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Thanks Steve, I hope so too! Just out if curiosity what would be the difference in a beer with an FG of 1.018 as opposed to 1.013? Obviously it would be sweeter, but would it be overly sweet for a typical brown porter? Any other differences?

Thanks. All I can do is wait it out. On a positive note, for only being 48 hours old the sample wasnt too bad..had that nice roastiness I love and seems fresher tasting than my previous extract batches. I know it will change a lot after bottling but thats what I'm getting so far

Sorry for asking something thats been asked a lot, should have done more digging first. I freaked out because everythings been going great until now haha. What made me think that fermentation stopped is that all if the krausen fell. I guess I will just check the gravity again in a few days and...

I put my brown porter, my first all grain batch in the fermenter only 48 hours ago. Fermentation started fast and vigorous but tonight just came to a stop, and the krausen fell completely. So I took a hydrometer sample and it was 1.018, I am aiming for 1.013. I used wlp013 London ale yeast and...

Got my bag in from wilserbrewer and made my first all grain batch friday night. The bag was outstanding! This is the only bag I've used so I have nothing to compare it to. But I will say that it fit in my kettle perfectly, they are very strong and the mesh is fine enough where hardly anything...

Pitch it! I pitched a starter friday night that I had going for 24 hours, fermentation took off in 2 hours, very vigorous too.

Nice! Congrats on that. Ive never seen samuel smiths taddy porter around here so I havent tried it. But fullers London porter is one of my favorites so that is why I decided to brew this beer. I've heard that fullers is more roasty than this recipe though

Just put this in my fermenter last night, and the air lock is bubbling away. This is my first all grain batch(biab) and I think it went pretty well. I was wondering, for those who have brewed this recipe how did you like it and how would you describe the finished beer? For 6 gallons at the end...

Yeah it didn't taste too bad, I just always heard that sour=contamination but now I'm confident it will be fine

Thanks, I went ahead and pitched it. Fingers crossed

Well, tonight I have my first batch of all grain in the fermentor. I made the brown porter from brewing classic styles. I did order my bag from wilserbrewer, fit in my pot perfectly and did the job awesome. I used grains with a standard crush, and added an extra pound of base grain. 60 minute...

I just put it in the fermenter, I'm leanimg towards waiting until tomorrow to get more yeast. Just worried about leaving it for 12+ hours for bacteria and what not to get in

Well I have my first ever all grain batch boiling as I type this. Everything seemed to be going good until I tasted my starter wort. It is wlp013 london ale strain. It doesnt taste horrible, but it is very tart..I still feel it on my tongue a little bit. I am wondering if it is infected or if it...

Sounds good! Thanks for the help

The ph without the bicarbonate is 5.4, so I'm assuming that people say you need bicarbonate only to bring up the ph from dark malts, so if my ph is in that range without it I'm fine? So it sounds like for this particular recipe all I need is calcium for the yeast and chloride for malt flavor...

So I'll be making my first all grain batch in about a week, so I'll be soaking up all the info I can until then. Water adjustment is the only thing thats been giving me a headache, even after a lot of research. I will be brewing the brown porter recipe from brewing classic styles, and use bru'n...

I thought about that too floppy but I'm worried about it the coils being submerged, unless that isnt a bug deal?

Thanks a lot, that one is definitely tall enough. But I remember reading not to use 50' chillers for 5 gallon batches, I think because it wouldnt be fully submerged. This true?

Thanks, I just cant seem to find one that will work with my pot. Anyone have any suggestions on a chiller or how I can make one work with my pot?

Im gathering equipment for my first all grain batch. Last on my list, a chiller. The only problem is my kettle is 19 inches high and I cant find a chiller for 5 gallon batches taller than 16 inches. Do I absolutely have to have a chiller that is taller than my pot?(so the connections are on the...