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Did you attempt to use a punch first to create a starter hole?

Over night I cold brewed an organic medium-roast coffee and it is currently in the fridge waiting to be added at bottling time this weekend. I plan to add this dark, rich, low acidity, cold-brewed coffee to my Oatmeal Stout tomorrow! I will be gauging the amount added by sampling at a smaller...

Best way to determine if primary fermentation is done would be to take a gravity reading over a couple of days to be sure it doesn't change. As far as secondary fermentation you can't go wrong with at least 2 - 4 weeks. Some styles don't really require a secondary but you could do it anyways to...

I was thinking about starting to use a spray bottle of star san as I've seen many people use online. My question is, if I prepare the solution, how long can I keep it in the bottle?..without having to constantly make it every time I need to sanitize something whether it be for gravity testing, etc

I'm planning on adding cold brewed coffee to an oatmeal stout I typically brew. This will be my first attempt at using coffee with brewing. I've read through many threads and articles and I've come to the conclusion that I will use "2 - 6 oz. of cold brewed coffee" to my bottling bucket prior...

Thanks for the fast reply. I definitely had to google RDWHAHB... Noob status. :mug:

I brewed an oatmeal stout on Saturday that used 1 oz. of Fuggle hops. Being a bit over-zealous because I used my new immersion wort chiller, I dumped my chilled wort straight into the fermenter and forgot to filter out the hops. Any thoughts on whether the stout will be too bitter and therefore...

Thank you! Since it is not mentioned in the instructions, do you have a recommendation as to when I should add it? I see it said to the kettle or fermenter...?

I recently purchased the Hopstache Black IPA kit from Midwest Brew Supplies and it came with a mystery ingredient. This will be my 3rd extract brew and I have yet to come across this before. The glass bottle is about the size of a Tylenol pill bottle. I opened it up to have a look and take a...

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Hi all, I'm planning to do the Black IPA recipe posted from BrewHut. It calls for 7 lbs of extract but of course Maillard Malts and other company's produce 6 lb. cans or 3.3 lb cans. Can I either reduce the amount I use by a pound and still expect a similar result? Or, should I buy more than I...

Thanks for the fast replies! This is my first brew so I'm obviously a little unsure of the whole process. I only saw bubbles coming from the air stop for about 24 hours..is that a sign of a short fermentation process?

Awesome, thanks! This is my first batch so I'm a little worried about how it's going to turn out.

On the 14th day I plan to take a final gravity reading...if it is ready for bottling, does it hurt to extend the fermentation by another couple of days if I do not have time to bottle that day?