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I was hoping to get some suggestions for brewing a beer with a longer fermentation than I usually do. Up to now I have kept my brewing simple dealing with ales and hefs but I have a pretty good pipeline going now so I thought I'd use an empty fermentor to try a longer fermentation beer. I'm...

Brewed a Newcastle knockoff from AHS last night. Looked yummy going into the fermenter.

Congrats !!

I sometimes wear a diaper while brewing so I dont have to make those pesky trips to the bathroom and i never have a problem...j/k !!!!!!

Their Irish red ale is very tasty.

Check the lid for a pull tab on the side that you unwind around the lid. For some reason most fermenter bucket lids have this on them and it took me awhile to figure it out with my first one. It will fit after you take it off. You can see the lip of the pull tab in the photo of the lid on this...

I had no idea about hops being deadly to dogs! Too bad about your grain but at least he didnt eat through your wall or pull up your kitchen floor like my sweet lab did (and like you those sad brown eyes you just cant stay mad at !)

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Slow and steady or slow and low, that is the question.... So let it flow let yourself go Slow and low that is the tempo Let it flow let yourself go Slow and low that is the tempo -- Beastie Boys

I've used both with extract and mini mash and I prefer spring water.

Did you pull off the extra plastic on the lid? There should be a little tab on the rim -- pull it and it will take about 1/2 inch of the rim with it and the lid will fit perfectly. i had this problem as well.

Probably so. I'm not picking on you so i hope it didnt come across that way. i have noticed that on numerous threads on here people get pissy when someone answers what it stands for like it's a guarded secret when in reality it's not, that was what i was trying to point out on here. :mug:

This was the first topic for me after googling : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=swmbo

A Google search kinda takes away any secrecy to SWMBO.

Welcome ! :mug:

Sure is nice to be at the grocery store and not even look at the beer section very much anymore. Homebrewing is an awesome thing !:ban:

About your question -- I've read on here many times that ales need a lower temperature the first week (~65-68) but after a week or so a higher temperature is desired for better flavor. Maybe one of the veterans can let ya know.

I have an Irish ale fermenting since Tuesday and I had to ice it down last night because of the heat. I put it in a large plastic tub and put cool water and a little ice and it did the trick. Just gonna monitor it throughout the week and hopefully it will be ok.

I'm tired of drinking beer out of the same boring set of pint glasses I've had forever. Any suggestions about stores (not online) that have a good selection of drinking glasses?

Did you pull off the half inch of plastic around the lid ? I know that confused the hell out of me when I first got home with it because I wasnt sure if it was supposed to come off and it seems to serve no purpose for being on there in the first place (maybe it protects the individual seal...