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Sounds good. I love the hops aroma of some of the European beers without the lingering bitterness that a lot of our domestic beers have...

I am wanting to have more aroma and less bitterness in my beer. Would putting the hops in AFTER the main boiling but while the wort is still hot do that for me?

I surely wish I could be there to try your beer... And what on earth can you do with that much beer!!

Wow! I figured out one thing for free; you sure do have quite the setup and equipment there! Am I seeing correctly that you're slowly 'blowing' the fermenter contents into the corny? Holy mackerel; a fume hood! I see 50 pounds of pale ale malt. Grain. Two bags of corn sugar? Nice CO2...

Thank you for your response. Lots of interesting info there! In my past, I went from primary to secondary because it cleared faster for me. No splashing will be allowed and the secondary will get a quick waft of CO2 to protect it. The primary contents will be siphoned gently into the...

Thanks, Murph!

I think I'm going to carry on with my stainless steel primary and glass secondary carboy for now. I did buy a Buon Vino Mini Jet to polish my product as I pump it into the keg.

Thank you for that, Sammy. Looks like my old practice of a stainless steel primary (a vintage funnel necked milker pail) and glass carboy secondaries will carry on. I already use electronically controlled heating pads; got those when I was growing some 'herbs'! I also bought a Buon Vino Mini...

I'm getting back into home brewing after about 15 years off... I'm seeing a lot of changes in equipment and kits. I did mostly malt extract kits and bottle ferments for carbonation. That over with; I got a new kegerator and three corny kegs. Two 19 liter and one 11 liter (for cider). I plan on...

I'm getting back into home brewing after about 15 years off... I'm seeing a lot of changes in equipment and kits. I did mostly malt extract kits and bottle ferments for carbonation. That over with; I got a new kegerator and three corny kegs. Two 19 liter and one 11 liter (for cider). I plan...