Recent content by johnsc12002

Is it a 5 gallon batch? If so, add water to bring it to 5 gallons.

I did the NB black IPA kit a couple months ago. It was one of those batches where everything seems to go wrong. First yeast pouch never got going and had to get another one, issues with the stove and couldn't get a good boil, dropped a bag of hops on the floor after opening, and racked to...

I did a christmas beer once that didn't really get good until the second christmas (1.5 years later), at which time it was awesome. I had intended to hold some to see what christmas number 3 would bring, but between myself and holiday visitors, it had no chance.

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Complete recipe. Specialty Grains .25lbs Dehusked Carafa III .25 lbs Chocolate Malt .5 ls Briess Caramel 80 Fermentables: 3.15 lbs Dark malt syrup at 60 mins 6 lbs Dark malt syrup at 15 mins 1 lb corn sugar at 0 mins Hops 1 oz Summit at 60 mins 1 oz Simcoe at 15 mins 1 oz...

After about an 11 year hiatus from brewing, I decided to pick it back up again. My first beer I chose was a Black IPA kit from Northern Brewer. The kit had 1 pound of specialty grains, 9.15 pounds dark malt syrup, and 1 pound of corn sugar. I had issues with the boil because the stove in the...

I ran into that same issue with my last batch I did a week and a half ago. I just moved and the stove that was in the house when I bought it was a glass top electric. I couldn't get a rolling boil on 3 gallons, just a mild boil. Probably didn't get full hop utilization, but only time will tell...