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Needs more hops :ban:

Assuming 5 gallon batches Extract brewing is usually where you boil about 3 gallons of water, add a jug of malt extract, possibly some steeping grains and hops. At the end of the boil, you cool the wort, dump it in your primary and top off with remaining water to bring it to a 5 gallon batch...

I'd put them in the fridge and cover with a towel. It sounds like your fermentation may not have been complete. Did you check the FG? What was the OG?

Welcome to your new obsession. Yes you can use a grain or hops bag during the boil for your spices. You don't need to worry about contamination during the boil. It's during and after cool down that you need to have everything sanitized :mug: Are you brewing a Blue Moon type beer?

More like the sugar content, which in the end will factor into your alcohol content. A gravity over 1.08 is pretty big and will take a while to reach final gravity. Then you want to let the yeast clean up a bit. Take another reading in a couple of days and let us know if it dropped any. I brewed...

That's a big beer. Be very very patient with it.

Are you from the future? If so, please tell me who is leading the National League East. By the way, you should not get a final gravity of 1.000 or below. probably more like 1.010 - 1.015.

Seems a bit short on the grain bill and the water for a 5 gallon AG batch. But I could be wrong.

How much water did you use and what was the batch size? Did you sparge? I don't see mention of it.

Someone I work with was cleaning their garage and wanted to get rid of a home brewing kit that they received as a wedding present. She knew I liked all types of beer and asked of I wanted the kit. I gladly took the kit, which came with a book on brewing. I studied up, went to a class at my LHBS...

Bummer man. I had a similar incident with my wort chiller when cooling my Hefe, which is listed below in my Sig as "Band Aid Hefe". The name comes from the flavor that it had when I sampled at bottling. From what I can gather, the water that leaked from my hose into the wort contaminated it with...

I was thinking of printing this thread, wadding it up, put it in my hops bag and add at flameout, to spice up my next batch. Good idea? :mug:

Is it possible that you bottled before the yeast were done? What were your gravity readings?

Sounds good. I play in a couple of local bands also. One is all original and the other a JGB Tribute. I'll try to find you on P-Freaks next time gig in the area.

lol! Yes I do. :mug:

Now I remember that is what the guy at the LHBS was talking about. However, I didn't use any Chlorine. I use an Iodine solution for cleaning. My bottle of iodine solution is probably a couple of years old. Does that stuff go bad? Maybe it was the water. I used Sparklets spring water.

Just bottled my Hefe last night. I took a sample to test the FG, but didn't actually check the gravity until this morning. The FG was a bit higher than anticipated, at .015. After the gravity test, I drank the sample and noticed a bandaid overtone. I recall hearing someone at my LHBS talking...

Patience and Hydro readings is where it's at. The Hefe is probably good to bottle, but an extra week or two isn't going to hurt. I would be much more patient with that stout. Once it's in the bottles, let those puppies sit for a couple of months before drinking. I'll be bottling my Hefe tonight...

I suggest bottling this weekend. A little time will only make your beer better. After bottling, I usually wait three weeks to crack one open. After three weeks and testing one, I usually chill them for another 2 - 3 weeks, so the sediment settles and I end up with a nice clear beer.

2/3 cup table sugar it is then. Thanks :mug: