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Good to hear HopsMan! I'll patiently wait for the stout to bottle condition and carb up before I finally get to try one of them. The Copper Ale I brewed on Sunday with US-05 fermented steadily all week:) When I checked the fermenter last night I noticed the temperature had come back down to...

Finally got the stout bottled on Saturday after 7 weeks in the primary! FG was 1.016. Still tastes green so hopefully a few weeks in the bottles will help the flavor develop. I'll update in a couple of weeks when I crack one open. Brewed my second batch, Midwest's Copper Ale this morning...

Gravity still at 1.016 @ 6 weeks. Planning to bottle today. Should I go easy on the priming sugar since apparent attenuation is only sitting at 63.64% or does it matter after fermenting so long with this strain?

5 weeks and 2 days in the primary and now it's reading 1.016:) Apparently the bubbling was a good sign. I'll take another reading on Thursday and if it's still at 1.016 I'm going to bottle it on Saturday at 6 weeks. It's still a few points away from the upper finished gravity of 1.012 but the...

Thanks for your replies BrewerBear and HopsMan. :) The strange part about the green apple apple flavor and the boozy nose is that I didn't get them when I sampled my prior hydro readings. Maybe because the beer wasn't finished fermenting yet? Temp seems to be holding steady at 66 now instead...

Happy New Year Everyone!:tank: Took the patient route and finally decided to get a hydro reading tonight, just over 4 weeks in primary, swirling daily for almost two weeks followed by a two day rest and it's 1.0205. When I opened the fermeter I noticed a thin layer of bubbles(not exactly...

Swirlin', swirlin', swirlin', Man my kid is hurlin'...I really hope the hydro reading I take later on today will show some improvement and that I don't catch whatever is making my family sick right now. I found some more Schell's 2012 Snowstorm at the liqour store tonight and I'm loving it :drunk:

Thanks HopsMan! Someday I plan on experimenting further with different yeast strains but for now I figured I'd start simple. I have a stick on temp strip for the fermenter bucket and it's reading 64 which is definitely on the low side for the Munton's yeast. I have a heated matress pad that I...

Definitely will try the Springsteen! Might also try some Beatles, Led Zeppelin or even Motorhead. It's killing me to leave it in the primary because I really want to brew batch number two but I know I need to be patient. I upgraded the yeast with my second kit to the Safeale S-05 dry yeast...

+1 on the larger tank. Pretty good discussion of this issue here: http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/showthread.php?16494-Propane-tank-valve-freezing

I rehydrated the yeast prior to pitching according to the directions on the yeast package and aerated the wort by pouring it vigorously into the fermentor, shaking up the top up water and allowing it to chug into the wort then shaking the heck out of the primary after putting the cover on. I...

Update - my Irish Stout has been in the primary for 2 weeks @ 64 degrees and I finally took a hydrometer reading today. I was surprised to find that it was 1.022. My OG was 1.044. According to the recipe FG should be 1.010-1.012. I used the cheap Munton's dry yeast that came with the recipe...

Thanks for all the welcome messages! First batch is actively fermenting. Once I transfer to secondary I want to try Midwest's Copper Ale. I can already tell this is going to become an obession of mine. My next brew day will go much quicker since everything is already clean and I know what to...

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I've bee a lurker on this forum for years but I finally brewed my first homebrew today. It took longer than I estimated but I feel like I learned a lot from the experieince. I brewed the Irish Stout extract kit from Midwest Supplies. Tasted a sample before pitching and was pleasantly...