Recent content by Gillkid

Does any of this affect the hop isomerization? If so, how much of a trade-off?

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Thanks. I just figured out that I can search within a forum topic. I found a bunch on Columbus SMaSH. I think that's the path I'm gonna take. I was leaning towards the Amarillo/cascade DH anyways. I appreciate y'alls feedback.

I guess it would come down to how many IBUs I want in the beer, but would 8 ozs of Columbus be enough to do a SMaSH?

I just brewed a 5 gallon batch of an extract IPA. My second batch. Hop schedule: 1 oz. Cascade @ 60 minutes 1.5 oz. Cascade & 1 oz. Amarillo at flameout. Sat for 30 minutes. I have an 8 oz. bag of Columbus hops a buddy sent to me. They are whole leaf. I was thinking of using the...

I think one of the appendixes in the back of "How to Brew Beer" by John Palmer covers this.

My spigot has an air release hole on it. Actually, I have two spigots and they both have it. It opens when the spigot valve is closed. I have to keep my finger over the hole so air isn't introduced. If you're opening and closing the spigot, I bet that's where you're getting your air. I'm...

UPDATE - I opened the fermenter up, took a sample for SG, added hops and closed it back up. I sprayed the lid with Starsan before closing. 10 days and I hit my FG target. I was gonna wait the full two weeks before dryhopping, but I figured a low alcohol beer (3.5-4%) didn't need that much...

It just so happens that I have one of those Bigmouth fermenters. It has a spigot, so I avoided it. I've been contemplating the whole fermenting in a bucket with a spigot thing. Seems like the easiest route, but yet a lot people in these forums advise against it. Leaking and all. But that...

I just had a thought. I pulled the airlock out to check the krausen situation. No krausen. I put the airlock back on. I've been relying on the positive pressure inside the fermenter to keep the oxygen out. I exhausted the pressure when I took the airlock off. At this stage of fermentation...

Lol. OP, I'm here because I did the same thing (my first brew).

Thanks guys!

I forgot to mention that I can press on the top and bubbles will still come out. (I tried pressing on the lid to make a tighter seal)

I've read plenty on here to know not to be concerned until I checked the SG. But it was odd to me that it started and stopped. I highly suspect the lid is the culprit. Do the lids fail often? Btw, thanks for the prompt response!

I finished up my first brew Saturday. It's a Brewers Best Grapefruit IPA. I pitched the dry yeast directly into the wort and stirred it in with a sanitized spoon. Against my better judgement. I asked two different guys at my LHBS and they both insisted that I follow the directions provided...