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Well Dammit, your way seems far less complicated. I'll be making those changes on my next brew day. The stick on temp gauge on my fermenter has been reading 60-62 on this batch the whole time. For this yeast (nottingham) that is on the lower end of ideal, I believe. Just wondering if I should...

Thats what I have been reading, so a squeezing I went. I was more worried about my Mash out temp being too high and extracting tannins there.

Yesterday I did my first BIAB, although I definitely had some issues, I am HOOKED. I did full volume no sparge. ( I think) Recipe: 7 lb 2 row 2 lb munich(light) 10L 1.75lb crystal 40L .75 lb Carapils .5 lb euro carvienne 1.25 oz cascade @60 1 oz cascade @ 10 1.75 oz cascade @0 My...

Feels like I did a lot this weekend. Did my first BIAB (an Amber) and bottled my last kit batch, an english pale. Unfortunately I also drank the last of my keg. I am out of HB for 2 weeks.:(

Excellent. Thanks

I am definitely not an expert BUT the first prob I see is that the water was 98*. Everything I have seen so far says to rehydrate in 70-80* water. Also, getting the yeast down to wort temp provides less "shock" to the yeast but as long as the yeast is still alive (not rehydrated at too high a...

I have looked around the forum a bit. ( granted, probably not as in depth as I could or should have) I have seen some of the partial mash stuff, including some great how to's. Is the partial mash the same thing as Brew in a bag? I would think the brew in a bag is a complete mash, no extract...

Stoked to see Jim is back with Pennywise. I am buying tickets to see them here in Seattle in late Feb. on a side note....although 20$ ain't bad for a show these days, it makes me miss when I would go see them and NOFX, Bad Religion, etc. for 5 or 10 at the max. I remember refusing to go see...

Planning on doing this recipe tomorrow. Never done LME always DME. Any tips or differences I should be aware of? Also, Ive always done 4 gallons to begin with, steep specialty grains and add the dME to that,Boil 60 then dump the wort into the primary with the other 2 gal. Is that too much...

Just started doing this for the first time on a batch of mikes caramel cider. My first few bottles were the bigger swing top bottles. (1 ltr maybe?) I used a plastic soda bottle so I knew my pressure. 2 out of the three bottles were fine but after the water bath, during cooling, 1 bottle blew...

Started 11 days ago, just took a sample, I'm at FG-1.014 SG=1.064 i'm thinking 1 or 2 more days till bottling time. It already tastes good, can't wait till its all ready. Question about the soda bottle tester- Ive never done this. Just fill it up 3/4? I read somewhere to squeeze all the air...

Oh and the amount of juice I was not able to add was about 3 quarters of a 96 ounce bottle

Well i went for it, a couple minor f ups. I thought i had a 6 gallon carboy but was rudely reminded while pouring in the juice that it was only a 5 gallon. 2 lbs dextrose had already been added so I filled as much as possible, strapped on a blow off tube and waited. To my surprise it didn't blow...

Just called the lhbs. The yeast is called coopers ale yeast

Thanks! I've kept it between 60-65 the whole time. I can't remember the name of the yeast. I know it was a gold package and said something to the effect of basic ale yeast. I will make sure to notate the yeast name in my notes from now on.

On Friday I brewed a kit from the lhbs. (kangaroo ale-Australian style bitter) og of 1.061. It was super active for the first 2 days, to the point of blowing all the water out of my airlock twice but then subsided to only bubbling every 2 minutes or so. Is it normal for it to calmed that much...

I plan on switching to stars and as soon as the iodophore runs out. It came with the kit I bought so I figured I would use till its gone

I have been using an "extra" bucket fermenter to mix up and store my sanitizer (iodophore) for the past few times. It now has a slight yellow tinge everywhere. Is it still Ok to use it as a primary?

I went out and picked up "how to brew" Really good book. However this first batch was already started and can't go back and change things now. Time to roll with the punches. Wierd things are happening. I transferred over to the secondary, as stated above, after 3 days and had a reading of...

I feel dumb. At the same time, I don't do a full boil. I do 4 gallons for the wort and add 2 gallons at chill time or after chill at the ferm.