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yeah, then again I mostly make hoppy IPA's :D

started for me back in the late 90's. I have been brewing on/off again ever since then and have recently had a friend help me to get back into it. Now that I am addicted to IPA again I can never drink that watery domestic crap anymore. My 1st batch was an imperial stout that came out great as it...

I think it will come out fine, just continue as normal. Had the same thing happen to me in years past so dont feel too bad:mug:

I have heard it helps with head retention too, but why would you want to entirely omit it? Just about every brew I make calls for a little crystal.

never had a problem doing it that way. I use pellets mostly and never filter them out. I also go straight from primary to keg and have great results. usually keg condition for about a week ( if I can wait that long ) and the first pint is yeasty but after that its smooth sailing.

+1 ... Whats a hop bag ?? :drunk: never had an issue not using one.

The prior reply seems to have covered all the bases. I would just also suggest you try out some brewing software like beersmith. Once you play around with the number and see the results in real time you will get a better idea of all these things and how they impact your resulting beer.

I have had some recent problems like that as well and have tracked them to poor wort aeration. I dont see it mentioned anywhere in the thread yet and a good aerated wort should have a better fermentation. Just one more thing to consider.

+1 for morebeer.com and buckets. I have one carboy that I hardly use. Their buckets are inexpensive and good. They are a little more translucent than my others so you can see the trub and all as well. They also have free shipping for a certain amount and they worked out to be much cheaper this...

Yeah, I was worried about that. since there is not much left to go I made a starter and aerated that more than anything and got it going vigorously before pitching. Kinda trying to follow the advice in the link just to see what will happen. no worries either way, I could never have drank it how...

welcome to the club, now you will be looking for a bigger fridge or keezer and more kegs. there nothing like having 4 batches kegged and waiting :rockin:

It will mellow some over time like all have said. I have never used that particular hop so I cant be any help as to how fast though. Let sit for at least a week cold conditioning once it is ready and who knows you may start to like it. I have turned into quite a hop head myself :mug:

I would be surprised if the kit included an actual lager yeast. Never got one myself though so maybe. Did the kit specify a temperature to keep the fermentation at?

Zen is right, I forgot to mention that your utilization will go down greatly using only one gallon of water, however if you have to choose between doubling your hop additions or not being able to brew at all I would just spend the extra couple bucks on more hops.

I guess its possible to get some leftover wort in the tap that gets some nastiness in it. I usually just sanitize my hydrometer and measure directly in the fermenter. 95% of the time the fermentation is done as I let it sit in the primary a good while before removing. I can usually tell if a...

My only worry would be extra sediment when it comes time to serve out of the keg, but you could also saw a little bit of length of the pickup line to help with that.

I dont see anything wrong with doing it that way. Like you said its more work but that's about it.

seven days in the primary at 1012 I would guess that it is done. was lager yeast included with the kit? Lagers usually require lower temps and longer periods of time to ferment. sometimes temperature changes can cause yeast to go dormant for a few days and then pick back up. You may want to...

everyone has an opinion, but to me a boil is a boil. Boiling water is always at the same temperature no matter how hard you boil it so I would think that it works either way. The only difference being how much water you boil off in the process. Try putting the lid on the boiling pot and it may...

almost sounds like a counter flow chiller or a jockey box to me. Good idea though, may try something like that on my next 10 gallon batch. so far as extracts and cooling is concerned I did the same thing for years, for lighter beer I would only boil one gallon and have the other 4 nice and...