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Rolling into month 3 of brewing with one success under my belt (A nice hoppy IPA) and have a smashing pumpkin (slightly modified to make it my own) in the fermenter. Already researching my next batch, either a stout or a winter Ale. Since I am only renting the house I am in for another 10 months...

No worries, thanks to the help I received from these guys, my first batch came out to be quite amazing! 12 gone and a big thumbs up from everyone who has tasted it (and liked a hoppy beer). The beer came out clear, and tasted delicious, I just put some more in the fridge and my second batch is...

Just had a tasting with some friends and the assessment was a very hoppy and tasty beer! Can't wait for the next batch to be ready!!

Ahh, that looks like it would work way better! Thanks... I have yet to try my hand at different yeasts so maybe on my next batch I will give it a whirl, I am definatly getting hooked on brewing already! The IPA was an extract recipie but the amount of LME wasn't exactly fine tuned, so I...

That magical little organism that eats sugar and poops out alcohol and CO2! I brewed my second batch (extract) of beer yesterday, a smashing pumpkin ale from Northern Brewer (bought the supplies at MLHBS and added a few things). For this batch I was planning on funneling the wort into the...

This was my first batch so I missed the part where I was supposed to filter the wort out while putting it in the primary! Thanks!

How much sediment should there be in the bottom of the primary? I just bottled mine and there was quite a bit of sludge at the bottom, it was in the primary for 3 weeks.

Thanks for the responses, this helps quite a bit, now for some tinkering with the recipe. I will post once I get it all worked out.

Awesome! Another question to ask then... When adding Hops, what is the purpose of adding the hops at different times? I think I saw this somewhere else but I am failing at searching for it. I thought it would do different things to the brew based on the time the hops were boiling, like for...

Hey all, First brew is going into bottles tomorrow, a nice IPA and really excited based on the gravity readings and the taste so far! Now I am getting ready to start my second brew before I head out on vacation (figured it can sit and ferment while I am out of town). I was looking at a...

I did not cal the hydrometer, although I guess that would not be hard to do. The gravity has remained steady for the past 3 days, planning on adding the dry hops this weekend then bottle the following. My last gravity test/taste test was fairly pleasing, tastes like beer! I am not sure I really...

So for my batch that remains in the Primary, would you leave it in the primary for another week and then bottle (2 weeks in primary) and add the dry hops today? Or would you leave it in the primary until this weekend, and then move to the secondary and dry hop in there after 4-5 days, and then...

Can I drop in the hops then for the dry hopping any time? Or would you wait another week?

Well I do have some Fuggle hops to use in the secondary for dry hopping which is why I was wondering about going to secondary. It is a centennial IPA LME.

So it has been 1 week since I brewed and I have just taken a gravity reading, 1.022 at 70 degrees. The airlock no longer bubbles but I know that really doesn't mean anything. The OG was 1.077, so do I let it sit and test tomorrow to see if it is the same or should I go ahead and move to the...

It was using LME (10lbs!) and the recipe called for 1oz of hops at the start of boiling, 1oz 40mins later, and 2oz 15mins later boiling a total of 60 mins. Is that why they call them 60 minute IPA's? 90 minute IPA's? Haven't read up on that but I am excited to! I checked it this morning and...

Well, I went after it today and cleaned and sanitized probably everything but I may have missed here and there. Hopefully the stuff I focused on (fermenter mostly and associated equipment) will be fine. My OG came out at 1.077 (1.076 @70 degrees) and the recipe says it should be at 1.068, so I...

Woozy, Thanks a bunch, that is what I am looking for, worrying about it since I bought all the stuff yesterday! I have a good recipe, a good set of equipment, and now some knowledge (enough to be dangerous!) Thanks again, I will be sure to let you all know how it turns out. Thanks again!

Thanks for the comments and help, I guess maybe I don't fully understand... tomorrow when I clean and sanitize, I am really just doing the boiler, fermenter, stirrer, and hydrometer? Then in a few days the secondary fermenter and associated transfer equipment? So many questions, so many things...

So as I mentioned in a previous thread I will be starting my first batch tomorrow and I am a little concerned with my lack of knowledge with the cleaning and sanitizing chemicals currently in my possession. First I have the PBW for cleaning, now my gear is all new obviously so should I still...