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Good to see a fellow enthusiast in my neck of the woods (near ABE airport). I just fired up a Fat Tire clone the other night. I'm glad I did befor this colder weather hit. If you do want to go with a larger boil get a chiller. The introduction of a propane burner followed closely by a chiller...

10 days is super short for an imperial. Yes, you can wait. It won't harm anything and will allow for the yeast to continue to work on your beer. I've had imperials in the fermentation bucket for 60 days and others on this site have let them sit for months with no ill effect.

If you are using a starter kit from a local homebrew store, you shaould already have a peice of tubing that came with your auto syphon. It is the exact size you need and works perfectly.

Hyrule Helles

Triforce Triple hasn't come up yet!?

You should read Palmer's book. He actually suggests doing this. You shouldn't harm your beer at all.

:off: Was Red Green even broadcast outside of Canada and MI? Holy crap I haven't seen that show in a long time.

It's a social gathering with beer! I'd go to a lactation meeting if there was promise of beer. or cake for that matter. The social aspect doesn't even come into play.

You can use the oven or the dry cycle on your dish washer. I don't know the exact temps you need to hit, but both are capable of sanitization.

Male dominated, especially at the LHBS. My wife is easily 60% of the driving force that makes me brew though. If I hear "Well it's good, but not as good as your Belgian." I might scream. She would be doing the brewing if I wasn't. I do think it is a generational thing too. Looking at my family...

Lowe's/Home Depot has pretty much every conection joint in their plumbing department that you could think of. I've got a garden hose attachment, kitchen sink attachment and a quick connect coupling attachment. Head there and you should be all set.

The aluminum fryer option is really great, but only to an extent. First off, Aluminum is totally fine to brew in. It doesn’t impart flavors nor does it cause Alzheimer’s. That is all BS, just be sure to season the pot before using it. Aluminum is a great way to save money and a load...

You might want to look into a larger pail for your next batch. 1"-2" of space will be taken up easily by krausen, you're going to run into this for pretty much EVERY batch you make. Invest $12 for a 6 or 6.5gal bucket. It will make your life easier.

No tthat it matters now, but what size is your fermentor vs the size of your batch? 5 gal in a 6.5 gal bucket?

The Mr Beer website has a lot of recipes for all of their hopped extracts. They have a few that mixes more than one of their flavors and they also give ABV estimates. I'd check that first.

Scoop half or so of the cake out with a sanitized spoon and dump your new brew right on top, krausen ring be damned. It hasn't effected taste or clarity on the few I've done. If you pitch onto the whole cake you will likely get an explosive fermentation even at lower gravities. If you are...

Revvy, thanks for quashing the Detroit bashing as quickly as it appeared earlier in the thread. It gets seriously old. My wife grew up down river and I’m from SW MI. I remember driving to Cobo for concerts the instant I turned 18. My wife and I even did a downtown pub crawl for our...

Thanks again. My basement is 77 so this is the best answer for now.

no concert is worth the loss of that much alcohol. especially a jam band like Phish that regularly tours! So sad.

I would try to let this sit a long as you can. A lot of harsh flavors will mellow with time. Pay no mind to the bashing of your recipe. No beer is a waste or failure as long a you learned something from it. That lesson would be that honey and sugar (brown or not) usually come very close to fully...