Recent content by Natarch519

Brewed this yesterday and I forgot about adding the yeast nutrient to the boil. Used Trappist High Gravity (Wyeast Labs #3787). Will I have issues with fermentation or will it just be a longer time in primary?

Anyone else notice when this is plugged into Beersmith the color is only at 7srm? Is that due to the additives not be accounted for? I am subbing out the Golden Promise with Maris Otter. Do you toast the whole 9 pounds or just 1 pound?

Just poured a bottle from a batch that has been conditioning for 4 weeks and the beer smells like black olives and doesn't taste very appealing. Anyone have any thing like this happen when they brewed this? I haven't done anything with the rest of the bottles yet. Debating on starting a new...

I may be talking in circles now, but when you say yeah, is that that after the hot break? The comes back to a boil part throws me

So is the addition of the hops after the hot break or after the wort starts to boil? When does the 60 mins start for the hop schedule?

Surprisingly no. The more I read, the more it seems like there should be at least one more addition of hops at least half way or near the end of the boil.

It was a True Brew All Malt Amber Kit. I recently did a pale ale kit from this same place. We'll see how that turns out.

I'm not really sure. There wasnt much of why the bitterness peaks, more of just a graph showing biol times and hop reaction. Here is the chart I cam across :http://www.brewsupplies.com/hop_characteristics.htm

I've been doing some research over the past few days on why exactly my first batch has such a strong bitter after taste (even after 3 months in the bottle) and have noticed a lot of differences between the instructions that came with the ingredient kit i bought vs buying the ingredients myself...

Well, I just pulled a newbie move. I had the bright idea to filter my secondary into my bottling bucket with a coffee filter. Totally didn't think about the whole needing yeast to carbonate. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is it possible to add yeast to a batch that's already...

Thanks everyone! I was originally going to attempt a Raspberry Pale Ale - (Not a fan of wheat beer.) Looks like I will have to try that on the next batch!

I just got done making a batch of Pale Ale. In the last few minutes of the boiling process I noticed a burning smell. I stopped the boil, and poured the wort into the fermentation bucket. On the bottom of the boil pot there was some burnt wort. I realize now that I should have added more water...