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Thanks for the advice. The smell coming out of the fermenter actually smells pleasant. I'll just stick with my original plan and add my vanilla beans and hope for the best. I guess even after a few years of brewing I still need to remember RDWHAHB

Yesterday I brewed a porter for the first time. Here's the recipe I used: 12 lbs pale malt 10 oz chocolate malt 4 oz black malt 1 oz glacier @ 60 min .5 oz challenger @ 60 min .5 oz Cascade @ 60 min Yeast BeerSmith estimates 36 IBUs. When I was brewing I got careless and accidentally put 1...

Hey guys this will be my 3rd ag batch. I'm looking at doing a honey nut brown ale. Any tips for getting good honey flavor? I've heard it mostly ferments out, and I can add it a few days after the beer is fermenting. I'm worried if I add it late, will I have issues with over carbing? My buddy...

I like that idea a lot. That way I won't have to guess and hope it turns out good, or over do it and ruin it. Any one have opinions if I can add it to the primary or should I have a secondary for these additions? I'm assuming that I'll need to mix it and don't want to stir up the sludge from...

Well I'm an idiot I had my recipe on beersmith set at 10 gal instead of 5. My bad! Thanks for the quick responses! Really quick though, it calls for adding some cinnamon, almond and vanilla extract in the secondary. Can I just put that in the primary once fermentation is complete instead of...

Hey guys I have a quick question. I've researched this and haven't been able to find an answer I was happy with. I'm doing my second AG brew this weekend and with the recipe I have it comes out with an estimated abv of 3%. I would like it to be somewhere between 5-6%. I've know that adding sugar...

Yeah thats what I've been reading. I've been at 66 degrees so hopefully its doing ok. The one thing I did was add a half gallon of sterilized water to my batch since I was a gallon shy. I hope I didn't ruin it. I didn't want to add too much to water it down but wanted to have a little more final...

Just an update on how my brew day went. I took notes as others had suggested and also pre heated my mash tun. I only dropped about 2 degrees from target temp in an hour. I think I might have used too much heat during the hour long boil as I ended up one gallon shy of my final volume. Too much...

Thanks for the tips. I'm feeling confident but know that some issues will come up. I'll def preheat the MLT. I didn't even think about that. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Home Brew mobile app

Do you preheat the tun with water the same temp as the strike water? And I'll be batch sparging for sure

Hey guys I've found some awesome write ups, and done tons of research and am ready to do my first AG batch. My 1st recipe Revvy's banana bread ale (love wells banana bread beer). Brew day is this Saturday and wanted to hear if anyone has any tips/tricks of the trade or some easy rookie mistakes...

So what would be the perfect sized kettle for both applications? Sent from my SGH-M919 using Home Brew mobile app

That is for the tips guys. I decided I'm gonna go biab. If I got a 7.5 gal kettle, would I be able to do my 3 gal batches and 5 gal if I wanted to? I'd like to buy one and not have to worry about buying another one in case I decide to do a 5 gal batch one day. Thanks for the help! Sent from my...

Hey guys I'm planning on going AG here soon and wanted to hear your thoughts and advice. I want to make a mash tun out of a 5 gallon water cooler (cheaper than 10 gal) and use my 5 gallon kettle that I already have. Will these accommodate my needs? I plan on fermenting in a 6.5 gallon bucket...

Hey thanks for the welcome guys. I'm stoked to start brewing and getting into the hobby. I can feel my wallet already getting light! I already checked out the local brew shop in ogden and feel like I'll be paying their rent for the next little while. I really want to get the 5 gallon setup but...

Hello all! First off I'd like to say this forum is awesome! I've been on this forum for about a week doing massive amounts of research, and this place is a gold mine! I just started my first batch of blonde ale in a mr beer kit 3 days ago and I'm stoked! I've already put together a shopping...