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Chapter 3 Thanks for the encouragement guys but if my beer survives tonight's episode I'll be amazed. This morning I checked on the make shift blow off tube I made and it seemed to be functioning as intended. There was a small amount of krausen in the bowl and the tube was bubbling in the mix...

Disaster hopefully averted. So I pulled out the airlock and it spray krausen nearly to the rafters and certainly all over me. Not like a champaign bottle exploding more like a slightly sharken up can of diet coke so not a major mess. Anyway, the only hose I have doesn't fit on the airlock...

Disaster hopefully averted. So I pulled out the airlock and it spray krausen nearly to the rafters and certainly all over me. Not like a champaign bottle exploding more like a slightly sharken up can of diet coke so not a major mess. Anyway, the only hose I have doesn't fit on the airlock...

So I just went to the basement to check on my first all grain batch that I brewed yesterday and the lid on the bucket is pushed way up but still on and the airlock is filled with krausen. There is some spattering of krausen around the bucket but I'm not concerned about that. What does concern...

Thanks for getting my all grain addiction started DeathBrewer. I used your method as the starting point for my first all grain batch today. Here's how i did it... I have 2 five gallon pots and I was brewing a tripel so I had to modify your techniques a little. I started with 2.5 gallons in...

Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll try it and see how it goes.

I just recd the ingredients today for an IPA I hope to brew Monday. When I went to put the yeast in the refridge I found a packet of yeast that has been in there for a couple months. I think it should be viable. The one in my fridge is a Brit Ale and the one I just bought is a Brit Ale 2. In...

Fats, I have done a few extract and patial batches using two 5 gal pots to boil half the wort in each pot. You will need to start with 3.5 gals in each pot (at least if you have a powerful gas stove like I do, if you are using an electric stove you might not get quite as strong a boil going)...

Wow, thank you all for the information. I see that its not a simple question to answer - off to Mr Malty I go for more information.

I've brewed a few batches usually using a starter where I boil a cup of DME in a qt of water and then pitch an "activated" wyeast activator pack a couple days before. I pitch this entire starter when the wort is ready. I'm now preparing to do a couple big beers (an IPA and a Tripel). I'm...

do you sanitize the hops and/or bag or is there enough alcohol in the beer by this point that you dont need to?

When do I put dry hops in? when i rack to the secondary?

My brother would like to brew a Maple Strawberry Porter. Together we've brewed 7 or 8 batches of extract and PM. I'm ordering the ingredients for my first 2 AG batches, a Belgian Tipel and an IPA. I will use a modified version of DeathBrewer's...

Creek, how do you plan on adding the sugar? Do you boil it in a small amount of water and pour it into the fermentor or just pour the sugar directly in?

Yea, I wasn't going to mash all 16 lbs in one 5 gal pot. I figured I'd do 8lbs in each of two pots with 2.5 gals of water each. Mash for 60 mins at the lower end of the scale as you suggested, shoot for 148 to 150. Sparge each bag of grains in one 6 gallon bucket with 3.5 gals (the same 3...

So LakeErie, the links you posted above have convinced me to try AG loosely following DeathBrewer's EZ stovetop AG. I was thinking I would do something like 8#Belgian Pils, 8#Belgian Pale and 1#Candy Sugar. At 65% efficiency this comes in at 1.084, at the higher end for Tripels but I figure I...

Great thread DB. BTW, I love the knife holder, I can't believe noone else has commented on it. I am planning my first AG batch, a Belgian Tripel. I'm planning on 13 lbs of grain. I have always used two 5gal pots for my PM batches to allow for a full boil so I'm trying to figure out how to...

Thanks. Glad you two were able to agree to disagree. LakeErie, I've been doing a full boil but splitting it between two 5 gallon pots. I could probably mash 5 or 6 pounds of 2 row pilsner then use 6 lbs of extra light extract along with 1 lb of sugar. Although now I'm thinking maybe I...

Thanks for all the responses. I knew the sugar thing just forgot to include it in my list above. I didnt think the spices sounded like they should be in a tripel. I'll go back to the drawing board and come up with something using Pils extract, maybe a little carapils for a fresher taste and...

I would like to brew a partial mash belgian tripel. Many of the recipes I've seen include coriander seed and orange peel, I don't think these are typical for a tripel. Thoughts? I'm thinking about 12 lbs pale DME, .5-1 lb of crystal. 1oz of hallertauer at 60 and 1 oz at 10 mins. Not sure...