Recent content by typeONEguy

I believe that the purple stuff is just a primer.

Thank you so much!! That's exactly what I've been looking for. I can only search from my iPhone and it's a pain to find what I'm looking for sometimes.(can't get real internet where I live)

So I do it just like I would steep the grains then? The link did not pull up but I think your trying to send me to the addendum page on steep to convert? Also after I steep everything at the right amount of water, can I top my bk off to the whole 5 gallon amount or should I just top off the...

The instructions tell me what to do with the malts but not the oatmeal. Can I steep them like I would the malts or what's the best utilization forthrm?

I'm getting ready to brew this today. This will be my second batch so I'm still pretty new to this. This kit came with some crushed two row, dark chocolate and victory malt, and oatmeal. Can I steep the two row and chocolate and victory malt at the same time? What should i do with the...

Yeah I may have to consider using something other than the tea balls. I used two of them for 1 oz of each of the hops. I had to use a butter knife to scrape the hops out of them after the boil. Reusing the bag I steeped my grains in sounds like a great idea for the hops. To clarify I steeped...

I just brewed my very first batch last night. It was an "oldcastle brown ale" clone from Midwest. I steeped my grains in the full 6 gallons of water that i would use for my boil. I split the 6 lbs of DME into the batch, half after the inital boil and the other half with 20 min left in the...