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I just brewed this last night. I added 1.5 lbs of light brown sugar though. It looked and smelled great. I have high hopes.

aging and iipa's don't really go together. It's in the keg now with a new 2oz dry hop addition. I'm gonna let that sit for 5 days, pull 'em out and carb it up. I'll report back.

Well, Live & learn. My 10%abv IIPA has been in the bottle for 4 weeks @ 72F. Still flat. Got 80% attenuation out of the American Ale II. I think they're spent. In hindsight, I should have pitched a little fresh yeast. A couple weeks ago I got a kegging setup. In an effort to save...

This is a characteristic that I seek out in IIPAs. I absolutely love it. It is very apparent in Maharaja and Hopslam....oh and Hop-15.

Getting ready to bottle this one tonight. What was your OG/FG on this one? I ended up with 1.093 and it looks like I'm gonna finish around 1.017-15. I threw in a pound of corn sugar to help dry it out a bit. I was surprised that I got 80+% attentuation out of the American Ale II. Did...

Anyone tried brewing this recipe from BYO 2003? Ingredients * 6 lbs. (2.7 kg) Briess light extract syrup * 1 lb. (0.45 kg) dextrin malt * 0.5 lb. (0.23 kg) Carastan malt * 6 oz. (168 g) brown malt * 4 oz. (112 g) crystal malt (120 °L) * 2 oz. (56 g) black...

Love that beer....I would be interested in this too. It would be great to see a Lucky 13 recipe too.

So a 6.5 gallon glass carboy will fit in that model without any mods? How about the airlock, is there clearance for that too?

I'm surprised that they would just hand out the actual ingredients to these kits (pre-purchase). I mean, seems like if you go through all the trouble to list/compile hundreds of clone kits you wouldn't just want some guy getting your recipe and buying from it from somewhere else. I know when I...

AHS doesn't put the full list of ingredients on their kits. Here is an example of how they describe the kit: Fermentable Sugars: Extract: 7 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, .5 lbs. Specialty Grains. Mini Mash: 5 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, 2.5 lbs. Base Grains, .5 lbs. Specialty Grains. All Grain...

Yeah, this is my first beer over 1.070. I probably just need to brew another smaller beer now so I can stop worrying about this one. When you say you saw signs of fermentation for a month...what signs?

So I had a very active primary (see below) pic taken about 18 hours after pitching. I'm coming up on 12 days in the primary and the yeast are starting to fall out and the top 4-5 inches of the beer are looking pretty clear...but there is still a 1 inch head of foam on the beer. I have never...

Another thing to consider.... Just because you haven't reached 1.020...doesn't mean you will ever get there. There are a lot of variables affecting the FG (fermentables in the wort, temperature, aeration at time of pitching, etc.) The bubbling you see could very well just be the co2 that...

Out of curiosity...why did you decide to dry hop in the primary? I'm brewing a very similar beer (by the numbers) and everything I read pointed me towards dry hopping in the secondary. How long do you plan on leaving it in the secondary? I plan on racking mine at 2 1/2 - 3 weeks (based on...

I saw this on the Wyeast website: Secondary Fermentation Temperatures: &#8226; Ales: Same as primary fermentation (higher temperatures will increase diacetyl reduction rates) So...If I take it out of the swamp cooler (wort temp <65) after primary and rack it to the secondary where temps will...

yeah, 5 weeks only for the bigger beers (I have a couple on deck).

I'm looking to brew quite a bit this summer. Exclusively ales, most likely be using yeast that thrives in the 60-72 degree range. I keep my condo at a steady 75 in the summer. So, after a little research, I've decided that I'll use the "swamp cooler" method to keep my primary ferms <65 (wort...

Wyeast American Ale II This beer's got fruity written all over it.

So my first IIPA is about 5 days into the primary. OG was 1.093 ... down to 1.030 as of last night. Took a taste after taking the gravity reading. Whoa! I feel like I've brewed a "fruit" beer. Seriously, it's pretty overwhelming with grapefruit. I'm gonna let it sit in the primary for...