Recent content by MikeyClem

Hi all... My friend and I brewed a 1.105 OG Barleywine about 3 weeks ago. We are planning on racking to a new carboy next weekend where we will let it condition for the next several months until it's ready.... We aren't sure if we should cold crash it first or skip that so that we have enough...

Thanks for all the feedback! So I ended up going with the wheat... The grain bill is: 2.3 lbs golden light LME (the HBS has no pilsen light and no golden light dry, so I made some adjustments to make this work) 3.0 lbs 2-row 3.0 lbs malted white wheat 1.0 lb Vienna I am going to bitter with...

Hello! So I decided today that I really would like to brew a 5 gallon batch for a vacation I am taking in just under 3 weeks. Realistically, I'll probably need something that can go from brewing (partial mash) to ready (bottle conditioned) in about 3 weeks. I am thinking of brewing an...

I have a black IPA in primary fermentation right now. We are planning to dry hop it for two weeks afterwards. The kit from NB came with 1 oz of cascade for the dry hopping and we'd like to add to this. My friend ordered 1 oz of the falconer's flight blend as well. I've read both of these are...

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Hello all! So three days ago I brewed my second batch. We brewed the NB Black IPA, extract. We used 1 11.5 g packet of Safale US-05 but a tiny bit spilled (0.1 or less of the total rehydrated packet). What I've been reading seems to say we should have used more than 1 packet to begin with...

Thanks... We just started fermentation tonight around 5:30... When's the latest it would be worth pitching some more yeast? I may be able to get an open store tomorrow, if not it'll be Wednesday (2.5-3 days after first pitch)

Hi all, I brewed my second batch today. It was an extract based black IPA from Northern Brewer. While we were pitching the yeast (one 11.5 g packet ofSafale US-05) a bit spilled and didn't make it into the fermenter. It wasn't a lot, but obviously I'm not sure how much did and didn't go in...