Recent content by zach21b

Why am I getting so much of these little bubbles in my tubing when Im racking. I get so much when racking wort to fermentor and get them when going to secondary and to bottling bucket. I have older tubing with about 100 gallons ran through it, would that matter? I also usually put grain bag on...

So here is the story. I was brewing a Kolsch and added 4 pounds of blueberries at flame out. I put in primary and everything was going great. I used the Wyeast Kolsch yeast and it was going to town. Without my knowledge the fermentation got up in my airlock and clogged it. I was fermenting in a...

Though I usually only brew IPA'S amd not wheats I don't think 8 weeks is anything to crazy. With how good the strains of yeast are for home brewing you really don't have to worry about the same things you did 10-15 years ago. The yeast now is almost designed to keep cleaning up after itself over...

I been brewing for about a year now with extract and am making some pretty good beers now. I want to try some thing new but am not sure how to do it. My grandparents make home made maple syrup and I want to make a beer with it as an ingredient. Here are my questions. How much maple syrup? When...

Just curious of a good hop combo to make a Pacific NW IPA. Looking for that real piney finish.

It was ambient temp, the carboy had a towel wrapped around it also. I did taste it and I thought it tasted great. Used Simcoe and Amarillo hops and they really came though.

My fermentation was hovering around 66 degrees.

Sorry, forgot to put the FG in the post. It was at 1.004

I just bottled a Session IPA I made, I used 5.5 pounds of malt extract. I had a OG of 1.04 and pitched Safe Ale 05. I left it in primary for 18 days then went straight to bottle. Is it normal for the gravity to fall that low? It tastes great as I sampled it, I enjoy a dry beer. It's just way...

I am still new to brewing, I have done about 30 gallons of extract. I am big into IPA'S and APA's. So far I have only used US Sale Ale 05 as that's what I become comfortable with. Anyone have any recommendations for a different yeast that will work good in the IPA\APA family? Just looking to...

Thanks for the advice, glad to hear its a normal occurrence.

I am newer to brewing with 25 gallons of extract under my belt. Friday night I was brewing a Red IPA kit that I picked up at the local brew store. In the kit had all your usual supplies plus a whilfloc tablet which I have not used before. I usually just use Irish moss. Anyways, the brewing went...