Recent content by neverfadeaway86

I've offered people my homebrews before and they would say no thanks, I've had homebrews before and they were horrible ! so I just say alright more for me I guess, then someone else will try it and like it, so then that person wants to just try a sip and then they go WOW thats pretty good and...

fine can take my 5 gallons out but does homegah's 407 not count as well ? if so should be 13,616

+ 5 gallons BlackBerry Cider 13,316 + 5 = 13,621

1. MadTree Lift (kolsch) 2. Abita Amber 3. Founders Breakfest Stout

only way I know to "stop" fermentation is to cold crash to make the yeast go dormant. This doesn't stop fermentation it just delays it until it is warmed up again

1.057 is what i get from that, it seems that you used two lbs DME when you should have used 1 lb which would have put you around 1.050. This puts it just above the higher end for the style but you should be just fine with a beer around 5.65 % side note also DME is stronger than LME as well

10 gallon Imperial Chocolate Cherry Stout 10,947 + 10 = 10,957

I picked up a 16 gallon kettle on amazon last year and love it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082X3D06/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

The mash part is correct, I don't usually add extracts till about 30 min left in boil, that way you are less likely to scorch and get that caramelized taste

looks delicious !! I have been lucky and to this point the worst thing i've done is mashed about 10 degrees to warm and it took about 20 min to get it back down. Like everyone else said its a learning experience and you still got a quality beer !

I am on board with your thoughts with the oxyclean, soaking it for a week seems like way to long IMO I just rinse my stuff out after I use it and rise it out good before using and then do a 2nd rinse with starsan or one step, no need to soak it for a week

during fermentation the gas should push most oxygen coming in back out, once fermentation is complete the ability for oxygen to get in through a loose seal is much higher. Another point is that you risk oxidizing the beer when racking to secondary as well, I would let fermentation end and then...

should always take a taste of your hop tea, its fun to see how much different it tastes at each stage from wort to beer but not carbonated to beer and carbonated

how coarse are you cracking the grain ? perhaps you need a better crack in order for the water to get into the grain fully

+ 8 Gallons Double IPA = 327.5