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Get yourself a chest freezer and a temperature control ( Johnson or Ranco & go digital) and you'll never look back. Total control of temperature during fermentation is really key. You can also cold crash and use it as a kegerator as well.

I always make it a rule that my 5 gal. batches end up as 5.25 gals. in the fermenter. You'll lose some due to sediment come bottling time. Call it greed. You should have used less priming sugar. I used to use 4.5 oz sugar for 5 gals. You should have used about 3.6 oz priming sugar(boiled in...

Brewed it! Turned out great! Mellow with a nice grapefruit bite.

That's a great dog name. My kids & wife are on me...I get to name it...just brewed my 2nd AG brew: Simcoe IPA. WOW! It won't last.

The only things i will tweak are i will do a 90 min boil as i am told and have read that the extra boil time will remove unwanted tannins and grainy flavor. I will also use Whitelabs California Ale 001 (which i harvested from my conical last batch...scared, first time trying) with a starter...

Brew day tomorrow. Doing your recipe, my second all grain brew. Ready for another 8 hour fist fight.:drunk: I'll let you know how it turns out.:mug:

Bought a conical and was wondering if the more experienced fermenters could advise when to dump and/or harvest. I do not intend to harvest my first batch (baby steps). I use a sanitized 5 gallon paint strainer to remove alot of the hops and trub after the wort is chilled. I go from brew pot to...

2 weeks in the bottle? I'll probably be using cooper's carb. drops, half might go into a pig.

My first and probably last (because of comparison, others seem fresher, no shelf time) brew was Brewer's Best Irish Stout. It took about 40 hours for the ferm. to start, I was freaking out. I knew I did everything right...and then it just happened. Good luck.

Okay, I've read up on it and know it's deal. (it's all about the yeast y'all) My question is a little more vendor specific. The Austin Homebrew Session Beers, short ferm time, quick to the bottle... a little lite on the quality side? Mind you, mine is in transit as I type, this is a question not...

Yeah he's actually a good guy he would just razz me a little, tell me leave it alone everything is fine. Keeping in mind this is my very first batch. I just want to play with my new toy. But from what Chudz says his directions had a F.G. of 1.017-1.020, i guess it's done. It looks like beer and...

If i go to myLHBS and ask him for some diastatic enzymes he's gonna yell at me and tell me to keep it simple...but yes i do want to lower my FG. Obviously never used amylase the word or product how much is needed? Will it effect the taste or just the gravity? Learning, learning, learning.:ban:

Hey! Been lurking for a while and waiting for my first brew to do it's thing. Brewed on nov. 9th, racked to secondary on the 15th. My O.G. was 1.050 and at racking to secondary was at 1.020 and still at 1.020. I'm thinking it's done. Brewers Best Irish Stout, no F.G. in the directions. ABV%...