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cool thanks for reply. this was my plan. i've heard that dry hopping might help with esters too!

it is ambient. i know its not ideal... but im working on it. i was going to go to secondary for the main reason that my primary is my bottling bucket. should i just bottle straight out of the primary? i think ill get a chunky beer.

last batch i made was similar but fermented at 80. it was drinkable... i think this one should be pretty good. any input on when to transfer to secondary carboy and for how long before bottling?

Just brewed another Pale Ale what do you think of this: 1 lb 60L steeped at 165degF for 30 minutes 5.5 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract 60 min boil .5 oz Amarillo @ 60 min left .5 oz Cascade @ 45 min left .5 oz Cascade @ 30 min left .5 oz Cascade @ 15 min left .5 oz Cascade @ 5 min left...

of course the a/c doesn't work. damn i didn't realize how hot it is in my frickin house. never got under 76 last night. i've got a wet towel around my plastic bucket with the ceiling fan on. somehow i don't think it's doing the job. im wishin i had it in my carboy so i could see the...

I setup the window A/C. should be able to keep it in low 70s. so first 36 hours might have been a bit rough. prob got up to 90 in the fermenter, and then down to 75 overnight and then back up to 90. now it should be in a good range here on out. we'll see how it goes.

In the first 24 hours it probably got up to 85. I just found a little bit cooler spot. Tried to move it delicately. Im on hour 36 of fermentation. I found a spot thats 80 ambient temperature. Gotta get out my damn window a/c but not sure if Ill get that done today.

oy. so worried about what im going to do in a week. i wasn't paying attention. seems the room i have it fermentin in is hotter then i realized. its noon right now and its 85. i don't really have a better option. probably screwed already from it sittin in here all day yesterday? as i...

Im going to go with 1.5 oz of Amarillo for dry hopping. 5-7 days. Love the smell of the Amarillo. Smells like Stone IPA to me. So Im fermentin away in a bottling bucket. I like the idea of bottling from the primary - which seems to be gaining in popularity? But that would have worked...

Cool. Thanks for the replies. Very helpful. So what gravity would I want to start hoppin at? Started at 1.06

Seems like most people dry hop in secondary but I was reading some people do it in latter stage of primary. Any specifics on when and for how long?

I was just indicating that it was fermenting along nicely with my "bubble count". I really was just trying to get it all in the pot in about 30 minutes. Didn't want it too bitter and wanted it to be on the dry side of things. So I tried to get all the DME in with at least 10 minutes to...

Just brewed my first IPA. Let's call it Larry's IPA. Its a 30 minute extract beer. Got my 2.5 gallons to rolling boil. .5 oz Amarillo at 30 minute .5 oz Citra at 24 minute 3 LBS Light DME at 19 minute .5 oz Williamette at 19 minute 3 LBS Amber DME at 14 minute .5 oz Citra at 14 minute...

I am trying to make 5 gallon all-grain IPA. I've got 11 lbs of grains. Im wondering if I can simply heat up my water to 160, poor it over the grain in a grain bag inside of a cooler. Stir it up. Wait an hour and then bring the wort to a boil, add my hops for an hour, then cool it quickly...