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I went of the crazy train right after I started brewing AG. I used a Mr beer hefe kit with raspberries and some other stuff and it was pretty watered down tasting. Needless to say, it's been about 6 weeks and it is just starting to taste like beer. So I suppose just keep waiting.

I loose around 2qts on a 60 min boil. You just need to plan out a little extra, and maybe turn down the boil. I typically have nice rolling boiling, nothing extreme.

Brewed a Chocolate Maple Porter last week, finally got a post up. Of course, I hadn't had time to add the exact recipe - but it is a straightforward bill: American 2 row, crystal 10-20, chocolate malt, fuggle hops, British ale yeast. Jakesbeerlog.WordPress.com

Very true, plus in a one gallon batch - what do you have to lose? :-)

Thanks! Where is yours? (I only use my phone on HBT, so I can't see signatures)

Yep that's how I do it, except I use a siphon and spring loaded bottle filler. Guess I'm just lazy...haha I just realized I have 5 batches bottled. I was going to make a few batches this weekend, but just realized I might run out of bottles! How many regular homebrewers have thus kind of selection?

Since it is typically recommended that dry yeast is re hydrated prior to pitching, I usually sanitize a small glass measuring cup, measure yeast, add liquid. This way most of the yeast is suspended.

That's what I do, I tried 2 grams and didn't see much difference. I also use a secondary. I'm no pro though.

I've been thinking about carb tabs. Maybe I'm just slow and lazy....

Has anyone come up with clever ways to bottle you small batches? One gallon isn't allot, but my process takes forever. Wash bottling bucket, spring filler, tubing, bottles, caps, auto siphon Rack beer into bucket, add primer Fill and cap beer Wash everything again. I spend more time...

Looks good! I just started mine too! I'm still working on getting a few posts up, maybe "finding" myself in regards to the writing style. But I will try to keep up on your, it looks interesting

I have 3 one gallon carboys, a Mr beer barrel, and a 2 gal bottling bucket.

The point of leaving it in a bottle is a good one. I'm not usually a fan of "dark" (I had the guinness experience) but I've pleasantly surprised myself on several occasions my leaving it bottled.

Hmmm I'm going to try that coffee filter thing. I tend to get alot of trub. For my small one gallon batches, I can't imagine HSA will be that big a deal.

Just stole a coffee filter from work (it was already mine anyways) to try that.

I like using a cooler because I can basically "Set it, and forget it." Basically, I put my grains and strike water in, and wait 60 min. (well, I stir it occasionally). This time gap allows me to prep the rest of my brew day(Measure hops, clean something....). thus, a shorter brew day!

Buy a refractometer. Look them up on Amazon, I spent $30 on mine....totally worth it. Basically, you put a drop of liquid on the viewer and it measures the gravity of the sample. There are some conversions you have to do....but it literally uses one drop and you don't have to cool a hydrometer...

Exactly what I did! unfortunately I spent a small fortune at my local hardware store picking up the parts......

I've had a similar problem with my beers. I recently started checking og and everything, only to find that my efficiency was really low. Up to 15 points under the expected OG. Could this cause watery beer too? It makes sense, but my first Mr Beer kits were very low og, although they weren't...

Wow, I need to save up more ice....