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I cracked the first bottle of this. 2-3 weeks in the bottle it's nicely carbed. Hoppy nose; dark, brown color; interesting bitterness at finish. It also tastes stronger than 3.1% (from the buzz test I get after drinking one bottle). It's not an IPA but it is my first successful brew and a...

Thanks for the advice. Frankly not sure what the FG should be now since I adjusted the recipe. Though I am hoping for something around 1.015. I'll hold off on the hops next time around. I'm learning a lot by messing up royally and your corrections, thanks very much!

Quick follow up (and another question!) Dry hopped it yesterday about 7 days in G has dropped from 1.060 to 1.030 which is looking nice, as I wasn't seeing a lot of airlock activity and was a little worried. Now I'm thinking, what if I don't get down to a stable FG with all those hops in...

Awesome advice thanks! Regarding the milling first time I bashed the grain but now I have the shop mill for me so it comes out properly. I'm keen to learn more about the grains like you suggested, and think it will not take me too long to get a basic grasp, it's just not something I've overly...

Can you direct me to a good IPA recipe?

Yeah my first all grain, didn't mill properly is my thinking. Anyway got 1.060 (thanks for the correction) from this batch so that isn't a concern now. Thanks for the clarification on the smelly buckets, good to know. Ill be back later once the brew as fermented for a bit and there are more...

No I meant after I boiled and cooled the wort I got 10.020. I have a gift. I also tend to leave in primary for 3 weeks and check FG for stability so I think it might have been an infection. One thing I'm struggling to do is shake the smell off the fermenters despite multiple...

I think you guys are in a different position from me, I've made 2 lots of bottle bombs followed by a starting gravity of 10.020 and as my 4th brew I won't need any imagination to taste a delicious and alcoholic amber IPA! I'm just hoping it doesn't explode or taste like cherry coke (though I...

Well... truth be told there is no Victory, its special B. I was in the store reading the recipe looking at the wall of grains and coundn't find it so opted for the most exciting sounding option. I decided to chuck in all the hops (in the same order as suggested but all the packs) and am stoked...

Nevermind - just read this- thanks again Yooper https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/when-remove-hops-94129/index2.html

Awesome thanks! Too late to take out the Crystal.. How many days in would you dry hop? And a total noob question, those hops added up to and including flame out - would you leave them in the primary or remove before primary? I do like it hoppy..but in the past thought to pull them out after...

Hey All, I'm having a crack at an IPA, following this recipe but with the differences in that I have a different set of hops, when would you add what to this brew? Amount Item Type % or IBU 9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 64.29 % 2.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain...

Thanks for the input guys, i'll give it a shot and hope for the best!

I think I didn't crack the grain properly having looked into it further, mash temp was good, but also my sparge technique probably wasn't as thorough as could be.

I recently went all grain, but I messed up the mash I believe and only got 10.010 after boiling for an hour. After cooling I reconfirmed the low sg and decided to add all the LME on hand, pulling it up to 10.040. Almost 2 weeks later its down to 10.020. I'm wondering if its best to just...

Appreciate the input guys, I've an auto syphoner that I haven't used yet so this looks like the right time to crack it out and swap buckets. In terms of timing, should I wait Til fermentation is complete then swap, sanitize and swap back on same day and bottle, or should it rest in between all...

Thanks. I do have a bottling wand but hasn't bothered with it in the past as it looked so convenient to just put a bottle up to the spigot and pour it in. Does this harm the brew by adding too much air or something?

Thanks chaps. I have the coopers drops so priming straight into the bottle is fine, but in doing so am I still running the risk of pouring a pile of trub into the bottle? If I bottle drop prime with the coopers should I still swap it into the other one, then back again to fill them or can I...

Hey Guys, So I opted for a no secondary this time around (since I have messed up EVERY batch so far I thought this might be safer). Doing so I picked the bottling bucket to primary in (I have 2 plastic buckets, one a fermenter, one a bottler) but now when I think of it, if I bottle from here...

Yeah, sorry you are right. Aka 3 BRIX.