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Yeah I've followed hockey for quite some time... He's behind a great D and Crawford is going to take the lion's share of games, I think he'll be fine. Just my opinion... Anyway there's no way bowman would pay for Bryz as a backup and I'm short on other names that would be better.. One year...

Please! I've been wanting to try BiAB for awhile, never considered doing a smaller batch for some reason.

Roger thanks for the advice. Ill have to do some one gallon batches since I've been doing extract with specialty grains and only have a 5 gal kettle. Ill have to research some simple recipes now!

So you did one grain at a time per brew, or you changed one grain at a time and used the rest of the recipe as your controlled variables?

Nah he's a solid pick up for a back up. He has more than enough in the tank to fulfill that role. With the defensive core the Hawks have he just has to be decent. Would have liked to get him a tad cheaper but could be worse.

Evenin'. I've been wanting to get a better understanding of malt profiles and the flavor they give, so I can pick up a given brew and be able to discern the different flavor profiles it contains. As well as have a solid foundation of recipe fundamentals when I switch to all grain eventually...

Will probably take awhile for fermentation to take off but since its already all done with might as well wait and see, I've read lots of horror stories and while definitely not a good scenario... Could luck out.

Only the bittering hops are in the DME. The flavoring and aroma hops will be added towards the end. So the bitterness will be the same no matter when I add it? I'm making a Scottish ale so the color doesn't really matter, gonna be dark either way.

Great thank you. The thought had never occurred to me before now. Time to get started! :mug:

Hey- I'm about to brew and had a quick question. I've been doing late additions when I add my extract, but I've been ordering from Midwest so I've been using LME. This kit from my LHBS uses DME with the bittering hops included, and I have no idea how that will affect hop utilization/flavor if I...

How silly of me. I poured from a bottle that got a hairline fracture in the capping, not my pre-siphon hydrometer sample. Duh. Well assuming that's my issue I'm still curious how its 'supposed' to taste. I feel dumb.

Hello, just bottled my first attempt at an IPA, the Ferocious IPA Midwest extract kit, and was wondering if anyone else had made this recently. I ask because I set a sample aside, chilled it, and it tastes way sweeter than I imagined it would after all that 'hop overload' type advertising. Never...

Let it sit another two weeks at least. Gives the beer time condition and the yeast time to clean up after itself. Time only helps beer :) oh and definitely get a hydrometer, then you'll really know when fermentation is complete, not likely after two days.

I've been told that squeezing steeping grains isn't really an issue, just a myth. I do it. But I'm sure you'll get different opinions on that.

I've been doing roughly 5 liters. Too much I think.

Looks like something I could handle. Based on your experience, what usually does it for you for a 64-68 range? I know there are other factors, just curious. Edit: better question would be do you find their rule of thumb to be fairly accurate?

Ugh. So I didn't want to add another fermentation temp thread, but I wanted to hear from those of you who use the fermentation cooler from Cool Brewing for a few tips. I'm fairly new still, and have read a million and one threads about the importance of temp control, setups, variations based on...

With my first few batches I got it in my head that I would add brown sugar to everything because it upped the ABV a little, and based on my experience and advice I got here its best to leave it out unless its part of the recipe. Just adding it in can add off flavors like you described, it did...

It's all over for you now! Absolutely addicting :) I think my wife regrets getting me that beginner's kit last Christmas haha best present ever.

Flat Tire pumpkin ale for the first time; pretty good, though why it's out on August 5 I don't know.