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It's in the title. I have a sink that I fill with ice and cool water. I throw my brew pot in there for a while after my finished boil. Looking for some ideas and suggestions...

So I didn't measure how much water I added to my wert, just eyeballed it. I know, rookie mistake. Anyway there was a good amount of foam in the carboy so I guess when it settled I had only about what looks like 4 gallons of beer, maybe a little more. Should I just forget about it and bottle or...

Went apple picking a few days ago and just feel like using some of these to brew a batch. I've already made some applesauce, just added cinnamon, no extra sugar, and it turned out excellent. I can't make juice because I don't have a juicer. Anyone have any recipes using apple slices or even...

Thank you both for the excellent advice and thank you Revvy for the link to your blog.

Brewed an Oktoberfest style ale with the True Brew kit. Bought an extra can of malt extract and added two teaspoons of cinnamon to give the brew more depth. :ban: So I brewed on Friday, and after 24 hours in the carboy the airlock was bubbling pretty rapidly. Now, a few days later I'm...

Yes I forgot to mention. The True Brew kit that I'm using isn't a real oktoberfest, it's just an octoberfest style ale.

Looking for suggestions for aroma hops for an Octoberfest that I plan on brewing soon. I bought a kit that comes with Liberty hops for boiling, but want to buy separate hops for aroma. Any suggestions on some nice smelling hops for an Octoberfest?

So here's what I'm thinking: 3.3 lbs dark malt extract 3.3 lbs light malt extract 1 lbs dark dme 8 oz malto-dextrin 2 oz molasses 6 oz crushed chocolate (2 row barley malt) 1 1/2 oz First Gold hop pellets 1/2 oz First Gold finishing hop pellets

So you think the 6.6 lbs of the dark malt + the 2 lbs of dried dark malt would be ok? BTW good call on the molasses. Might be something to think about adding, being I usually keep molasses in my cabinet.

Brew process: 2 cans of Muntons dark malt extract (6.6 lbs) 2 lbs Muntons dard dried malt extract 6 oz Muntons crushed chocolate (2 row barley malt) 1 oz U.K. First Gold hop pellets (alpha 7.3%) Everything that comes with the kit + 1 can of Muntons dark malt extract (3.3 lbs) Edit...

I'm using a True Brew ingredient kit to brew and bought and extra can of dark malt which is 3.3 lbs. This is my 4th batch of beer only, and the first three have seemed to come out a bit thin using just the ingredients in the box. In Charles Papazian's homebrew book he says to always use at least...

OG was supposed to read 1.040. Thanks for all of the advice. I'm definitely going to look into buying a thermometer to keep on hand while doing everything. I think my local brew shop only has Fermometers, so I may have to buy one on the internet. Any suggestions?

I have a couple of those stick on Fermometers on my bucket and carboy. Is it necessary to have another thermometer?

My gravity read 1.041 just now, while the OG was 1.033. I'm thinking I may have taken the OG reading when my wort was too warm, and I may have to re-pitch.

I mixed it in boiled water, but not too long after the boil. I'm going to take a hydrometer reading now, I'll post the results.

I mixed my yeast in boiled water (I don't think I let it cool long enough after boil) and threw it in my Oktoberfest batch which was at around 90 degrees. 2 days later and I'm not seeing signs of fermentation from the airlock. I used a packet of dry yeast. Should I pitch another packet? Or is...

Thanks for the posts guys. And I appreciate the link Revvy, some interesting stories in that thread. I'll let you know how it turns out.

I'm on my second batch of home brew (brown ale). My first batch (pale ale) actually came out very good. I used the fermenting bucket for primary fermentation and the carboy for secondary. I was just downstairs checking up on the bubbles from the airlock and noticed that the airlock looked a...