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Long Hammer IPA... $12 for a 12 pack of decent IPA yeah I will take it

Here is the pic I promised the other day of my 2nd fermentation... Gravity reading taking last night after letting the brew settle to get a better reading... Measured at 60F and got a reading of 1.013

Yeah my buddies brother just started using a 2nd fermenter this year after not using one for two years. A guy a work pumps CO2 into the bottling bucket and has been doing that for 20 years.... WAY to much stuff for me to try now lol... He tried explaining it and my head started hurt.... Thanks...

Duh.... Should have looked lol... Thanks man for all the info. Have a good one

Ahhhhhhh I hear ya... Well damn lol makes more sense now. Just going by Beersmith.... I know what to try for the next batch for sure. Going to run this info by my buddy. Thanks man. Once again great help lol I will keep ya update for sure on how everything goes. Do you have any tips for...

Just wondering what would be the reason for waiting in the dry hopping? Taste? Aroma?? Lol sorry man still reading up on this... Noob I know

Yeah it is complete... That was taking prob two days before we racked. It was nice a clear on top and all the yeast was a the bottom. About 2:00 between airlock pops. The brew it looking good and tasting pretty nice (For my first brew not really sure how it's supposed to taste between racking...

Thanks man we are pleased so far! Yeah we are thinking about dry hopping. If not this one we will try our next IPA. It's going to be a long fermentation but only because of our work schedules. Can't find a weekend we can bottle together until then haha

Before the racking

Hey guys, Just a little heads up... I racked the brew into it's secondary carboy with the dry hops, I will let it set until the first weekend in Nov because of work and such... We took a OG reading after racking of 1.018 at 60F (We had a OG reading after the boil of 1.082 at 60F). Just...

Looking good man! Just brewed my first batch last weekend, Imperial IPA. Just racked it into the second carboy today. Brewing is a awesome hobby!

Uinta Dubhe... Black Imperial IPA... Awesome beer

I hear ya... Already planning a extra pale ale for the next one

What brand/kind of airlock? That one just came in the local brew kit

Yeah I'm going to keep it at the temp now... It's at 70. You live and learn right? Well just calk it up to learning! Plus like everyone said and yourself I need to know the taste of a non temp controls fermentation. If it's a good tasting beer for our FIRST beer we will consider it a success...

Just checked my temps... It's downstairs in the closet of the man cave. It's around 70-72 degrees now... I think I'm going to hold off on the swamp cooler since it's this far unto it... Next time we will look into a cooler fermentation... I will keep y'all updated

Very first batch.... Went big.... Imperial IPA, day three of the 1st fermentation OG of 1.084... Hope my first batch taste as good as it smells!!!

Very first batch of beer my buddy and I made. It's a Imperial IPA.... Hope she's a taste as good as she smells!

Very first batch of beer my buddy and I made. It's a Imperial IPA.... Hope she's a taste as good as she smells!

Very first batch of beer my buddy and I made. It's a Imperial IPA.... Hope she's a taste as good as she smells!