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I have brewed two kits and kinda have a good working knowledge of how everything goes now. I was thinking about trying to experiment with some ideas. Let me see if I get this right. The "brewers best" kits are extract+steeping grains. For me to try and diddle with flavors and so fourth, I...

Taking the advice I made my second batch today adding an extra pount of DME. The color is lighter than the first batch that I made and the aroma is a little bit sweeter than the first. We shall see what the results are. I'm probably going to try and mix and match some steeping grains for my...

In my recent brewing I have learned a few things. The first major is the buckets that come with the kits. The glass primary 6.5 and the glass secondary 5.0 is the best addition that you can make right off the bat. The buckets that come with the kits are awsome for sterilization and equipment...

I'm going to be bottling up my first brew this weekend and soon will be sharing the same drink as you... Can't wait... I'm hooked on this stuff just playing with the fermenters and so fourth.

The ingredients are 3.3 lbs Plain Amber malt extract 2 lbs Plain amber dry malt extract 8 oz Crushed Crystal Malt 60L 1 each Grain Steeping bag 1 oz Willamette Hops (bittering) 1/2 oz Willamette Hops (Finishing) 5 oz priming sugar Brew times are bring the grains up to 160-170F and...

I realize tha I can boil as much as I want in my kettle. My last brew I started boiling 6 gallons to expect about a gallon of evap during the boil. The instructions told me to only boil three and it seems to be a little bit on the bitter side of what it said it would be. On a kit that tells me...

I'm fixing to start on a new batch of beer and will do some work with calculations.. I'm trying a batch of English Brown Ale (extract/steeping) and will see about the IBU's of this one... The yeast I'm using is the White Labs English ale yeast... The instructions in this kit only all for a 2...

Ok that makes some sense then... Let me see if I have this right. By going from a 3 gallon to a 5 gallon, what I do is dilute the amout of sugar that would be concentrated in the water and in a sence, allowed more of the hop material to dissolve into solution so the bitterness would be more...

The kit said that it was for a 3 gallon or 5 gallon boil. I have a huge pot so I just went for the full 5 gallons... It's not that I don't like bitter. I kinda like my beer on that side. My main concern was that it was a bit bitter than expected. I want to make sure I can control my batches...

This is the kit that I used.. 3.5 lbs. Plain Amber Malt Extract 2 lbs Plain Amber Dry Malt Extract 8oz. Crushed Cyrstal Malt 60L 4oz Crushed Chocolate 1 oz Crushed Roasted Barley 1 oz Fuggle Hops (Bittering) 1/2 oz. Fuggle Hops (Finishing) 1 each Grain Steeping bag 5 oz Priming Sugar...

I just transferred to my secondary and took a little sample for my gravity and a little sip. The batch is bitter bitter bitter. Is this the general bitterness I am going to get or will my IBU"s go down some. The expected IBU in the kit said I was going to get 15 IBU's but it seems a bit...

I wish I would have taken a picture of my primary. It sorta looked the same way as your but not as many straiations <sp>. It took about 48 hours for my yeast to start actively fermenting then all hell broke loose... Sweet pictures

Buying stuff isn't a problem at all right now. As a matter of fact, my local brew shop almost wanted to lay out the red carpet for me when I literally walked in and made the point that I didn't want it if it wasn't top of the line. I'm a big time quality person. My significant other checked...

I'm having the same issue right now with my fermentation. The room temperatore is 68F but the actual carboy is reading 78F right now. The temperature has slowly gone up as activity increased in my airlock. It's slowing down now so I'm going to see if the temperature starts to go down with...

Yeah the grains were out when I boiled the wort. The instructions were to put the bag in my 5 gallons of water, bring to 170 degrees and hold it there for 20 minutes. Then remove the bag and bring the wort up to a full boil and start adding the extract malts (I had to add a liquid and a powder)...

First brew is in the primary and bubbling away and I have a question about brewing. The kit I used required me to steep the grains for 20 minutes, bring to a boil and an hour later chill the wort and it's done for the night. I keep hearing about mashing, sparging, all grains etc. Whatdo you...

That's quite impressive I guess. The little bit of yeast that went into the mix has generated all of that stuff. Every little thing that I notice gives me the question of "Is this suppose to happen or not?" Glad to have everyone here to tell me not to panic its a normal happening or a "Run...

Nah, I'm not an ebonics speaker but I use to live in New Orleans so it's like a second language. I just type the way my mind thinks and I always end up using words for metaphores. Ok, 48 hour after my first attempt at brewing and I have big bubbles every 6 seconds. I'm using a double...

Apparently it is a happy brew. It's been about two and a half hours and I actually have bubbling going on in the air lock. Not alot but it is some bubbles. How long do you think I should wait until I place it in the secondary? The instructions in the kit didn't give me a time. Also, the kit...

Little to no problems in the boiling. One little boil over but it wasn't much to talk about. My question now is that the area I am able to store the primary in is about 68F. It might get up to 70 later on this week but for now it will be in the 68 range. Is this too cold or will it just...