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Hi all, I just came back from my LHBS with ingredients for my second brew ever which I plan to start this weekend. I took a recipe for an extract based vanilla bourbon stout that I found in the forums and adapted for what was available at my LHBS and the fact that I am doing a partial (~3.5G)...

Hi all, My first brew has been in the fermentor for a week now (simple Brewers Best weissbier kit), and I am starting to think about the next brew. I have taken a BrewToad recipe (https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/bourbon-vanilla-stout) and started to play with it in Brew Smith. Attached is my...

As an update... Fermentation has died down quiet a bit, replaced blowoff with stamdard airlock with star san Took a sample and am siting at~73F, which is only slightly above the max temp range. Although, I am sure during the vigorous fermentation it was likely higher. I have knocked the temp...

Thanks. I will definitely keep this in mind for future batches. Living in a colder climate (ambient basement temp is about 60F) I was quite worried with keeping the fermentor at the "right" temperature. In hindsight, I likely would have been better off leaving the carboy untouched in the...

Thanks for the fast reply. To confirm, I did set my fermentation temp within, albeit at the maximum of, the fermentation temperatures. What I failed to adjust for was the difference between internal and external carboy temperatures. The fact that this delta can be 5-10F is really what causes me...

Hello all, I am brand new to brewing and the forum, so apologies in advance as I am sure this is a question frequently asked... I did my first brew on the weekend, started with the training wheels and did the Brewer's Best Weissbier kit. The brew went fine, however My OG was quite high (1.061...