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Well, finally got around to trying the beer after 4 weeks in the bottles at room temp (roughly 70 - 75 in my condo). I bottled directly from the bucket after letting the trub clear from the spigot. Beer coming through the wand was clear after an initial cup or so of trub. I invited my buddy...

It is what it is I guess. I dig their beers though I've gotten bored with their IPA since it is on tap seemingly EVERYWHERE in the bay area. Their cappuccino stout is one of my favorites along with gnarly wine and hop stoopid. Even more awesome when I can get their bombers for 5.99 when most...

Pretty sure everyone has covered this but, hey, my two cents is worth... maybe half that right? I don't take Aspirin or Ibuprofin as I'm pretty sure my liver has it bad enough as is. I do find that making sure I drink some water while I'm drinking helps. I've also definitely found a glass of...

I blame Dogfish Head for this. While I'm not sure I'd have gone off the deep end with my first brew (currently bottle conditioning) I do appreciate that the guy helping me pick out my first recipe took on look at my Pliny the Elder shirt and said "you're not allowed to try that for your first...

Well crap. I've been avoiding beer during the week as an exercise in reducing my waistline and I tend to go well beyond the 5 drink a day limit on the weekend. Sounds like I should look into sipping some Whiskey each night and reeling in my weekends a bit. I just love beer so much though... --...

Ah, good point I suppose it would be. Thanks! -- Nathan

I'm a noob, so this very well may be a dumb question, but wouldn't this risk introducing oils from the bean which would impact the head of the beer? I'm following all these coffee threads closely as I'd like to brew a black coffee IPA or a coffee stout in the near future, once I get my...

I definitely drink my share of IPAs as I enjoy the hope flavor, the bite and the generally higher ABV. I also like porters, stouts and most anything that starts with imperial. Barelywines are quite fun as well as long as I don't have anything to get up to that evening. Got a gift certificate...

Searching Google for answers to a bunch of noob (still a noob) questions around my first brew. Now I'm here everyday reading the new threads. Great forum. -- Nathan

You could fit my Condo in that basement 3 times. Damn. -- Nathan

Downside of bottling in 24oz bottles is that opening one is a bigger commitment, otherwise I'd probably follow this. Everything I've read says stouts will do better the longer they condition so I'm happy to let these ride. I do look forward to cracking one open and (hopefully) enjoying my first...

Thanks All, Sounds like I'll just ignore them till around mid September or so and then see where things are at. -- Nathan

Good questions on details I left out. The FG for this beer was 1.016 and had been that way for well over a week (I had to go on vacation and ran out of time to bottle before I left). After the first gravity reading I'd even moved the bucket up onto a table and given it a light swirl to see...

First time brewer here, so I'm probably overly nervous. I bottled on Sunday with the help of a friend (I filled, he capped) and everything went nice a smooth thanks to the advice I found in Revy's thread. I pulled a few bottles out last night to take a peek and using a flashlight (this is a...

From what I have read temp control is the most important during the first few days of fermentation when the yeast are most active. It seems like the suggestion is actually to raise the temp of the beer as fermentation finishes (around a week or two) to help with any remaining attenuation. Given...

I'm lucky enough to have a dual ring burner on my gas stove, I've only done one batch but it seems to get the job done with 3 gallons at a rolling boil. -- Nathan

Definitely learned a lot by screwing up this round! Given I came out with a drinkable (if a bit low ABV) beer, I'm considering that a win. My brother will be visiting in October so I'm planning to brew with him then. If I'm lucky these will have aged reasonably well so we'll have something to...

Well it's definitely done now, checked gravity tonight and it's the same 1.021. Took a sample to taste and it tastes like a stout, body is a bit light (if that's a thing) but of course it's warm and flat. Didn't taste anything noticeably off, at least nothing that will prevent me from drinking...

I've only done one brew so far (still fermenting) and I didn't have a chiller. I opted for an ice bath in the sink. After I was done I scooped up as much of it as I could into a bucket and used it to water the plants around the house the following day. My car is nearing maximum dirt, I may have...

If I had to guess (which is all a noob like me can really do) I supposed I could have gotten more unfermentables than expected from the partial mash, I dipped it in an out (didn't squeeze) per instruction before removing it from the kettle. That said I'd guess I pitched the yeast a bit on...