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I don't think I can afford a pipeline. I'm only doing extracts, so I can see how it would be cheaper with AG, but still kits run me $35-$50 maybe more depending on variety. If I did a batch of week I'd be broke and have way more beer than I could drink. I think ideally I'd like to brew the...

Booze-related gifts: Moose Drool brown ale clone, currently in its second week of fermentation. Chimay gift set, the chalice is what I was really after but the three bottles are nice. Three bottles of Iron Hill's Winter Wheat Wine... :drunk: Liquor store gift card for my other vice (good...

So it's a week after pitching and the airlock is still. Should I now move it up to my 72 degree kitchen for the next few weeks or leave it be?

Is the recipe a secret?!?

What kind of Hefe did you make, come from a kit? I'm doing a Moose Drool brown ale clone at the moment, my next will probably be a Fat Tire clone.

Good link - thanks for posting.

I just made apple cider and used Nottingham English yeast, which imparted a dry, beer-like quality and not much apple flavor. That and the fact that I didn't carb it made it vastly underwhelming, but it was my first go at homebrewing and nothing exploded or got infected so I considered it a...

Ten page thread perfectly summed up in 12 words. :D I'm still a n00b, nobody bugs me until I prove I can make decent beer.

It's not a high gravity beer, I guess my goal is just to wake them up and be ready for action so it appears as though I'll be fine - thanks for the info everybody.

I was just gonna make a 1 liter starter and pitch the whole thing. I screwed up and got dark DME instead of light as suggested but 1 liter shouldn't change the SRM that much... I'm hoping.

I'm brewing a brown ale tomorrow morning, if I make a starter when I get home from work that gives it only about 16 hours instead of 24... should I even bother with a starter if I don't have a full 24 hours to devote to it? I'm assuming it wouldn't hurt anything, just wouldn't give the yeast...

It runs about 68 in the summertime. I guess I am fortunate, though it's a townhouse that I will only be for another year or so... then it's on to house hunting (with area for fermentation in mind) :D

Yeast is White Labs WLP005 English Ale

Ever since I ruined my first batch I'll be very cautious about steeping time and temps moving forward, I have a feeling my beer would have been quite tasty if not for that. Now I'm embarrassed to let anybody try it and I have over a case of gross beer to get rid of (can't bring myself to dump...

Brown Ale, specifically a Moose Drool clone from Austin. I didn't think it was too cool since it warms up a bit in the fermenter, just wanted to make sure before I start the process. We just bought a metal rack that holds all my brewing equipment, it'll probably go on there.

If so I'll need to come up with plan B quickly, my kit arrives today and I really don't have any other place to do it. The rest of the house stays around 72 degrees.

Those might, mine said 60 minutes, which I see they've now changed on their website. I have the print out at home to prove it.

What I don't get is why their instructions say to steep for an hour, then everywhere else I read online it says 30 minutes tops.

For God's sake keep it well under 170, I steeped my first batch too hot and it got the infamous grainy/bitter/astringent off-flavor I was unaware of at the time. I also steeped for an hour per the instructions... carry on.

This is the response I got from Austin Homebrew supplies when I asked about how long a kit would stay good for: Everything included in a recipe kit can be stored in the refrigerator but since all items are perishable food items and contain no preservatives, it is best to brew as soon as...