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Fireloo - does your name reflect your toilet status? dibby- Sorry, no, it does not. Americans don't call the toilet a loo. Loo in my instance is short for Lieutenant. While I'm here typing. Has my thread taken the strangest twists ever? I start it as a thank you to board...

OK. I'm getting a sense here that green beer has a loosening affect on the bowels and/or increases intestinal gas production. Is that what y'all are saying. I honestly didn't know that. One of my brew club buddies has been drinking his first batch of beer. A non brewing friend looking at...

Just want to say thanks to all (especially those with experience) who post on this forum. I'm new to brewing and have learned alot just lurking here in the shadows. Many people post the same questions I've had and I find answers with out asking questions. A group of 10 or 12 of us have...

Congrats! You will be pleased. Never met an IPA I didn't like. Fuggle is one of my favorite hops. I would be very interested if you would post your recipe. The recipe is a kit from Midwest Homebrewing. It included specialty grains, 6 or 6.6 lbs. Gold LME and 1 oz bittering...

I just transferred my first batch to the secondary! A Fuggles IPA that I'm going to be patient about tasting after I bottle. I have to be, because I don't have quite enough empty bottles yet to hold it all. I made a couple of mistakes and took some rookie short cuts, but am jazzed about the...

I mean that I poured the wort from the boil kettle to the primary fermenter. All five gallons of it. The yeast was probably around 75 degrees when I pitched it into the much colder wort.

Hello folks. My name is Bryan and I'm a first time brewer. Just started my first batch today. Please reassure me that I didn't screw it up. Cooked up a Fuggles IPA and did not siphon the wort. Assumed I could siphon when I transfer (rack?) to the secondary. Is this acceptable? Also, I've...