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My first brew is a DIPA kit, that has been happily fermenting for about 6 days. Here's the ingredients and hop schedule: 6.6 lbs Light LME 3.0 lbs Golden DME 1.0 lbs Caramel 80L 0.5 lbs Victory .25 lbs Carapils 2.0 oz Columbus (60 minutes) 1.0 oz Columbus (20 minutes) 1.0 oz...

Because when I just pitched Safale US-05 (first brew) it said to sprinkle and stir. I didn't rehydrate though as that was not in the kit instructions. Guess if I rehydrate (which I plan to do from now on), that would eliminate the need to stir, huh?

I was thinking of brewing this in the next month so it's ready for the wifey's bday at the end of October. Id be looking at a partial mash and want to split into 2 primarys to avoid blow off. My main question in this has to do with pitching the yeast. I'd be using 2 packets of dry yeast and...

Got the Brewers Best start up kit and a gift card to LHBS. Spent that on my first kit (DIPA) and some hops. Also had a $200 gift certificate to a Brew on Premises/HBS that's about an hour from. It was originally to do BOP but spent on supplies. Got a 5 gallon kettle, 6.5 gallon carboy (I have 2...

Airlock is happily bubbling away. It's a DIPA single hopped with Columbus. I have 4 different hops and I want to dry hop it in the secondary but not sure which flavor profiles will go together nicely with those since this is my first brew. On hand I have: 1 oz Columbus 1 oz Sorachi Ace 1 oz...

One of the funniest all time episodes :rockin:

I had planned on doing a starter but got so wound up at I was finally doing my first batch I completely forgot about it. Definitely will do them from now on as it seems to be a pretty sure fire method.

Yes I was being a paranoid noob. Woke up this morning to some bubbles in the airlock. Nothing major so I peeked inside and there is a very nice krausen in there. Since the temp will rise on the brew from fermentation I went ahead and moved the primary back to the laundry room where the ambient...

61 was the temp on the side of the primary. I guess I got a little concerned cause a lot of stuff I read said that it shouldnt go below 64. I brought the temp up to 64 by moving it to a different room but if the temp of the wort/beer being 61 won't hurt the fermentation process I'll put it...

Thanks guys. Had a feeling I was behaving on the impatient side. Ive just got this "kid with a shiny new toy" feeling and just hoping for a halfway decent tasting brew. But no issues with the temp? Is 61 too low for fermentation on this and future brews and should I look for a warmer storage spot?

So, I finished my first batch last night. Brewers Best DIPA kit. Followed all the instructions but didn't aerate the wort (beginners mistake). The only aeration was the splashing from the siphon tube to the primary (bucket). OG was 1.082 I pitched my yeast (Safale US-5, no yeast starter)...