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I dump it... and by that I mean I gift the rest to whomever drinks it. I have some friends with bad beer taste.

So living in Portland has made it somewhat hard to be original with Portland themed ideas. Luckily no brewery that I am that aware of uses Mount Hood. Ive been playing with colors on this general idea for a while and I wanted to get some feedback. Initially I felt it wasn't good enough and...

And one more question: My kit came with 11.5g of dry yeast. I know I'm not supposed to make a starter for dry yeast. But given the high gravity of this beer, is one package enough to ferment it properly?

How long does this beer take to condition? The instructions I have say 21 days primary, 70 days secondary. Just want to see what the consensus was for conditioning this beer, or are those numbers pretty accurate?

Thank you! You have been super helpful! I'll give it a shot.

So if I have an electric stove and a 20qt (5 gal) stockpot. What is the max boil I should go for? One beer I had it pretty full (let's say 5 gal). But it never truly boiled. Obviously my next step is to invest in some sort of propane burner. But for now... 3 gal maybe?

Awesome thanks! Just for future reference. Is there any sort of "common rule" when figuring out how much extract to boil for 60 min and how much to put in the late addition. Say if I just had 5 pounds of extract to boil, would I do like 2 pounds to start and the 3 at the end?

From what I'm reading, holding off on a lot of the extract reduces some of the potential "burnt extract taste". My questions are: 1) Does this mostly apply to lighter beers or will I notice a difference with this stout? 2) Is the recipe making adjustments for that already? Or should I alter it...

I've been doing some searching but nothing is answering my question. I plan on doing late addition with my extract. I have an imperial stout kit from northern brewer. It's saying in the recipe: 6lb dark extract for 60 minute boil. And an additional lb dark extract for the last 15 minutes. Is...

No. ABV is the difference between your starting gravity and your final gravity reading. Basically, when the yeast ferment sugars, they make alcohol. To get a higher ABV, you need more sugars (more grains and such) at the beginning, and yeast that is strong enough to ferment them. You will notice...

I live in one of the best places in the world for craft brews. I drink them a lot. Deschutes, Rogue, HopWorks, Bridgeport... So many to drink with so little time. But its my love for these quality beers that got me into home brewing.

just simply based on cleaning, I think I want to buy a bucket for my next brew. I hate cleaning my carboy. Plus, like it was said above, I don't need to see my beer all of the time.

iBrewMaster on iPad.

If you want the cheapest starting point, and have room in a fridge. You can buy a CO2 tank, CO2 lines, Keg, Beer line, and a picnic tap and use it that way out of a standard fridge for a while. I then built my own kegerator after using that setup for a while. A good way to get your feet wet.

Current it 6 LBS of Dark Malt Syrup for 60 minutes and 6 LBS of Dark Malt Syrup for the last 15 minutes. However, when I played around with it (such as adding 1 Lb for the first 60 and the rest at the end) I'm still getting the same hop utilization. Ill do some searching though, because I've...

I think I spend around $300 for my kegging setup. I bought a chest freezer on craigslist for about $60. Painted it with chalkboard paint and build a wooden collar for maybe $30 (paint, varnish, wood, screws, sealant). I also had to buy a thermostat (to regulate the freezer temperature) which...

So in using a new Beer program on the iPad I came across two questions that I would like to know. 1) I am going to be making an extract brew from Northern Brewer. It is an Imperial Stout (7.99%). It uses Summit Hops for the full 60 minute boil and gets an estimated IBU of 81.93. Is that high...

I had the same thing happen to a red, it was my second brew and you know what I forgot to do? When I topped it off to make it 5 gal, I forgot to shake it up. So I was taking readings out of the water I topped off with, instead of the mixture. Which gave me a super low reading. I mixed it up and...

Someone will add to it if I'm missing something, but I use: - Boil Pot (5 gal or higher - stainless steel) - Stainless Steel spoon - Mesh Bag (for steeping grains) - Thermometer (for getting correct steeping temp) - Hydrometer + Graduated cylinder (for taking SG and FG measurements) - Blow off...