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Hey everyone, going to brew a Midwest blonde ale kit this weekend, was hoping for some feed back. It has 3#'s wheat dme, 2#'s extra light dme, steeping grains, and 1oz williamette hops. I got the wyeast Belgian witbier 3944 smack pack. How long to let it sit in primary, and what temps should i...

This is definitely something I want to make next, however, when is the best time to add the coffee? Primary, secondary, bottling time? Does it matter? Also, what is "cold-steeping"?

Brewed wort, 3 weeks in primary, bottled, has been bottle conditioning In a 70-75* dark room for over a month. The few that I have tasted have been in fridge for over a week. So the beer is over 2 months old, from brew day to drink day.

I just picked those two characteristics cause i don't know how else to explain it. It kind of smells plasticky, but has a really harsh finish on the throat. It was a Big Ben pale ale lme extract kit from Midwest. Used a swamp cooler to ferment, kept in mid sixties for 3 weeks in primary, and...

Are you talking about your keg setup, or your tubing for siphon/bottling? I bottle my beers. I think either my tubing is bad, been through 10 batches now, bought some new tubing and auto siphon. Or my primary is bad. Like I said, I used bleach to clean it in the past, but switched to...

I kind of have a sore throat now after drinking it. Needless to say, I didn't want anymore after that one...

Not quite sure how else to explain it. Kind of has a plasticky smell/taste, or maybe astrigent, although I'm not quite sure what that tastes like. I have used bleach to sanitize in the past, but switched to oxyclean and starsan this batch. I use bottled water and not tap water. Could there...

I've read that with Biab, you can "batch sparge" by removing the bag from the mash tun and then dunking the bag of grains in 170 degree water, I guess the other portion of the boil water, to rinse the grains. Then remove bag, let it drain, and add the wort from mash tun, then boil away. This...

Can someone explain the difference? New to the whole all grain thing, trying to get into it. would these methods of sparging differ if doing Biab?

I usually spray my hydrometer down with starsan, plop it in bucket, take reading, cover it up. Don't usually take samples to taste until bottling day...

So basically SS IC's are garbage? Or should I say inferior?

Was reading some threads on here, and it occurred to me, could you leave your hydrometer in the beer the whole time it is in primary? Or even after the major fermentation is done. I'd imagine during main phase of fermentation, the hydrometer would be covered in gunk, but lets say a week or so...

Boiling with all that copper tubing doesn't impart some metallic flavors? Is a stainless steel Ic better? I'm sure it doesn't matter, since everyone does it, but just wondering...

Bottled it this weekend. Color is still way off. Looks almost like a bud light in color, though hazier. Might be slightly darker, like a blonde ale. I wonder what happened???

Yah, ill order a new siphon ASAP, but I'm worried about my brew being ruined. I guess it's too late for anything, its bottled and finished. But I guess I can expect cardboard taste if it is oxidized?

So is it possible i oxygenated the beer and will see off flavors?

So just racked and bottled my trappist ale that has been in primary for 3 weeks. It has been tasting and smelling good, was super psyched, until now. I think I oxygenated it while racking to bottling bucket. About 4/5th's of the way down, I started noticing tiny bubbles floating backwards...

I'd be completely happy with those reading. Even new lme cans don't always get that low. Look at other threads about people's kit lme brews stalling at 1.020 fg....

I see a top heavy rooster...what do you see?

Can I just throw some hop pellets in and let them do their thing? Like a .5 oz? Will this cause too much gunk while siphoning?