Recent content by HopDude

I've got my 5 gal. igloo MLT ready to go. But, before moving on to AG I would like to brew up this AHS American Pale Ale mini-mash that's been sitting around (2.25 lb base grains / 1 lb specialty). AHS says to use a grain bag for steeping (which I do have)... but any reason why I couldn't us...

4oz in all. Just eye-balled the "half" added at the beginning though. So who knows how much I really added.

Was bottling over the weekend and tried something I read about adding your priming sugar to the bucket both before racking and halfway through.... Of course, I forgot the halfway through part and didn't realize till all bottles were capped and I was cleaning up. Will it still carb up if...

Thanks for the quick replies. This forum is great. Will wait another week on the transfer and work on emtying bottles...

Started my first beer this past Saturday. An AAA from Brewers Best. Followed kit instructions to a T (prob my 1st mistake). Air lock on primary (7g bucket) started bubbling within 12hrs and was really going strong at 24-36hrs. At 3 days... had slowed to a bubble every 60-90 seconds and...