Recent content by Kjtuckley

I'm looking to buy some hops from a very specific region of the UK and have them sent over to the US. Has anyone ever done this? I'm thinking there might be some agricultural regulations against doing this without a permit, so I just thought I'd see if anyone had any experience of buying hops...

Cheers for the tips - coffee filter sounds like a great idea.

I just found this thread - had a similar question and didn't want to start a new one. My beer has been in secondary for a week, I'd like to bottle this weekend. I see some hop flakes still in the beer, so I was planning on using some cheesecloth on the bottom of the racking cane - but I just...

I am storing the bucket at typical room temperature - 70-74 range. Can that speed up primary fermentation? I'm taking a reading tonight to see what we've got going on. This is a helpful forum.

I do have a hydrometer - I guess I'll take a reading in a few days. Very excited about this! I guess with the first batch you get hypersensitive about everything!

Hi - first time poster & first time brewer. I am brewing an amber ale using a liquid extract kit. Within 12 hours of pitching and sealing my bucket, I had a nice continuous bubbling in the airlock. Then, about 36 hours out - nothing is going on in the airlock and there isn't the noticeable...