Recent content by rebelproud

To me, it doesn't seem like the ingredients go together well or compliment each other. It sounds as though you like a little bit of this flavor, a little bit of that flavor, etc. and you're just throwing them all into one big mix. Every time I've ever done that, it has come out horrible.

Mine bitched about it all the time. So, I got a new one. This one is hotter any way. And I have more beer now. Now, that is an upgrade!

I think this stuff makes great fertilizer. I dump it right on my hop plants and right on my garden.

I like to use a wine theif and put that wort into the container that the hydrometer came in. My wort is way to foamy on top after oxygenating so use the method of just dropping it in there.

In this case, should the nutrient or energizer be used when the yeast is pitched? Or, should at some point into the fermentation when the fermentation has slowed down?

Part of the research you are talking about IS asking others who may have experience. I've learned more in my life and gotten farther in my career from "who I know" rather than what I know, and learning from people with similar experiences first hand. There is nothing wrong with throwing the...

About the boil, I forgot to mention that I recalculated everything and I must have been missing something because my IBUs came up a bit short with a 15 minute boil. I had to add a half ounce and do a 60 minute to get it to where I wanted with what hops I had left. Hopefully this turns out...

Yes, that is exactly the plan. As soon as it is done fermenting for the most part, I'm going to combine the two into one 6 gallon carboy. That should be perfect.

Alright, I did it. I boiled some more hops in just over 2 gallons of water for 60 minutes and then diluted and split the batch up into two fermenters. I now have 2 6 gallon fermenters going. Each are about half full, which is a lot of head space, but primary fermentation just started...

I'm going to be moving a little less than 5 gallons onto two gallons of water to dilute, and then splitting the batch into two separate carboys. Its been fermenting for less than 24 hrs. Do you think I should just syphon off and ignore the foam? Will there be enough yeast in the liquid?

One question: Now that it is already fermenting, when I syphon the beer into a bigger container to mix in with more water, do I need to get all the foamy stuff at the top? Or, can I leave that in the carboy that I'm syphoning out of. I guess that brings up my next question: Is the yeast...

Alright, here goes nothing. Will report back....

Well, I'm using Warrior and Columbus, so I don't want to bitter it up too much. I basically looked at beer smith and put a half ounce of each in at different times and when I put them in at 15 minutes thats what gave me the exact IBUs that I set out to achieve before I messed this all up royally.

Well, she's still fermenting pretty well this morning. I am half tempted to let it ride. However, it would be way too sweet. So, I have to dilute it. And, the plan is that the water I add in is going to have an once of hops boiled for 15 minutes to give me the IBUs that I was originally...

I would have already done it by now too. I just couldn't because we had to run over to the in-laws and what not. I was literally being dragged out the door by the wife while typing this distress signal to you all. Anyway, If I rack it as I had planned to tomorrow, would I need to pitch more...