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Is a 20 gallon pot too big to do 5 gallon batches in still? Worried I wont be able to get the grain all in the strainer if the water is lower? Would like the ability to do both 5 and 10 gallon batches? For 10 gallon batches do i just double grain, hop and yeast amounts? I would probably...

helibrewer the reciepts are listed above from the clone brews 200 book. Thanks for the input.

Correct I was going to add them to the beginning of the boils when first hops is added. So instead I shouldnt add them as the extract calls for.

I have purchased the ingredients for 3 beers to brew up tonight and tomorrow. They are all from the clone brews book. My question is in each one they list the ingredients for extract brewing and at the bottom tell what grains to buy for all grain. I am doing brew in the bag for these, but 2...

Henry, I just got back from AK and want to brew this. You say wait 2 months before drinking, but how long before bottling or kegging. I was thinking 1 month in primary and 1 month bottled.

homebrewdad I did leave the lid on. I just took it off to take the picture and grab a sample to test the gravity. Glad it is nothing bad.

Yes I have taklen the gravity readings. I will take again on Saturday before I start the bottling process as I may not need to set up if it is still moving. Tasted darn good when I checked it last night though.

Is it normal for the blue berries to float at the suface of the carboy though? I was told because I froze them I did not need to puree them or anything else.

This does not look like an infection to me but just wondering. It is on Bell's May 2012 Cream Ale brew. Brewed on 6-2-12 and fermented at 62 degrees. Was thinking of bottling it this weekend as it says it is done. Thoughts?

I brewed the Bell's May Ale and it called for 2 pounds of blue berries. After 2 weeks of fermentation I add frozen blue berries to my secondary and racked on top of them. They are all now floating and I would like to know how to tell when to bottle.

Thanks for the quick replies. Also I mashed at about 151-152 as I did not have the recipe in front of me and it called for me to mash at 149 for 90 minutes and boil for 90 and add a touch more water. I only did 60 minute mash and boil but did do a mash out at 169 and kept dunking in and out...

So on Saturday I did my first 2 biab brews and feel pretty good about them. First one went off without a hitch except my numbers were a little low. Probably because of grinnd. Second one too, except I forgot 1 part. I brewed the light hybrid beer #10 in brewing classic styles book, which is a...

Okay, I have read 15 of the 27 pages here and will be reading the rest in the next day or so. Am i to assume this is really as easy as i am reading. I have a 35 quart turkey frier (8.75 GALLONS) and a 13# grain bill. I want a 5 gallon bottle volume and a 5.5 gallon to fermentor volume and will...

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The blue moon started around 1.060 and is around 1.010 right now and it has been in a plastic bucket the whole time. The maple wheat started at 1.076 and is around 1.012 right now and was racked from plastic to a glass carboy after one week per the directions. I do need to add another packet...

I have a blue moon clone and maple wheat ale that have been fermenting for a month now. Neither one have changed in finished gravity in a couple weeks but they are still bubbling. One bubble every few minutes. Is this normal? They are sitting at 64-66 degrees right now but have been around...

okay I have read all 26 pages and havent read anywhere, but is anyone using an aqaurium air pump the firsty few days to keep stirred up or is that a no no? Seems it may work as others are stirring it up a couple times a day. If it were to work how long would you use it for? Thoughts.

Is 62-64 too cold to condition bottled beer? Mostly ales by the way.