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+1 on this. I just use homegrown hops for flavoring and aroma.

The biggest Irish Red I've ever tryed was 6.5%, but I love Irish Reds and high abvs. Have you ever tryed an Irish Red that big? I would love to try it! Anyway, after brewing for some years I realized that friends and family usually prefer (Is it sayd that way? I don't speak English) low abv beers.

It's ok, forget about it for three weeks. Too much care increases the risk of infection.

We will see, Just tell us how it is when you drink it. I always boiled priming sugar but maybe It was just a waist of time.

Before I knew I could make beer I was already sold.:rockin:

What the Hell!!! (I don't speak English so Idon't know if this is the right saying) Your first bacht and you're answer looks like Reevys' !!!:rockin: Ok, It seems that there is no experimental answer for this so I would say that... If you use a bag for your grains and your hops there is no...

I was wondering if any of you found any improvement in filtering your wort when pouring it in the fermenter. I never filter it and I don't even worry about leaving all the sediment from the boil inside the pot. I always thought that all inside the pot should go inside the fermenter. Prost!

And is it necesary to use a blow-off tube, or will an airlock be enough?

I've used both, no diference noticed. Now I always use Bottled water, so I don't spend time boiling and chilling my top off water.

I will try, but here we don't have LHBS, actually till I found this forum I didn't even know that those places existed, anyway I will ask my "dealer" if they can get some of that "stuff". Right Revvy, I didn't want to be the first to talk about that, but I thought the same: Sounds...

Good afternoon here (I'm far away from Portland) How long has your beer been in the bottles? I think two weeks fermenting is not enough time, most of us here let it sit in the fermenters for at least one month and 3-4 weeks in the bottles (I always give it 4 weeks in primary fermenter and 4...

My house pipes must be so sanitized that you can drink directly from the bowl with no risk of infection.

Another engineer here (Structures), all my brewing kamaradas are engineers too (except my gilfriend). I think It can count. I'm a musician, It can count, :rockin:

I just used it twice whith big beers (OG higher than 1080 for me), and cause I didn't leave enough headspace in my bucket. Just used the first 3 days. 99% of the times I just use the airlock. Never had a mess.

I had never seen this chart before. I think it's great. Thanks COLObrewer

I've done it several times, sanitize an hermetic plastic 0'5 litre box (don't know how this is called in English) an fill it with bottled water. Freeze it night before brewing. If you can't get your temps down fast enough it's a good solution. I stopped using this but just because now i don't...

I'm sure I will never find Kreamy-X where I live :mad: so I better think It really does'nt work.

I usually pitch in the afternoon, that night, before going to bed I go to the beer and say "good night" and give her a kiss, next morning I go tell her "good morning" and give her another kiss. After that I won't see her in a month till bottling day.

30 here too....

I always use this when there is not a big amount of grain: http://www.controladores.net/tienda_fmas/catalog/catalog/images/a_rodillo.jpg Cheap, silent, easy to clean and you can get the exact crushing you want. I saw it on this web : Basic Brewing™ : Home Brewing Beer Podcast and...