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I don't want to make mess this batch. This might sound silly but I rather ask now than once I messed up something ! I'm looking at a recipe from palmer's book. Amber Ale 3.3 Lbs of LME 3.3 Lbs of LME at knockout 2 lbs of Crystal 60 malt. My question is the 2lbs of crystal 60...

I'm just a begginers right now planning my 3rd batch, so I'm pretty much trying to follow recepies to the letter. My next recepie ia an Amber ale from John's palmer's book and it calls for 1332 Northwest Ale Yeast. My local store only carries White labs. I tried to find charts for...

thanks for the info. It just kind of sucks to have barely half of the hops leafs actually touching the wort. I guess that's what they call a learning experience ! it's in my brewers notes !

this it what it looks like

should I even attempt getting them out of the carboy to add some weight or am I setting myself up for disaster with infection? and just the idea of fishing it out through the small opening isn't really something I'm looking forward to. thanks Ern

I used nylon bags and put my leaf hops into them. Should they stay floating on top or they will be going down? RIght now they are floating after 12h.

When I transfer the wort into the seconday do I leave all the sediment at the bottom of the bucket ? thanks

I only have 2 batches under my belt but I buy a 1 gallon plastic jug of water for 1$. Freeze it and when it's time to brew I cut the jug open, let the ice into the fermenter and poor the wort on it. Worked good so far.

Fermenting has begun and it's pretty violent compared to my first batch I did. I'm not sure if it's the liquid yeast I used this time vs last time it was dry but the air lock is going off !

I did my second batch tonight. Victory and Chaos IPA.. it went pretty smooth, tried steeping and it went great and I had fun. My first batch was such a success, I have high expectations for this one. The only problem I got was the Cool down of the worth. Last time during the boil more...

Here's a few pictures. First sip and the surprised look on my face. That actually tastes pretty good... and did not become blind !

That's me being surprised on how good it actually tastes and the fact that I didn't become blind.

This past weekend I went to open the cottage up north in Rivière du Loup. A at the same time my first batch I made was almost ready. 17 days in bottle so I decided to bring a few to the cottage. Wasn't sure what to expect, I brewed my first batch a Pale Ale. The receipe from John Palmer...

I know the feelling. I brewed my first batch a few weeks ago and bottled last thursday so now it's waiting time. I'm hoping to last 2 weeks before I pop one open ! really looking forward to it.

Bosox: Habs have been very surprising.. Looking forward to the next game. if we get through Pitts , I'm not worried about Boston ! :tank: I should have tried my beer, I didn't know. Next time. I'm went to www.biereetvin.com in Ville d'anjou. First time I went to to atelier biere et...

I had a lot of questions in the different parts of the forums this week about my first brew and learned a lot from reading the answers from everyone. My first batch is completed, fermeted and bottled so now again the waiting game. It did smell pretty good coming out of the fermenter...

Bottling went very good. All caps are nice and tight. Thanks for the info everyone !

Yes they rent it for 2.95$ since I didn't know if I was going to like making beer I only bought what I really needed and in the future will be adding equipment.