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I never add water, unless my pre-boil gravity tells me the the OG will be to high, according to my boil-off rate. Otherwise, I let it go and deal with the final volume, whatever it is!

I always used at least half an oz of coriander powder (from grocery store) and never got overpowered flavor/aroma in any of my brews..

just brewed a wheat base for a fruit ale last week-end.. and I'll brew a scotch ale next week-end and pitch on the previous batch yeast cake while racking over the fruits. should be OK for few weeks...!:mug:

+5G Raspberry Wheat +5G Tripel =9190.5

the products look fine but the shipping to Canada is a bit too expensive!

how do you guys control the temperature for a such big fermenter? Using a temp. chamber?

almost the same for me, a winter/holiday ale @ 10%:mug:

I spent around 1000 $ for equipment & ingredients since I started 18 months ago. The only thing I did not count is the electricity. I have a spreadsheet that calculated bills and volumes produced and which show trendings/averages/ etc on graphs.

thank you everyone, I'll keep you informed with the results!

Simply because I missed my OG because I did not boil the wort enough to concentrate it (it seems my oven is getting old and my boiloff rate is decreasing...). My grist has 17% candi sugar already and I'm looking for other fermentables than sucrose because I'm afraid of going above 20%!:confused:

Hi, I want to add pasteurized honey once primary fermentation is [almost] done. My only concern is about mixing the honey into the beer. Would I need to dilute the honey into hot/warm water to reduce its viscosity or should I just dump and stir to mix? Did anyone try to add honey straight...

I did that for my first year of brewing and broke the faucet's thread (was made of cheap plastic). Hopefully I'm not married and we planned to replace the faucet anyway! :cross:

so basically you could brew 4 batches.. it finally worth it, considering 2 new vials cost 10$ each! thanks for that experiment ScrewyBrewer!

Fine, but is only one vial enough to brew one 5-gallon batch or do you need to use more to get a proper starter?

What a VERY nice idea.. love it!:rockin:

Brewing my one-time-a-year 5-gal of Raspberry wheat for my dad's birthday... he's waiting for it for a while now!;)

+5Gal Hefeweizen =42,788

After leaving the beer in the fridge for a week, I can easily poor the precious liquid without losing anything.. the foam (gush) starts 5 seconds after the bottle is opened, so I have enough time to poor into the glass. Using a large chalice glass gives me a 1-inch thick fine bubbles lace that...

what's the difference between your bag method and BIAB?

This is exactly what I was thinking... poor attenuation at fermentation and now it is beeing refermented and gaining a bit of points. Next time I will brew my christmas beer on june to have enough time to naturally carbonate without adding fresh yeast.