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Wow, that sounds really delicious, how did it turn out?

I was thinking about this a little bit recently as I've just been using a plastic bucket for my primary fermenter since I started brewing. We've only done about 3 or 4 brews in there and have been careful when cleaning/sanitizing so we don't scratch it, but when should we replace the bucket just...

My LHBS told me that for 5 gallons you should use two dry yeast packages, so that's what we've been doing (I think it was a Nottingham packet). For my 2.5 gallon batch I used one package. I didn't do any research or anything, just went with what they said. I wonder if it would hurt to have extra...

Hi everyone, thanks for your helpful replies. I forgot to mention that it is extract. I figured it wasn't a big deal but wanted to make sure! I will use a yeast starter next time, good tip! Thanks again.

Hi everyone! We are in the process of brewing an American IPA. I found the recipe on this forum actually. The recipe called for one package of Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187), which we bought. It says on the package to add to wort of up to 1.060. We just took the hydrometer reading and it's at...

Yeah, it hasn't been a huge issue for me so far, but I have only done 3 week primaries, not sure about any sooner than that. I haven't dry hopped yet but I was actually just going to do it in the primary because I have a porter in the carboy and don't want to have to take it out early! Mostly me...

I've done this a couple times since I usually just dump the wort in without filtering and then bucket. I haven't had too much of a problem because I keep it in the primary for 3-4 weeks and by then there will be a yeast "cake" at the bottom where most of the stuff, including the hops, will...

Agreed with everyone's comments about the starsan. It makes it sooo much easier for both brewing and bottling. I didn't have it my first batch and I learned the hard way that it makes a huge difference. And for the big bucket, I went to the hardware store and got a wallpaper tray? It's wide and...

Could you post the recipe? Sounds delicious.

Do you have to worry about sanitizing the coffee maker/container? Or it later in the fermentation process that this wouldn't be an issue? Thanks.

I forgot to mention that I do take an OG before pitching yeast. Thanks for the advice!

Hi everyone, I'm a new brewer, just bottled my first batch and brewed my second, which is in the bucket right now! This forum was so helpful with answering all of my questions and solving any issues. I just have a question about those who just use primary fermenters. For our first batch...

One quick question, I heard that you should steep in a lower volume then add water for the boil. Is this right? Or should you steep in a larger volume as well?

Same thing happened to me. I did my first brew, a basic extract that came with our brewing kit, and used the instructions that came with the kit and also the Papazian book. I did a few searches using this forum but not a great deal. Ended up with the batch in the 7.5 gallon bucket with the...

Thanks for the info Trevvy! And for all the other posts you've done, you've been a huge help for a newb.

Follow up on that post, just read on "How to Brew" by John Palmer and saw to wait 2 weeks for carbonation.

Hi Revvy, One follow up question that I couldn't seem to find in your other posts, you keep in the primary for a month, then how long do you keep it in the bottles before drinking? Just wondering because you had replied to some of my postings earlier about primary vs secondary fermentation...

brewit2it, thanks for your response! Since I am starting out I have been a little confused by the variety of responses. Also, the store we purchased the kit from has a video on their site showing 2 stage fermentation, but I think what got to me was racking to the carboy so soon (3-7 days). I was...

We got a 5 gallon carboy in our starter kit, do you think that we could use that for a 5 gallon brew if we had a blow off tube? Just for future reference.

At the time I didn't realize that we shouldn't be using the carboy, I think we thought it would be easy enough to bottle from the bucket, but we don't have a spigot on the side of it and after doing some more research realized that it is much easier to ferment in the carboy and then use a...