Recent content by Floody

Thanks for the replies. Is it necessary to take it out of the primary? I have dry hopped directly in there before and bottled a really good IPA.

Hi all, I brewed a batch of pale ale and was originally planning to bottle it after three weeks of primary fermentation. Then I decided to dry hop after the three weeks, but somehow (first flu, then traveling for work) I ended up doing neither and the wort is still sitting in the carboy since...

Just curious why you're using the maltodextrin?

Looks good! Keep us updated on the results. :mug:

Thanks for the reply Revvy. Will do as you suggest. :)

I put it in the fridge for a couple of hours just so it would chill. I did notice quite a lot of yeast at the bottom of the bottle.

Hi all I bottled an APA after two weeks in the primary (FG was in fact lower than expected) and I cracked open a bottle a week after bottling day just to check how it was developing .... all I get when I sip on it is the taste of yeast!! Also it is cloudy and the color is more like 14/15 SRM...

Thanks for the quick reply. Will do as you suggest. :)

I would go to a homebrew store if there's one nearby. The people who work there are usually experienced brewers and there's nothing like talking to them about your recipes and getting advice from them. After I brewed my first batch I gave my guy a bottle and he gave me lots of helpful feedback...

Hi all I planned to brew a 2.5 gallon weissbier batch last night with my recipe calling for a boil volume of 1 gallon and an addition of 1.5 gallons of cold water to the wort in the fermenter for completion. However, I only added 1 gallon of cold water to the fermenter at the end. As a...

Thanks Pil! Very informative reply. :) floody

Hi all A couple of basic extract questions: 1. What is the difference between boiling the extract for 60 and 90 minutes? 2. Some recipes call for addition of part of the extract midway through the boil. I have been adding everything at the beginning and boiling for 60 minutes. How does the...

Hi all I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch pale ale to which I pitched 1 packet of Safale S-05 yeast. After two days nothing was happening in the fermenter so I went back to my LHBS and bought another pack of the same yeast. That evening I noticed that the airlock was indeed bubbling, but very little...

Thanks for the suggestion. Will leave it in the fermenter longer. :)

Hi all I brewed a chocolate porter yesterday whose calculated OG was 1.061, but before adding to the fermenter I measured the OG and it turned out to be higher - 1.081. How long should I ferment the wort in the primary? My original plan was to rack to a secondary after a week and add...