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Thanks! What is your water to coffee ratio for a 5 gallon batch?

So I'm planning on adding the 4 oz of cocoa nibs that came with my NB chocolate milk stout extract kit. I'm going to soak them in some vodka for a couple of weeks and add the solution to secondary. Should I crush the cocoa nibs before I speak them? I would also like to add some coffee flavor...

Very well, thanks! I'll give it 3 weeks and check gravity.

Thanks for the tips Onkel, Can you explain long lags to me please? This only my 4th. Brew.

Fermentation was very active for the first couple of days (the Krause even entered the blow off tube a little on a 6 gallon carboy) . It has slowed down now, but I'm still seeing gasses being released thru the blow off. If I take a gravity reading in a couple of weeks and decide to pitch...

So, can you answer any of the questions in my last post?

Thanks! I'm around 68 or 69 right now. I only pitched one vial. My plan is to wait a couple weeks, take a gravity reading, then pitch a second vial if needed. Will that work? I've never had to pitch another vial mid-fermentation. If I do so, do you shake it again to aerate it? Another...

So I'm brewing northern brewer's chocolate milk stout extract kit and the details are below: White Labs liquid WLP041 Pacific Ave yeast O. G. 1.060 Fermentation began about 8 hours after pitching the yeast. I'm wondering what the ideal temperature is to ferment this at? Also, what number...

Dry hopped with 2 oz of cascade today after 3.5 weeks of primary. Took a gravity reading and calculated my ABV. Came out around 5.54%. Recipe said it had "possible ABV of around 6.7%. Is this a function of the two small boilovers I had me hike brewing? To me, hat would make sense due to the...

I'm going to take a gravity reading tonight and if all's well, I'm going to cram some muslin bags filled with hops (and a few marbles, sanitized of course) into my primary for dry hopping. I figure by dry hopping in my primary, I'll have less risk of leaving some beer behind during transfer and...

Good looking labels! I wish I had more time to do some creative stuff like that with my homebrews. My labeling consists of a sharpie on the cap. Then again, I try to lean towards the simplicity of it all...I like to think it lets the beer speak for itself. Just my two cents... Sent from my...

The recipe I'm using came with whole leaf hops...do they tend to give more of a grassy flavor than pellet? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Cool. Thanks guys. No need for secondary? I've heard that before. Just want sure if it would help with clarity. And 3-5 days is all I need? Then I'm def gonna give it three weeks or so before dry hopping to let it clear up. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

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Just tried my first bottle of SLOBBER after 2.5 weeks of bottle conditioning....WOW!!!!! I will def be brewing this again!! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Right on. Thanks! I'll keep it at 64. I'll have to see if I can get it up around 68 after this weekend. I plan on leaving it in primary 2-3 weeks (depending on gravity). Then I'll dry hop in secondary with 2 oz of whole leaf cascade for 7-10 days. Sound good to y'all? Sent from my iPhone...

I'm brewing a double ipa with wyeast and the package says 65-72 degrees. I brewed last Friday and was fermenting on Saturday when I woke up (today is Wednesday btw). I'm sitting at 64 degrees (per the fermomentor). It seems to be fermenting just fine, still have a very active blow off, I've...

Awesome, thanks for the reassurance. How bad was your boilover? Also, was the abv affected very badly? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Well, i think i enjoyed a few too many Southern Tier 2XIPA's last night as I brewed my first double IPA. I had two very small boilovers that resulted in a messy stove top (with which SWMBO is not very pleased). Other than the small boilovers, everything else went well. My OG is a little low...

62 degrees is 62 degrees, regardless of location. Now humidity and other factors might make it FEEL different. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew