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Ok thank you! That makes me feel better for sure. I just hope it's not too early to rack to secondary before I leave for vacation on Saturday

Update: Brew Day was successful! The wort smells awesome, but I have one HUGE concern. I used a White Labs Cali Ale Yeast vial and poured it into the primary fermenter at around 530 last night. There are currently no signs of fermentation. Should I worry or should I expect the fermentation to...

Great! Thank you!

Ok, so I am going to brew this kit on Sunday! I was looking at the procedure list, and the hop adding schedule reaaaaally confused me. Can anyone tell me how long each stage is? Here is the boil schedule from the pdf of recipe on midwestsupplies.com: With the kettle removed from the burner...

Mad Elf is awesome every year. A little bit too much alcohol warmth for my taste, but nonetheless a great holiday beer! Naked Elf (mad elf with the cherries and honey) is apparently really good. And thanks for the yeast starter advice!

Yep!!! I'm a college student so it's the perfect job for me as a new homebrewer! I work in the kitchen as a counter person for the new Snack Bar. However, I have done the brewery tour and I had one of the brewers show me the computer system for the BrauKon system that Troegs uses. Pretty cool...

I actually work at Troegs! :) This is a midwest supply kit. Nugget Nectar is one of my favorite beers ever! So tasty!

Thanks for the feedback everybody! That makes me feel a lot better about steeping grains! I bought a white labs vial of yeast and I have probably a pound and a half of extra pellet hops to choose from if I want an extra kick during dry hopping. My weizenbier turned out to be a pretty decent...

Hey all, newb here. I just ordered a Hop Head IPA kit from Midwest. This will be my second kit ever!!! My first was a Weizenbier from Brewer's Best. This kit comes with specialty grains, which I have never used before. I'm sure there will be plenty of instructions. Anyone have any suggestions...