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So, I'm dry hopping my first IPA with an ounce of amarillo, and a half ounce of simcoe. I've never dry hopped before, but I usually let it sit in secondary for a week or two minimum, or however long it takes for me to get ready to bottle (3-4+ weeks).. Anyway, would it be a bad idea to let it...

Still nothing.. Hoping it didnt get lost in the mix.

Update: Thiefed a sample the other day and compared it side-by-side with my hefeweizen which has no clarifiers. It is alot clearer now. Not crystal, but it is better. I'm going to hold out on the gelatin for now and give it another week and see how it does.

Welcome fellow Texas brewer! I just started around January myself. Wonderful hobby eh?

Good article! Thanks for all the advice. I think I'll take a hydro sample this weekend and see how it looks. If it still needs more clarity, I'll throw some gelatin in there a few days before bottling. Thanks again!

I will be bottle-conditioning this beer, will using gelatin in the secondary cause problems by settling out the yeast? Or will there still be enough yeast suspended to carb the bottles? Should I add some yeast on bottling day? If so, how much for 5 gal?

Marty Nachel.

So just slowly funnel it into the carboy?

I was taught to transfer to secondary after about a week. Mostly because initial fermentation is mostly over after a few days, and leaving it in a plastic fermenter could possibly cause it to become oxidized if left in for too long. But as far as the gelatin is concerned, what would be the...

Ok, so third brew ever, and first brew with irish moss or any sort of clarifier. I threw it in at 15 minutes left in the boil, about 1 1/2 tsp. of it. Spent about a week in the primary, racked it over to secondary and poured a sample for the hydro and noticed it had not cleared up at all, just...

Well I went to the brew supply to pick everything up, and the guy at the store didn't seem to have any idea what I was wanting to do. After many minutes of frustration trying to explain it to him, I gave up and ended up buying two packets of Weienstephaner. May not end up exactly the way recipe...

This will also be my first competition. I entered a dunkelweizen which also happens to be my second ever brew. I never would have entered really, but a friend of mine who is very involved in the comp talked me into it. In any case, good luck everyone!

It's just a hefeweizen with about 6 lbs of extract. I don't remember off the top of my head what the target O.G. is, but I don't imagine its very high.

Alright, it's making some more sense to me now. Thanks!

I'm looking at a particular recipe that is telling me to use two different yeast strains, namely WLP351 & 3068. How should one go about doing this? Simply pitch both vials into the wort? I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that since two vials are being used, there's probably no need to...

But then, is it possible to overpitch? Or am I just trying to make sure I've got more than "the minimum".

Another newbie question that has probably been asked a thousand times on here.. I've been hearing things about "pitching rates" and "starters" and all kinds of alternative ways to pitch your yeast. I've only got a couple brews under my belt, but I've just pitched the whole vial by itself into...

Greetings from North Texas! My name is Clay and I am brewing out of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

First of all, I am brand new to the art of zymurgy. In fact, my first batch is still in the bottle.. So my apologies if this seems like a stupid question.. I had a thought the other day, can you re-ferment a batch? Say your initial fermentation has slowed, and you added a bit more...