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I brewed a DFH 90 min clone yesterday that was supposed to use amarillo, simcoe and warrior hops. Unfortunately, Brewmasters Warehouse shipped me summit hops instead of warrior. I brewed it anyway, using the summit early in the boil hoping I wouldn't get too much of the summit flavor. I guess my...

I wanted to bottle today but the gravity is still at 020 when it's supposed to be 012. It's a True Brew IPA kit. 2 cans amber LME 6.6lbs. 1 lb. Crystal malt steeped 30 min. chinook and cascade hops muntons dry ale yeast I also dry hopped with more cascade. BG was 050. Primary for 1...

My first batch has been in the secondary for 2 weeks at ~70° in my fermentation chiller. I want to bottle it now but it's about 82° in the house. Is it ok to bottle condition at that temperature? Should I bring the secondary temperature up before I bottle? I'm just afraid of making bottle bombs.

Ok, I thought my first brew was going well despite my various screw-ups (see my other thread). It's been in the secondary for a week so I thought I would take a sample for a hydrometer reading. I took a sample with my thief and it has quite a bit of carbonation already.:confused: That's not...

This is my first attempt at this. I'm brewing from a kit, an IPA from True Brew. Here's what I've screwed up so far. 1. I covered the pot during the boil. I don't remember reading anything about that in The Joy of Home Brewing but I did read that it's bad at howtobrew.com(after the fact, of...

Hi, Great forum, I'm glad I found it. I'm working on my first brew right now. My wife gave me a kit for my Birthday. How cool is she?!! I also roast my own coffee and I made my own maple syrup when I lived in Vermont (now in Phoenix). I guess making my own beer was inevitable. Thomas