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Topping off with pre-boiled or distilled water is fine, I would re-think your process if you are boiling off 75% of your water. It shouldn't overly effect the finished product unless your sugars caramelized during the cook.

Belma APA House Stout HoneyCrisp Apple Cider

5 gallons of Belma APA 2957.5

Tank and regulator sold.

I hate when all my brew is in fermenters.

I recently upgraded my kegerator and have some stuff to get rid of 2.5 lb co2 tank steel out of hydro 20$ obo Regulator old but works, well the pressure gauge does the tank gauge doesn't. 10$ obo Single tap tower, nothing special will include fresh line so you can change it out. 20$ obo...

Sounds like a decent stout, I like that you added in the chocolate and not roasted, I like them to be in balance. The yeast will work fine, I like using Nottingham for stouts, but they are both great yeasts.

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That's awesome, and Congratulations!

A little trick I do is to gently press down on the lid, you should see some bubbles then in the airlock. Towards the end of fermentation things slow down quite a bit and the co2 produced will build up in the headspace and only burp out once every hour or so, unlike active fermentation where its...

If you don't use a muslin bag or a nylon hop bag, it does help to strain after cooking. However, if you don't it will eventually settle into the yeast cake. Really its a matter of preference. I strain, mostly because I sometimes make beers with 9-10 hop additions, and that many little bags would...

If you really want to get that APA taste I would boil the whole batch for 30 minutes. Although it sounds like you have a lot of hops there. I would do a schedule something like this. 25 g southern brew @ 30 14 g cascade @ 15 14 g cascade @ 10 14 g cascade @ 5 14 g cascade @ flameout Sorry for...

To me at least, brewing comes in levels. The first is just the basics, which is mostly cleaning, sanitation, and brewing processes like cooking, fermentation. I would figure out a brew I could make where I could ignore the other variables and focus on the basics. You will learn a lot by simply...

As fun as it is to check, the longer you can wait the better

Your going to have to explain what you mean. Did you mean your gravity was high?

I didn't get it, but my message box was pretty full

Look on craigslist for that Turkey fryer its after Christmas and everyone is going to be getting rid of them.

I think its a great blog and welcome to the obsession, you always want to get bigger and better. I just got a 135000 btu burner from my wife for Christmas and I am going to splurge 50$ on a corny just because this week. There really is no limit to what you can do with this hobby. Wait until you...

I agree completely, I really wish I had prettier stuff, but hey, it gets the job done. I would hate for someone to look at this posting and be discouraged due to cost. Also I have found a wealth of good brewing equipment @ yard sales, flea markets... Etc.

I think it depends on the level of desire and availability of funds. I am young, have 3 small children and not a large paycheck. I built or assembled my equipment using what I had around and what I could get my hands on for a reasonable price. I have spent probably 250-300 bucks and can do 5...