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I decided this year to try and grow my own hops. I ordered some rhizomes of Willamette from midwest supplies. I had planed to grow them on an archway in our backyard to function both as an ornamental plant but to harvest at the end of the season and use in my beer. My question is will this...

Thanks Peterj. I wasn't sure how much the bourbon would affect the ABV. Thanks for the info.

Could the extra alcohol from the bourbon push it over that for priming?

I've heard that yeast will only ferment to a certain point until it is cultured to Handel higher ABV. Is this inaccurate?

Pretty simple question here I think. We are brewing a Russian Imperial Stout. Based off the brewers best kit but a little different. Here is the recipe. 8 oz Roasted Barley 8 oz Dark Crystal 8 oz Carmel 60L 6.6 lbs Dark LME 2 lbs Dark DME 1 lbs Corn Sugar 1 vial of White Labs WLP011 -...

I should have a new hydrometer in a few days, I guess I'll wait till then and see what we have. The temps are within the appropriate range. Ill post what I find out then. Thanks for the support.

:( Unfortunately we broke the hydrometer before we got to test. I ordered a new one from midwest supplies but have not gotten it yet.

I brewed a Brewers Best Munich helles kit about 2 weeks ago. I saw no indication of fermentation. This is my first lager style so I am not sure if i may be different. There is no airlock activity, no krausen or foam forming at the top of the fermenter. I moved it into a secondary fermenter...

Brewed last night and pitched yeast at about 1AM. Woke up and the airlock was bubbling away happily. Got home from work and I walk into the room and think, boy does it smell like beer in here, and look over to see splatter all over. How long wil it keep something like this up. I have...

So almost like viscocity? Not at all related to flavor?

Thanks for all the help guys. OG was 1.061. The second adding 2 weeks later after pitching yeast twice was 0.061. We decided to dump and start from scratch. The flavor when tasted was very off and kinda sour. The wort we tasted was from the bottom of the bucket. We have aRussian ImperialStout...

Thanks guys. I'll contact BB and add it later. What is "mouthfeel"

Brewed a Russian Imperial Stout last night. It was a brewers beat kit that was supposed to have maltodextrin in it, but it was absent from the kit. I figure it shouldn't be too much of a problem, it was supposed to have 8 ounces. How does maltodextrin affect the beer, is it a flavor thing, is...

Okay. I'll. Skim the mold off. There has been no change in gravity though. Why could that be?

Awe gonna take a picture for you all but I took a hydrometer reading and there has been no change. A pretty horrible smell and taste as well. Gonna dump and try again.

A friend and myself have been brewing beers for a month or 2 now, and ave started our third brew about 2 weeks ago. We let the brew sit for 1 week and saw no activity from the airlock, did some research and found that that means nothing, but when rehydrating the yeast, it got to 120*F and we...

Cool. I was hoping that would be the scenario. Thanks!

I just bottled my beer yesterday and set it to continue to ferment for 2 weeks or so. Last night got a bitt cooler than previous nights though, and it was not kept in the same temperature controlled room as we had been keeping it. It got down to about 47*-50* in the room I had it in, this...

Let me ask this then. Is the batch worth keeping? Or should I pitch it and then start new?

here are my notes on my second brew. ----------------------------------------- 5 gallons 1 Coopers Irish Stout mix (1.7kg) 1 cup Dingemans Chocolate Malt(LD Carllson Company - Moot Roost 1400) 5 cups sugar 7:34PM 2 gallons of water to pot room tempeture hydrometer reading = 0.998...