Racked my winter warmer ahbs kit to secondary today after 10 days in primary. OG was 1.075, FG supposed to be 1.015. Mine measured at 1.030 after putting it in secondary.
This is where I panic. I added a pack of Safbrew s-04 (kit came w/ Muntons) to secondary thinking I was doing good...
AHBS rocks. I highly recommend the Summit IPA. It was best beer I ever made. It was one of those beers that is so good you only end up giving a couple away, just so you can drink as much as possible.
I have their winter warmer in primary right now.
I am getting into partial mashing (just got a 5 gal rubbermaid cooler) and I was wondering where I find the parts list for making the spigot. I tried doing a search but just wasn't coming up with what I needed.
Also any suggestions for the bottom of the mash tun? False-bottom or braided...
I used 1 can of Oregon Fruit Puree. Poured it into the secondary and racked wheat on top of it. Came out real nice after only one week in bottles. If you have a 5 gal carboy, remember you can't fit all the fruit and 5 gals of beer in (I had an overflowing carboy).
DO NOT USE EXTRACT...
I racked an American Wheat on to a can of Oregon Fruit raspberry puree. Once I saw that the airlock was bubbling and no oxygen was present I started swirling to rouse the fruit on the bottom.
Question: How much rousing does this need? Should I turn the thing on its side to get the fruit...
The flavor of Fat Tire changes a lot. Sometimes there are subtle changes and other times there are dramatic. The latest definitely is closer to the new 2below.
This helps in cutting down on time quite a bit. I was at about an hour prior to getting this. Soaking and draining bottles takes up a lot of time.
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I just bottled an IPA and it took me about 30 mins. Sanitize the bottles in advance. With 3 people it should take you about 10 mins! One guy can pass bottles to the filler, filler passes bottle to capper....should be done in no time.
Wrap a hop bag around the bottom of the racking cane, this should strain out any stuff you don't want in your bottles. Another racking is just exposing your beer to more oxygen which is very bad at this point. I use the hop bag to strain out the hops after dry-hopping in secondary.
I dry hopped for the first time on my last batch and I am sold! I just threw the pellets in whole. I gave the secondary a little bump every couple of days to help the hops settle. I tied a small steeping/hop bag onto the end of my racking cane before racking to bottling bucket. Came out...