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you said there's nothing wrong that you could smell or taste? why wouldn't you drink it?!?

has there been a temp change?

i probably wouldn't have an aroma/finishing hop in a big ol' stout. i'd probably ditch the rice hulls too and add the 2 pounds somewhere else probably with the roasted barley. i like em dark and roasty. just my opinion.

Get a northern brewer or midwest kit. Thats how I started. I wouldn't suggest a lager for the first time around.

did you mix it thoroughly?

efficiency illustrates potential conversion versus actual conversion. considering the fact that malts will not be able to be converted fully there will always be some level of starch. with any level of starches the iodine will change. but yes you are right on track with the "what will be, has...

i like how thorough your plan is but dont expect full starch conversion. i dont think anyone hits 100% efficiency. i would expect about 70% for your first batch, maybe even lower.

That's impressive. Tasty beer in eleven days? That's a win.

alright well i was just looking for that info but i guess it was just a thought. i was just thinking instead of having 9 carboys having one big thing that combines em. i just dont see how it'd be hard to clean. oxyclean and ball valves in the bottom. but i guess with the responses i've gotten i...

The plan is to section it sideways into 9 separate vessels. seems more space efficient than carboys. and i was thinking a bead of silicone on each side.

I have a concept for a DIY fermentation vessel. Essentially it's a 55 gallon food grade plastic barrel sectioned with vinyl or rubber covered plywood. The only thing i'm questioning is how much 1) air will get with this design 2) is there a possibility for one section of beer to soak through the...

the northern brewer kit was my first one. really good stuff.

a wee heavy should be sitting for much longer than a week. i brewed one about three weeks ago and moved it to secondary about a week ago, but don't have any intention on bottling it til mid to late january.

airlock activity and fermentation aren't the same. take a gravity reading and wait 2 more days to take another one. if its the same do what ya gotta do if not leave it.

it'll work for sure. the only "krausen" you get out of apfelwein is some bubbles around the edges. don't do a 15 gallon batch of barleywine in it but apfelwein will be fine.

if you do a rather long primary you don't have rack it to secondary. as to the blow off tube i don't think you'll have a problem but I've never used one, i just usually rig up a fancy flap style airlock and deal with the mess.

i think monster might be an understatement...

Nottingham is a pretty versatile yeast. If you keep fermentation towards the low end of the temperature scale you won't catch a lot of esters. Good all around yeast.

yeah generally i'm a bigger fan of the maltier brews than the bitter ones. i still got 35 ibu's outta my "esb".

I just did a batch quite similar to this minus the intense hop schedule. Just a lot of bitter and some finishing. Its in primary right now but smells awesome.