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:mug: Well, it is done, I have moved the Double IPA into the keg, have it chilled and I am force carbonating at this very moment. I couldn't help myself, I hooked up the line and poured myself a small sample, and I am very very happy with it. Absolute hop monster, nice clean clear golden...

Ok, two questions I am hoping to get help with. First, is there going to be an issue with a batch if has been fermenting while about a half gallon or so short on water. I must have misread my gauge when adding water to the fermenter from the boil pot, because I am most certainly not at 5...

Thanks there Bob. I checked the web site for White Labs, it says the attenuation for the yeast I used is 73-80%. Also, it got me wondering - the helper at the FLBS said since there is so much sugar in this thing, I should pitch 2 tubes of yeast. So I did. What kind of effect will all that...

Maybe you can help me with this. I had seen another post about letting the hydrometer tell you when a beer is done. Is this referring to getting to the anticipated final SG and then racking into the secondary? Or is there some other level that will indicate finished fermentation?

So should I give it more time in the primary, or rack off to the secondary and let it sit, so I can then clear my primary for a new batch?;)

We'll have to see what the final SG is, the sheet calls for 1.016, after a week in primary and a week in secondary. So if I had hit the numbers they had the final ABV would be just shy of 9.5. If I hit that final SG with the starting SG I had, it is just over 10!:D Hopefully it will come...

Good to hear! I did mix the water and wort, but more by a vigorous pour rather than stirring. So it could be that it wasn't mixed enough. We shall see in time!

It wasn't the priming sugar. After the sparge, it called for the 9lbs of extract and the pound of sugar, then kick up the boil and start hopping.

So my "first" (at least since getting back in to brewing after many years)batch of beer is in the primary. I felt pretty good about it, did a mini mash of a double IPA recipe from Austin Homebrew Supply. While there were a few I guess you could say operational differences from how I...

Hey thanks for the responses! I will join up with the local group just to keep up with what is happening. Cheers! :D

Hello there! Well I am pretty excited to get back into Home Brewing. Been a long time, but I still sorta remember how to do things, and hopefully what I find here will help fill in the blanks. A buddy of mine and I dropped some coin at the HB store here today to get all the gear we needed, and...

Once quick google search, and here I am!