I guess. I'd...

I'm making my first jump to a non-kit extract recipe and wanted to know what everyone thinks of this recipe. I found it in a brewing book, but want personal opinions from experienced brewers. 6.6 lbs of LME - Light Malt 1 oz. Cascade Pellets - 60 minute boil 2 lbs. of unpasteurized honey -...

Thanks for all the help guys. I'll look into everything you suggested.

I'm still fairly new to brewing and had a question about fermenting in a refrigerator. I'm making an Oktoberfest that requires fermentation at 65 degrees or cooler. Is it okay to put the entire fermenting bucket in my refrigerator? It's obviously cooler than the required 65 degrees, but I didn't...

Brewed a batch of Dunkelweizen today. While steeping the chocolate & malt, the temp got above 170 for about 3 minutes. It went up to 180 when I walked away for a few minutes and I immediately cooled it back down to 160/165ish. I know it says it will release Tannins if it gets above 170, so what...

What's the best way to get an accurate OG reading. I've only been doing extracts for now. What I've been doing is putting is pumping a little of my final mix into the hydrometers holding case and read from there. The problem is that it seems to stick to the side of the tube and I'm not sure if...