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I'll have to drink it quick then... rats. :)

So I am looking to give this brew a shot this weekend. I decided to go with Omega Labs DIPA Ale yeast rather than the 1318 London III after a long, hard inner-battle. Everything else I plan on keeping the same. One major difference I am doing is I plan on bottling this rather than kegging...

Also curious on this.. I am in WI.

Tried my first bottle tonight.. Pretty damn tasty. After thinking about it, I'm kind of glad the ABV dropped down to ~6%... Makes it more of a sessionable beer. Pretty happy with this recipe, I will enjoy it this summer for sure!

Spark plug, thanks for the advice... I gave it a swirl about a week ago, unfortunately my FG ended up being 1.020 said and done, sat at that for about a week. Bottled it on Friday, I'm going to give it a taste tomorrow out of one of my sampler bottles.. Like you said above, it tasted great flat...

Took another reading, its at 1.024 now. So obviously, its steadily going down. Today the temperature upstairs finally hit 70* (its been cold and rainy here in WI). What would you guys suggest I do? Leave it sit in the secondary for another week or so? I plan on checking the gravity every 2-3...

Yooper, I dry hopped on Sunday already.. I should have waited on second thought, but I thought the gravity might drop over the last week. Orangemen, you are correct, my mash temp was way too high. That's good to know or at least have an idea of what to expect. It sucks I missed my point, but it...

Just took a reading now, and it looks like its at about 1.026. Should I haul it upstairs to the 70* then? I am *supposed* to bottle Sunday, if I follow the directions.. Should I delay bottling, and if so for how long? I must say, however this beer turns out, it still tastes damn good.. Took...

Alright, thanks for the advice. What kind of temp are you thinking? I had it going 62-63* for the first 2 weeks, right now its at a perfect 65*. If I brought it upstairs, its been around 70*, but being in WI, are temps are all over the damn place right now :D

Well, I just dry hopped mine on Sunday, so I have about a week before bottling. This will be my 4th brew, but this one was the one I ran into the most issues with, and I'm a little worried on how this one will turn out. My biggest regret is that I did not have a yeast starter. Kind of my own...

Just tried this last night.. im liking it! Made the giants/49ers game a little easier to watch ;)

I have some extra plastic buckets and lids but I haven't decided if I want to ferment in buckets rather than glass... I know I will get all kinds of opinions from that response but I've done some research and im about 50/50 on yes and no. Sometimes it comes down to personal preference. Ill take...

Welcome! Should have checked out your thread sooner, just posted a similar one. Btw, I am from the La Crosse area, nice to see a fellow Wisconsinite! I am also a fan of New Glarus.. That Smoked beer they had during the summer was awesome! Happy Brewing! I just did my first Brewer's Best kit of...

Revvy, thanks for that information, I really appreciate it. I will be sure to read your additional links of info. You just made a local store a sale tomorrow :D. I've been thinking of picking up a turkey baster after reading about other people using them, but you just gave me that extra push...

I have my beers for every occasion. I can enjoy a casual lager and hit the high gravity IPAs and Porters in times of duress, with everything inbetween. Thankfully I am a lover of beer and have a hard time throwing away anything that might not tickle my taste buds; even if I don't like it I'll...

Thanks again for the help. I guess I've just presumed its not good to open the seal on the fermenter that often, after reading your responses I am guessing it isn't that harmful? Is the airtight seal primarily used to keep bacteria out and to prevent over-oxidization? Maybe I read too many...

Do kits make any difference on turn around time vs. an all grain, or partial mash?

Thanks. Do the time increments between bubbling in the air lock relate to the stage its at in fermentation or is it not a good idea to use that as an indicator at all? When I took a reading last week and it was at 1.016 it was still releasing bubbles every 20-30 seconds, from what I've read its...

Hope this topic hasn't been beaten to death.. I didn't search very hard, but been reading here for a couple weeks or so and haven't seen much about it.. Just made another thread about how I just brewed my first brew - a Brewer's Best IPA kit. As soon as I bottle that, my carboy will be...

Hello all, just brewed my first beer a couple weeks ago. It was a Brewer's Best IPA kit. Everything went smoothly, got it into the 6.5 glass carboy fine after the boil, ran into an unexpected foam over that actually blew the lid off the air lock but managed to handle it alright.. That was really...