Recent content by LegendOfDylan

Interesting notion, you racked the first part, added the extract to the remainder, then put the lid/bung back on and let it sit for a couple days to mix in and racked and bottled the rest, so you really only introduced around the same amount of oxygen you would from taking a sample to measure...

I'm making this oatmeal stout kit, it's only one of my first beers and I haven't intentionally modified a kit yet, but I love peanut butter stouts, so I bought a bottle of Brewer's Best Peanut Butter extract and most people reccomend it as the size for a 5 gallon batch to be added at bottling...

I plan to do just that, I just wanted to get kits so I could focus on learning the process without fussing over the recipe and measuring and such, and once I have the process down I could move towards using recipes.

Thank you that was very informative

I don't know if anyone would remember me but I was stressing about my recipe kit missing a packet of hops, (that page is outdated, it was Centennial/Amarillo for the flavoring hops, missing columbus but I alternated the other two, and then ended up dry hopping with El Dorado because of the next...

I can't lie, I put the yeast in and tossed the packet, I've been searching and can't find what was supposed to come with it, and given that the instructions and items in my kit had different items I don't know if it would even help.

I googled "home brew message board"

I came home today and it was down to 68 with much less bubbling in the airlock, but I cracked it open and there was a decent layer of foam

I started my my first IPA brew last night, and I (like further research has told me might be a common mistake) didn't take into account that fermentation generates some of its own heat. I have my beer sitting in the bottom of a fairly small pantry/closet, and now about 20 hours after start I...