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Good to know about the pith. I wasn't aware about that. I think I'll just stick with the zest.

I've been looking at some recipes that call for additions of zest from various fruit during the boil. Grapefruit, oranges, limes, lemons, etc. I'm curious if anyone has used a juicer to capture the pulp/zest/rind from the fruit?

I had a similar situation occur. I was using my hose with my wort chiller. The clamp popped off the copper tubing and hose water went everywhere. Your best bet is to not worry about it. It's done. The only thing you can do next time is to make sure you watch out for those same mistakes...

I did a test boil as well. It was my first time doing a full-volume boil. So I just needed to figure out my pre-boil water volume. I did the 1 hour boil of just plain ole water. I lost about 1.2 gallons. (Starting with 6.5)

I'm not kegging. And I am using a carboy. I haven't heard of your perspective on bottle hopping. (In my short time frame of home brewing) But I think it's really interesting. So I would place the leaf hops in a steeping bag. Steep, at flame off, for 10 minutes. During this 10 minutes would...

I don't have them in any type of container/bag. They're just free floating. Is it wise to use some sort of sterilized bag?

5 gallon batch. 3 oz. of citra whole leaf.

Whole leaf. I wasn't sure what they're supposed to do. Just curious but if half of the leafs are in contact with the beer, then how do they impart flavor?

So I'm not really sure what's supposed to happen. Do the hops always stay on top of the fermented beer? Or do the sink to the bottom?

Great points. I agree that the vast majority of people nowadays are... now, now, now. This is the first time I've read that one vial/smack pack/package(dry yeast) isn't enough. That's good to know.

http://www.ritebrew.com/category-s/1900.htm Has anyone tried these for grains or hops during the boil? I bought them online just assuming that they were like any other muslin bag. When I get them in the mail, I was a little puzzled and wanted to see if anyone else had used them. The...

It's interesting that everyone says wait. If that's the case, then why don't they just say in the recipe instructions to let it sit in the primary for 3 weeks? It seems like if the brew would taste better after a longer primary, then why wouldn't they tell you to do that? I am not worried...

Well, I don't know what the gravity will bottom out at for my current batch. I have an estimated FG from my recipe. So, I guess I was just asking to get a better understanding of what it possible and what isn't. I started with extract, and don't plan to move to all-grain for quite a while...

So, I have yet to take a gravity reading since I've racked my first batch to the primary. I'll be taking the first reading on Saturday. (8 days in primary) I'm just curious about the final gravity. If your gravity readings are bottoming out at a higher gravity value, is there a way to get...

Roger that. I am using a 5g secondary carboy to free up my 6g primary carboy. Necessity. Otherwise, I'm on the same page.

I'm assuming though, that your beer should be done fermenting in the primary before you rack to secondary.... Right? or Wrong?

Just wanted to give another plug for RiteBrew.com I had ordered a large laundry list of items to get my homebrew going. They answered all my questions quickly and accurately. Shipping was very fast. It took only 1 business day to get to my door. My LHBS is a northern brewer shop. But even...

Yeah, I'm not terribly worried. All I can do is wait. It's producing plenty of bubbles. Can't wait.

Ain't that the truth.

So I decided to brew the 3F ZD clone recipe (Extract/pm). This is my first brew ever. Everything was going well. I was doing a full boil starting with 6.5 gallons. The boil went well. No boil over issues. (My wife was thankful for that) Here comes the cool down. I borrowed a wort chiller from a...