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I brewed a DFH 90 min clone yesterday that was supposed to use amarillo, simcoe and warrior hops. Unfortunately, Brewmasters Warehouse shipped me summit hops instead of warrior. I brewed it anyway, using the summit early in the boil hoping I wouldn't get too much of the summit flavor. I guess my...

I just got done building the Rubbermaid 10 gal MLT also and had the opposite question. What's the minimum amount of grain I could mash? Would 5 or 6 pounds be alright? I'm not quite ready for AG. I still need a bigger pot and some way to cool the wort (with my 98 degree tap water:( ) So in the...

OK, you guys are scaring me. All my bottles are now in the tub, covered with a towel. How soon before they blow? I was going to wait a week before I opened one. Should I pop one open sooner? Or should I RDWHACB? (CB = craft brew. I don't have any homebrew yet)

Well, I called the guy at my LHBS(or is it LHS?) and he said to go ahead and bottle it. If I get bottle bombs, I can blame him I guess. I'm just glad it's in bottles so I can start on my next batch.:)

I wanted to bottle today but the gravity is still at 020 when it's supposed to be 012. It's a True Brew IPA kit. 2 cans amber LME 6.6lbs. 1 lb. Crystal malt steeped 30 min. chinook and cascade hops muntons dry ale yeast I also dry hopped with more cascade. BG was 050. Primary for 1...

I wasn't really thinking about expansion. I was thinking that the warmer temp. would lead to more vigorous yeast activity. I guess that as long as they have the right amount of food, the temp shouldn't matter. Right?

My first batch has been in the secondary for 2 weeks at ~70° in my fermentation chiller. I want to bottle it now but it's about 82° in the house. Is it ok to bottle condition at that temperature? Should I bring the secondary temperature up before I bottle? I'm just afraid of making bottle bombs.

It's an IPA kit from True Brew. 1 lb. Crystal grain steeped for 30 min. 2 cans Amber LME(6.6lb.s?) 1 oz. Chinook pellets for bittering 1 oz. Cascade pellets last 5 min. 1/2 oz. toasted oak chips which I didn't use Partial boil of ~2.5 Gal. Yeast is Muntons Ale yeast (dry) pitched at 70°...

Thanks for the replies. OG was 1.050 and FG is supposed to be 1.012. Readings have been taken at the calibrated temperature of 68°. I did taste the sample and it tasted pretty good, a little too sweet, but good otherwise. Thanks for the tip on spinning the hydrometer. I'll try that next time. I...

Ok, I thought my first brew was going well despite my various screw-ups (see my other thread). It's been in the secondary for a week so I thought I would take a sample for a hydrometer reading. I took a sample with my thief and it has quite a bit of carbonation already.:confused: That's not...

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My BG was 1.051 and FG is supposed to end up at 1.012 - 1.014 I thought IPA's were supposed to be hoppy and higher alcohol content. This kit seems like neither. P.S. Do you all get as thirsty as I do when you read or write about beer?:)

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. One more question, is 1 oz. of Chinook pellets for 45 min. and 1 oz. of Cascade pellets for the last 2 min. enough to give "massive hops flavor"?

This is my first attempt at this. I'm brewing from a kit, an IPA from True Brew. Here's what I've screwed up so far. 1. I covered the pot during the boil. I don't remember reading anything about that in The Joy of Home Brewing but I did read that it's bad at howtobrew.com(after the fact, of...

Hi, Great forum, I'm glad I found it. I'm working on my first brew right now. My wife gave me a kit for my Birthday. How cool is she?!! I also roast my own coffee and I made my own maple syrup when I lived in Vermont (now in Phoenix). I guess making my own beer was inevitable. Thomas