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Bottled it today, 1.011, FG pretty good taste, primed with maple syrup. Thanks everybody for your help and advice.

Sorry big mistake. I meant 3 lbs 10 oz of crystal 90. this is the recipe: https://whitelabs.com/news/red-ipa-recipe

White labs has a IPA recipe that uses 1 lb 13 oz of crystal 60 and the same amount of crystal 120. What would be the difference if I used 3 lbs 10 oz (same total quantity) of crystal 120?

Thanks for all this help. It has started getting a foam on the top, so I am hoping the rest goes well.

Holy Toledo! I have so much to learn. I was trying for a 5 gallon (19 litre) batch - starting with 24.5 litres for the grains in a bag. Because my pot tap got plugged (with hops I think) I left 4 litres. so do I add 520 ml syrup and 3480 ml water to get to 19 litres?

Okay, thanks. I made the maple syrup this spring and it is a little sweeter than it is supposed to be 68 brix. I added a 1/2 cup in the boil and my OG was 140 instead of 148. It is still cooling so I could add more syrup but I don't know how much. Will yeast it tonight. I will definitely get a...

I finally have everything and set. The kettle and SSVR work quite well with boiling water. When I opened my ingredient box. everything was stuck to the bottom. Something punctured one of the containers of LME. It seems to be down about half. The steeping grains are pre-measured and mixed ready...

I'm liking the stick/dowel idea. Yes I went the GFCI route. And am waiting and waiting.

My kit has arrived! But not my electric supplies to hook it up. I see there are not measurements in the kettle. What is a system to mark volumes on the inside of a kettle?

More good information! This site is the silver lining to the slow delivery of my supplies. Thanks

I have a room with electric heat that I am keeping at 17C right now. The thermostat is not close on the numbers so if that is not a good heat I have a few days to fine tune it.

After serious negotiation I have the short term okay to ferment upstairs until I am able to get the fermentation temperature controllers. I am waiting for my kit which is supposed to arrive today, and the GFCI circuit and 30 amp switch from Lowes who have not yet given a delivery date. Also...

Good answers! There is a lot to learn here. The kit is from Goldsteam. Irish Red Ale. I got the electric kettle with 4500w. I didn't realise how expensive 30 amp GFCIs are, so my budget is a little stretched. And delivery of a controller is at best three weeks for my location. Now that I see I...

I'm not sure what yeast is supplied, I receive the kit sometime next week. I am trying to get as much information as I can anhead of time as I think I will want to get started as soon as it arrives.

Great info, thanks. I'm going to test sitting a carboy full of water on top of my heating pad on top of some insulation to see if set at low it will keep a constant temperature. Am I aiming for 18-19C? Can it be higher or lower as long as it is consistant?

Thanks for the response. Do you think wrapping a heat pad around would be sufficient or would that be unbalanced heat?

I was looking for a way to control my electric brew kettle which is arriving next week. I found a very instructional forum about SSRs.

Hello all, I have decided to start a small home brew operation and I have learned a lot from reading this forum. I have the green light to brew in our unfinished basement. It is a constant 9-11 degrees celcius winter and summer. Can I ferment the beer in this temperature? Is there a yeast that...