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I read that whole hops are better at the bottom and that hop pellets on the top?

I'm using a bucket. I can lift out the bag gently I suppose

Hi all. I dry hopped my primary last night, I used marbles to which I thought was heavy enough to pull the hops down but it is floating on top. Any advise on weather I could rich my bag out and add more weight? All sanitised of course. I've used whole hops. Thanks

Thanks for the advise. Like I said it will be my first partial so I want to make it as easy as possible so I'll prob wait and then get a bigger pot. Thanks

Cheers people. It seems that a 4 or 5 gal is best suited. I have a gas stove. Having a burner and doing it in the garden is not an option as in England it rains a lot lol. Also as I'm researching as much about partial boiling before I go ahead, I see u need 1 quart per 1 lb of grains so if I'm...

Thanks for the help people but I'm from England and they seem to be a bit more expensive here. I'll keep on looking

I haven't really got the money to buy a bigger pot so was hoping I could do it in the one I got. It would be a partial. I might give it a go and see how it turns out, then maybe get a bigger pot. Cheers people

Hi all, what is the smallest size brewing pot I can get away with for doing a partial extract? I currently have a 2gallon pot? Would this do?

I'm recently new to brewing and I found YouTube a very good place learn. Craigtube has some good videos on adding hop teas and steeping grains as a partial extract. Steeping pre weighed grains and adding LME is my next step. Good luck.

I do want to get into partial mash but I think I'll take my time and find a good kit to do, then once I get the hang of that I'll move on. Cheers people. This seems to be a great resource and has helped me so far

It's a shiremaker kit. 1.7kg LME, 1kg dextrose. 5 gallon batch. OG 1052 FG 1008. Bottled after 7 days at 24c (75f aprox). It's not a well known kit. Maybe I'll stick to the well known kits. I got a coopers ipa on ATM. Will be dry hopping too

Cheers I'll leave it then. It tastes like beer but seems a bit watery but don't no weather thats because its not ready yet?

Hi all. I just opened a bottle of my 3rd batch and to say I'm disappointed is a understatement. It has been sitting for two weeks to clear in the bottles. It has a puffft when opening so I assume it's carbonated. It has no head retention at all. It seems very watery light in body and is very...

Well I'm from England and want to experience a more American style ipa if possible.

Hmmm. I might do half my batch with the enhancer and half with carb drops and see if there's any difference

My little boy is too young to help ATM but he loves to go into the cupboard under the stairs where my fermenter is and laughs at the air lock bubbling away! He gets so much amusement from it lol

Love this thread. :)

I used card drops for my 1st three brews. I have some DME left over from a batch I'm currently fermenting. Would it be ok to use the DME as priming agent? It is a brew enhancer which is 50/50 DME/dextrose. And I'm brewing a IPA

I de label bottles but it can be time consuming. I might just skip this now as I'm the only person who drinks out of them. It whats on the inside that counts!

Good luck on ur 1st batch