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I love this forum for a lot of reasons. Brewing beer gives me time to prepare for the current batch, the next batch and future batches. Upon reading enough of the 3-3 or 2-1-2 or 4-2 OMG my head was going to explode. Primary no secondary...secondary to free up space....forget that- rack...

My parents live in Schoharie. Id love to brew giants batches of beer up there :)

I like the 4 week primary idea- im just 1 week into my first brew. Going to dry hop week 3- for 1 week- and bottle. Ill be ready for that when the time comes. I expect it to come our great because the advice on the boards here.

plenty of time for the yeasties to clean up shop. No rush- patience:mug:

local active homebrew clubs if any are around etc.

/bump for long island people! Any status on this? Im interested too-

Brewing this as my first- very excited I wish we had a "homebrew law of secondary fermentation" I have to dry hop too. Also dont want to run into grassy flavors and bad hoppification. If I dont fill up the 5 gallon with Apfelwein, than I might try secondary for a week of conditioning...

I guess most of us are in the same boat when it comes to patience. I have lost all of mine. I am day 5 in my brew experience- and I am bursting at the seams right now. I do have something worth a mention... I know its hard to tell whats good and bad and most just need patience- and...

I also only fill my swamp cooler part way. Only 1/2 of my beer is exposed to water- and the fermometer is way above that not in water- and my temperature has been a solid 60F for 5 days. One day it was really hot and moved to 62F - thought I was going to have a breakdown. Temps got...

Id like to fall on the 2-3 week guy thing myself because of my insane impatience.... I bet I could drop that water temperature down even further on my next batch and experiment. I noticed the water stayed ~58 when I had a 2 liter in. I have since stated using only single bottles. Whats...

Going to make an apfelwein- just need to get more glass and I will start fermenting one. She wont like the morning after so much but the night before I am sure will be a ton of fun :rockin:

thanks! Drinking it is. I have time to wait- but heh- I have to know in advance if I am going to be breaking out a specialty class or downing that stuff right from the tube

Good idea? Bad idea? I would assume in a clean star san hydrometer setup- you should be able to thief some beer into the setup- and dump it back in as to not waste all that nice beer. Is there too much risk for airborne bacteria or anything else not good about this practice?

thanks for the feedback. Since its really my first batch, I am nervous. Spent hours and hours sanitizing and going nuts about reading every damn thing that there is. From the looks of things- its just kicking major butt right now and the aroma is very nice when you smell the airlock- and...

In brewing my first ale and I have a nice insulated laundry rope basket doing the job really well. I have a room temp of about 80ish-f but my swamp cooler "water" is steady at 60f. The fermometer when the primary is in the water is around 62 I want to say. Im scared that its too close to the...

after the wort is chilled, you should pour the wort into your primary- and try to leave as much sludge behind. Is that technically called trub yet? I dont think so but you get the point. Whatever gets in will get in- and when you go from primary to bottle bucket assuming you do, you wont...

yea man. drop the hammer. step away from the bathtub. leave the beer- it is safe :tank: My delivery is going to be in 2 days from now. Expected it today. Im about to start blowing bubbles from my airlock....

Make them wait! I'm sure the experience will be better for all

make a swamp cooler next time! They are really cheap and I am pretty certain most people here like the results. Nurture your baby. Bathe her in water, cool her down, refresh with bottles of ice and a little bleach to keep the water smelling fresh. Im about to brew my first batch in 20...

Hello Everyone I am brewing my first batch since about 20 years ago. I made only one batch back then but nonetheless, I am back. :D I am brewing an IPA that asks for 60-72f temperature during fermentation. I am looking at getting a swamp cooler going with a large laundry basket- but...