Recent content by mazzstar26

Sigh of relief! I kept it at around 68 during primary and wasn't till the past week that it was around 70. I will adjust my priming accordingly. Thanks a lot

I have had a batch of Citra pale ale in primary and then secondary. I am scheduled to bottle today. I have been at 68-70 with WLP002 for most of my fermentation but yesterday my girlfriend turned the air off in the house and when I noticed it this morning it was at 72-74. Is it going to develop...

Cracked one last night and it was pretty delicious. 2 more weeks and it will be awesome! Thanks for all the advice

I added hops at 0 minutes per a two hearted clone recipe with a wort chiller in there, covered it with a digital thermometer ( everything sanitary) and it looks like the last hop addition is clouding up. Is this normal with real late additions?

Yea if you could avoid having to siphon to secondary that would be awesome. Hope it turns out for you. I may have to try it once I'm a little more confident in my brewing abilities

From what I've gathered through reading threads and other sources, I thought fermenting in primary for too long produces esters and off flavors. Granted I'm brand new to brewing but what advantages does a 4 week primary offer? Feed me beer knowledge!

Thanks for the input. I did not have a hydrometer the day I brewed so I am not sure about the alcohol content but it was suppose to be 9.2%. The krausen settled (I know that's not always an accurate indicator that primary is finished) but I moved it anyway. Can't wait to try it in a few weeks...

I brewed a Double IPA a few weeks ago for my first beer. I had it in primary for a week, secondary for one week, dry hopped for another week in secondary, and cold crashed for 2 days. I bottled this past Friday and was curious as to how long it would take for my beer to carbonate and mellow out...

Great advice. Can't wait to see how it turns out

Awesome! Thank you all for the advice. Also I have a DIPA in secondary now and have dry hopped it with 2 oz of pellet hops. There is a floating layer of hops on my beer and not all of it has settled and some remains suspended. Will cold crashing at the end of my dry hop before I rack to my...

I am new to brewing and many of the beers that I want to start making are based on clone recipes. I would like to understand and get a better grasp of the process and effect that individual ingredients have on a beer and I figure that trying to replicate some of my favorite craft beers is a good...