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I do the split extract as well but I have a couple of questions. On darker brews I'm afraid if I use too much at the end it will turn out lighter than it should so I add probably two thirds preboild and the rest at the end. I never thought of adding the last of the extract at flame out. I'll try...

you'll be pleasantly surprised how much better it will taste with acouple of more weeks conditioning. Patience is a virtue in brewing.

That's a good point about airlock bubbling. Just because you can't see any bubbling doesn't mean fermenting is done. It's just going at a much less active rate and cleaning up itself. I usually do a FG at day 8 to see where it is. If it's done I'll wait 3 days and do a final one to make sure...

also, is there any sediment at the bottom of the bottle?

chilled at least a day?

Im No expert but I check mine at day 8 then day 11 to see if the FG is stable. I'll leave it in the frementor another couple of days after that and then bottle. I try to leave it the fermentor 2 weeks but on lighter stuff I'll bottle after 12 days.

I split my ME up when doing lighter beers. I just did the Irish Red you did, it's in bottles now, and I used about half before boil and half 15 minutes before the boil finishes. I actually boil for an hour even though I have to bring it back up. No compensation for the second ME addition. My...

As far as I know I have to agree that steeping grains from a kit is for color and not for sugars which is gotten from the ME as some have already said.

My neighbor came home from work when I was brewing and came over to see what I was doing. After some chit chat I offered him a brew. He really liked it and got interested. Unfortuantly for him he works long hours so he asked If he bought what I needed to make another batch if I'd do it. I did...

I've only got 5 batches done but I've done 4 using tap water and tried one using purified drinking water and couldn't detect any difference. Of course I have a whole house filtration system so that may be why

ok, I'll just keep on keeping then. Thanks

agreed. Co2 has a pretty low boiling point so even at 45 degrees you lose a lot to atmosphere when you pop the cap. No foaming at that temp but I imagine a lot of co2 loss. It is, though absorbed into the liquid even at room temp because of the air tight enviroment. It comes out pretty quickly...

Ok, thanks. I usually don't get the grain in until about 110 since I too get the burner going and then do some other stuff before I get to it. i think you're right on either way being ok and I'll go with that unless someone else comes up with a reason not too

you probably could skip a sanitation step but hey, it sure doesn't hurt anything to do it the way you have been. Since the dishwasher is pretty much labor free sanitizing that's a good one to keep if you want to cut down on your time

I was wondering if it makes any difference if you put you grain in and then bring the temp up to about 155 or bring it up to 155 and then put them in the boil pot. I've been doing it the first way and want to see if I'm doing it wrong.

that's my solution to the storage problem. Store them in you stomach quickly

I too don't find bottling a pain. I put on a ball game, get set up and bottle all in less than an hour, not counting sanitizing which I do the day before. After reading revvy's thread I have used a lot of his tips that have made it much easier. Plus I guess learning from experience and getting a...

water bath in a cooler here. It does keep the temp more constant using the cooler and you don't have to micro manage you ice bottles either.

+1 I also bottle from the spigot with a bottling wand and I haven't seen any difference than with a siphon. I've noticed Nottingham floculates really well also which is good with the spigot being about an inch and a half above the bottom of the bucket.

I get flame out because I can't regulate the burner to keep a constant temp at 150-155. I let it go up to about 160 then kill it until it gets back down to 150, relight and finish steeping and then up to boil. It's not the breeze it's the low flow for that temp. I have fabricated a wind shield...