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Thanks for the advice! The false bottom sounds like it would work the best. Unfortunately, I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more equipment for at least a month. :( I'll try bagging the hops first.

The final volume in the brewpot was about the same as last time, but I left more wort behind in the pot than when I've brewed with pellets. So I ended up diluting the wort when topping off to 5 gallons, I think. In the past, with pellets, I've had good success with whirlpooling, but this...

Sweet grill! Mmmm, pork! You know what goes well with pork? More pork! :D

Today I brewed a second batch of IPA, making a few changes in recipe from the first batch. The two biggest changes were to bump up the DME from 6.5 lbs to 8 lbs, and to use whole hops instead of pellets. The boil went fine, but when it came time to rack into the carboy, things started to...

What do you do exactly with the grain to get a clear beer? Careful temp control? Something else? Just curious...

I'm brewing an IPA for the second time, but using Wyeast 1272 instead of 1056. No complaints with the first batch, just interested in seeing the impact of the different yeast.

I just follow Walker's advice (from another thread): So far, that's kept all the beasties at bay! I do use a sanitized blade when killing the chicken, fwiw.

A quick picture of my new brewing spot in the basement; about to bottle for the first time.

Picture of my dad on our 1st brew day.

Do you always cask condition in the keg, or do some of both? I've done two batches, both force carbonated. I'm not sure I see any advantage to using priming sugar in a keg, but I haven't tried it. For the hefeweizen, my thinking is that by bottling with priming sugar, I'll get some yeast in...

Sounds like you're off to a good start! I'm pretty new to homebrewing as well, and I started the same way: lots of reading, then straight to kegging. I found Papazian's "Joy of Homebrewing" and "Homebrewing for Dummies" very useful. The Dummies book is better than you might expect, and the...

Thanks, I'll stick with the extra light DME then.

I used to think the US would soon come to dominate World Cup soccer, especially since in many places (e.g. Palo Alto) it's considered child abuse to not enroll your kids in soccer as soon as they can walk. But a friend from Argentina pointed out the flaw in my reasoning: in the US, we give...

I'm planning to brew an american hefeweizen this weekend, using Wyeast 1010. Should I use wheat dme for the starter, or is it fine to use regular extra light dme? TIA.

I'm in as well. See you Friday!

I ended up thinking the same thing once we had it on tap in California. Whereas I really loved Fat Tire the first time I had it while travelling, once it was easily available, I usually would stick with SNPA, or some other hoppy beer. Lately I've been on an IPA kick, but since starting to...

Lately, I've had several commercial beers that remind me quite a lot of Fat Tire. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it my imagination? I remember being blown away by Fat Tire ~5 years ago, when I first had a pint of it on 6th Street in Austin. About a year ago, I moved to NC from CA, and...

I planted Glacier, and the plants are only 3-4 feet tall at this point. Lots of sun, but we've also had a lot of rain and the soil washed away around the rhizome, leaving some of it poking up above ground. :( That's next on my list of things to fix in the yard. Previous was extending the...

I can make it Wednesday (tomorrow).