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Gonna do a dry hop of 2oz of citra after talking to my good buddy who got me in to home brew. This was my first non kit recipe after doing a couple kits prior. I wanted a hoppy beer. The guy at my lhbs suggested the magnum hops to me. Ill do another gravity reading in two days to confirm...

That wouldn't add any more bitterness to it? The bitterness only comes from the boil right? So I presume that would only add aroma? Would that mellow down the ibus for it? I am wanting it to stay at a high bitterness with a nice hoppy taste.

Final gravity has been reached. 1.012 this morning when I took a reading. Been in primary for 11 days now. Going to leave in there for another week or two and bottle. Im excited for this one.

Ill give that a shot. Thats sounds pretty accurate about how much is in each bottle. I knew two tablets would be more than enough. Ill flip a couple of em, the bombers and the 12oz bottles and try again in 3-5 days.

I didnt add new yeast. I used new yeast when I pitched. I am storing them in my closet right now where the temp stays between 75-78 degrees. I know it might be warm for it but until I get a temp controller for my redi whip freezer that's all I have.

These are 22oz bombers*. My apologies. Dunno why I said growler. I used two tabs in each and even filled it only to the beginning of the bottle neck. I dont want a bottle bomb so I am cautious. But I am really starting to think it has to do with the lack of dme. My new hop vortex brew has all...

I pitched brand new yeast with the brew. I did not rehydrate it though. Its very possible with the lack of fermentables. The kit I bought was for a 5 gallon batch and it only came with 3lbs of dme. This batch sat in the primary for 2 weeks, secondary for two weeks, and has been in bottles for 13...

What would cause a beer to be pretty much flat after two weeks conditioning in a growler bottle. I bought the conditioning tablets from my HBS and used two tablets in it since instructions were one tablet for 12oz. I opened one up last night to try and it was pretty flat.

Gravity reading today was 1.014. Guess its still going. What is everyone recommendation on racking to secondary? It has been in primary for 6 days now.

Im guessing it will be something more comparable to something from Stone. This was my first experiment recipe so I wanted to play with it a little bit. I did my first two from brewers best but they didnt have enough dme for them to come out good. They were alright. Ill do another batch in a...

I have become a bit of a hop head these last few months. Took a SG reading yesterday and had to have a taste. Was pretty hoppy. But all in all good. Reading was 1.020. Will do another reading tomorrow to see if there is a difference.

6.2 gallons water Steep - 152-154 degrees - 20 minutes. 1lb carapils 1/2lb crystal malt 60 Boil - 60 minutes. 6lbs - light Pilsen DME 2oz Magnum hops - 60 minutes 1oz cascade hops - 15minutes 4tsp - fermax yeast nutrient - 10 minutes 1oz Amarillo hops - 5 minutes 1/2oz coriander...