Recent content by whataboutbob

Thanks guys, just did my first hop addition. The house smells wonderful!

Thanks for the great info jd

Thanks for your input Steve. Open to anyone else's suggestions. Gonna brew this weekend

I purchased the Imperial Stout extract kit from Midwest Supplies and plan to add oak and vanilla to secondary. My questions is, the kit came with champagne yeast that says to pitch when racking to secondary, Will that affect the oak cubes and vanilla bean? When should I do what? Open to...

Update: This beer has been in bottles for 3 weeks. I tasted 1 at 2 weeks and was not nearly ready. Very low carb, estery, and a little boozy (fusels?) Maybe I'll try another this weekend. I'm in no rush to drink these so I've put them in a corner of the basement for a while, Time will tell.

So I brewed this last night, and couldn't help myself. I did everything almost as planned but added 1 oz Amarillo at 40 min and 1oz. at 10 min. in addition to the regular hops schedule. I also added half the LME and an additional 1 lb. of light DME at flameout. I plan to dry hop with 2 oz...

I think thats the plan

I am goin to be brewing the Dead Ringer IPA from NB this weekend: SPECIALTY GRAIN -- 1 lbs Briess Caramel 40 FERMENTABLES -- 9.15 lbs Gold malt syrup HOPS & FLAVORINGS -- 1 oz Centennial (60 min) -- 1 oz Centennial (20 min) -- 2 oz Centennial (5 min) -- 1 oz Centennial (Dry hop)...

absolutely!

The instructions said 1-2 weeks in primary and add an additional week if no secondary is used. I was hoping 3-4 weeks would be sufficiant but thats why I asked for thoughts on this. Thanks for your comments

I appreciate everyones input and ideas. It appears everyone has a way of doing things which are neither right or wrong, just different. Thanks again for all the input. This is my first brew and just wanted to ask what thoughts were on it. I have a lot to learn and I thank the members here for...

Thanks!

Looking for opinions or better suggestions on my plan for this. Directions say 1-2 weeks in primary and 4 weeks in secondary. I planned on only using a primary for 3 weeks than cold crashing for 1 week. Than bottle condition for 2-3 weeks? Sound Ok? Thanks in advance for your help!