Hey John
I do something similar as you do with primary and secondary however just keep it in primary until the bubbles stop (i don't like taking SG readings mid fermentation). Then move it to your secondary thats when i will take a reading while siphoning. Then you can leave it in secondary...
Couple of things..i wrote a big long answer but ill save that for later time... Each liquid yeast packet comes with about 100 billion cells. You need at least 200-300 (2-3 packets) billion cells. Rest assured most home brewers under pitch and get away with it but its not good practice and you...
Hey Bryan,
I'm just about done reading "Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation" and to say the least i need to read it again because it was filled with such great (and technical) information. Short answer to your question is...i don't know ha ha i don't remember it talking about...
That is why i posted that it must be within the guidelines of Double IPA. The ABV you posted would be outside the guidelines. I agree though we can come back and look at the recipe. The idea was that we get a recipe down that has everyone contributing and then we can brew a few batches to see...
Alright guys this is my first post but i have been lurking for months now and used all the great information to design a couple of my own beers (extract for now). I will be getting into all-grain this. Anyways..... What i'd like to do is create a homebrewtalk IPA.
Rules are it needs to be an...