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So, I came home to a blowout. Cleaned up, sanitized and attached a hose running off into a glass of sanitizer. Can't wait to try this beer!

It's in the list there, but it was: 2oz 60min 1oz 15min 1oz 5min And I will do 4oz dry hop.

OK, I will do so when I get home. Is it possible for me to use my existing bottling tube, or will I need some more specialty equipment? I have a normal ale pail, so it has the grommeted lid made for a plastic airlock.

Yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh but I wanted more bitterness. I'm almost going for an IIPA, but I think I needed more malt. The OG was JUST at 1.070.

Yeah, I may end up doing this if it keeps burping into my airlock. I'm hoping the big burp gave it enough stay to work out. I will share my recipe in case anyone sees anything suspect that would cause the thing to go insane: Ingredients: 7lb Light DME 1lb Crystal 60L 1lb CaraPils 8oz Citra...

Hey all, My first IPA went apes*** this morning and clogged my airlock/bubbler. It's been percolating like crazy for the past day or so, but never seemed like it had any chance of reaching the top - it has almost 4 inches of headspace. Anyway, I got out of the shower this morning and...

Nope. Turned out just fine.

@getzinator: I put the homey in during the last 15 minutes. It's raw honey, so long enough to sterilize without ruining flavor.

Well, it's 1.5 weeks after bottling and I cannot believe I've made something this delicious. Can't wait for it to get even better! Here's to brewing!

Good to hear. And I totally did dissolve 3/4 cup of corn sugar in 1 cup of water. It was a 5 gallon batch. One other thing if anyone has any input - the beer tasted somewhat...watery than what I'm used to when I tried it. Will this change with time? I assume carbonation is going to perk up the...

My batch is bottled! I tasted it during bottling and the flavor profile is more like an IPA than an APA, so we'll see what it's like after 2 weeks of carbing. Everything went very well! I was afraid the kraeusen would stay on the top of the beer, but when I went to rack into my bottling bucket...

One week in and I timed it, still getting about 5 burps per minute from the fermenter. In another week I will start taking samples, but anyone have an idea on how much longer I might have to wait until dry hopping? I can't drink this beer soon enough, but I will wait as long as it takes.

I have one and I already took a reading before sealing it all up. OG was 1.057.

Well everyone, we have success! Fermentation was going strong this morning - I checked after finishing my shower. I placed the airlock on my fermenter at about 11:45 Sunday morning, so I would put the lag time at less than 24 hours (Which I suppose is normal for most beers). Now it's time to...

Yeah, we're in an apartment now. When we get a house eventually I will plan on brewing outside or in the garage.

Well, my first brew is in the books! I adjusted the hop schedule a little bit, adding .25 oz of the Centennial and Cascade at 15 mins, then another .25oz at 5 mins. Everything else went very smoothly. I used the whisk attachment on my stick blender (sanitized of course) to aerate the wort...

I think that's what I'll be doing. Our cat Lando is a bit clingy to have around during the process I think, so we'll put him up in the office with a nice bowl of soft food while I brew. Thanks all! This was a humorous thread.

I am starting my first brew this Sunday at my apartment. My fiancée and I have a huge polydactile black cat, and his hair somehow ends up everywhere. He's an awesome animal, but he loves to be in the kitchen with me when I am cooking or working (which is regularly). I'm planning to lock him...

Welp, I actually bought a turkey fryer. I suppose if it sucks I can always use it as just a stock pot. OR FRY TURKEY!!

I hear just about as much arguments for stainless as I do for aluminum. What it came down to is this is my first brew, and I got a 31-quart aluminum pan for $35. One of those in stainless was nearly four times the price. Also, I might break my arms trying to lift it, full of wort.