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[user 83772]

Ah, no worries. Good to know, thanks again man.

 

[JollyIsTheRoger]

Hate to keep harping on the same thing, but - is anyone able to advise on what (if any) adjustments I need to make to the amount of priming sugar necessary when it comes time to bottle my stout?

On another note: Jolly, that's a hell of a lineup! Count me as jealous as well. I've totally been bitten by the bug, and as soon as the semester is over, I'll be brewing again as well.

@cheesecake: That, my good man, looks deelishus. Nice job! :rockin:

If you have a gallon of wort/beer then 1 oz of priming sugar will be fine. You don't need to adjust based on the OG, just on the volume (assuming it is done fermenting) I use the little brewer's best conditioning tablets to simplify things for myself.

And thanks, I brew once a week and once a month I do something other than beer. Trying to figure out what I am going to do this month now.

 

[cheesecake]

Just ordered the northern brewer white house honey ale and the honey porter. I really like the northern brewer kits.

 

[rawkstar320]

Does anyone know of a place still selling citra and/or amarillo hops? I think I just missed the 2012 harvest...

 

[divrguy]

Well here it is.....northern brewer black ipa

Just ordered the northern brewer white house honey ale and the honey porter. I really like the northern brewer kits.

I have been looking at the northern brewer kits. They seem priced a little better then the Brooklyn kits (even though they Include yeast.)

 

[cheesecake]

Northern brewer kits include yeast. And fizz drops. They are put together really well

 

[UnderThePorchBrewing]

Have to share this!
I really enjoy working with fellow homebrewers.

My theme for bottles and labels is black and white. When I do another's recipe I try to do a generic label to give them credit for when others drink the beer.
I contacted Smallbatchhomebrew after brewing a couple of 1.25 gallon batches (Hop Zombie and Biscuits 'n Honey)and Will has replied a couple of times with tweaks to a label for his brew. it is in color and in his brown and green theme originally. I greyscaled it and printed it in windows as a wallet size (9 labels per page)

Want to thank him and I think it is awesome for a company to be so responsive.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/photo/albums/under-the-porch-brewing-7273.html

sorry to have to link to the photo but attaching the image didn't work
Ben

 

[UnderThePorchBrewing]

Northern brewer kits include yeast. And fizz drops. They are put together really well

brewing Dead Ringer this weekend

fizz drops work great

 

[dadshomebrewing]

Today I'm brewing a brown ale, and swapping out the hard drive in my laptop for a 256gb SSD

Thank god for iPad.

 

[jtd_419]

Does anyone know of a place still selling citra and/or amarillo hops? I think I just missed the 2012 harvest...

Try yakimavalleyhops.com they still had em a couple days ago.

 

[flipfloptan]

Just cracked open Brewing Classic Styles "Through a mild darkly" an English mild from my 1 gallon English beer samples.

I highly recommend this recipe. Nice malt layer with the bitter coming from the Black patent malt. The bitterness is very mild and fleeting because the pale chocolate malt takes over. The EKG provides a nice hop back bone and depth.

This is easily an all day drinking beer.

Can only hope the ESB is this good. Will know in 3 more weeks.

 

[bleme]

This is easily an all day drinking beer.

If I am only brewing a gallon, the LAST think I want is an easy all day drinker. That means my batch only lasts me one day!

 

[dadshomebrewing]

Today I had my first OMG moment with one of my beers.

I opened my first wheat a couple weeks ago, and it was decent, but a little harsh.

Opened the second one today... Oh wow, what a difference those two weeks made.

Lesson learned today for me.

Btw... I really liked that beer.

 

[cheesecake]

yeah i tried a citra smash early and it was terrible. had one last niht and it was much better

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I realize its obvious, but I like the picture. I find that I brew more often when I make pre-measured "kits" of the grains, hops, additions. If I see some extra time, I can choose a style and go. I usually have 2 to 4 ready. I use free icing buckets from the bakery.

 

[JollyIsTheRoger]

Nice, I am constantly changing my mind on what to brew all week so I usually don't even know what I am doing until the day before when I need to buy my stuff. Think I have decided on a super low gravity Scottish 60/- for this week, but next week is my off week for beer so I have to figure out what I am going to mix up. Blackberries are on sale right now(for some reason) so I may do a blackberry mead(did a blackberry cider last month) and maybe a skeeter pee just for the hell of it. Any thoughts on nonbeer things that have come out well that don't need forever to condition? I am already waiting for that cider(which I am cold crashing soon to clear and will bottle up this week) and a bochet(which may or may not be racked to secondary this week).

 

[divrguy]

If I am only brewing a gallon, the LAST think I want is an easy all day drinker. That means my batch only lasts me one day!

Dude..,, that's friggin funny shi^* right there!! Lol

 

[divrguy]

I picked up a DFH 90 and I gotta say I am bummed I spent $11 on this 4 pack. Heck, that's a small batch of my hoppy IPA that's WayYyyyyyy better! Btw, my homebrew is on the left

 

[Leadgolem]

In response to a question about 5 pages back...

I brew in a 1 gallon ocean spray juice bottle. My "1 gallon" batches are usually 3.5 quarts though. If I want a full 1 gallon, or think I'll get a really vigorous fermentor, I'll pour some into a 2 quart bottle.

FYI: The larger buon vino stoppers will fit over the threads on the ocean spray bottle if you flip the stopper over. Then it will seal on the plastic collar below the original broken seal ring. The small ones fit very nicely in neck of normal 2 quart plastic juice bottles.
https://www.brewgadgets.com/p-266-buon-vino-versatile-stopper.aspx

 

[MTate37]

I picked up a DFH 90 and I gotta say I am bummed I spent $11 on this 4 pack. Heck, that's a small batch of my hoppy IPA that's WayYyyyyyy better! Btw, my homebrew is on the left

Agreed on the DFH 90. The bottles I've had have tasted so hot that the hops were over powered. Maybe it was an anomaly, but I would much rather have the 60.

 

[divrguy]

Agreed on the DFH 90. The bottles I've had have tasted so hot that the hops were over powered. Maybe it was an anomaly, but I would much rather have the 60.

I've heard the 60 was better now from more than a few brewers so ill make that one next.

 

[divrguy]

I realize its obvious, but I like the picture. I find that I brew more often when I make pre-measured "kits" of the grains, hops, additions. If I see some extra time, I can choose a style and go. I usually have 2 to 4 ready. I use free icing buckets from the bakery.

Labrat, great idea. I'll be making a couple of go to kits today now!

 

[cheesecake]

that is a good idea....i should prepare some when i get my buckets

 

[dadshomebrewing]

what is your yield on a one gallon batch?

i use a one gallon glass carboy for my fermenters, and i always top out just a touch over a gallon on brew day

i'm getting about 6 pints, after loss to trub, and a little bit for hydrometers, etc.

it seems to me that i lose a lot, but maybe not, so i'm looking for comparisons

 

[cheesecake]

depends on my fermentation/ First batch i got 10 12oz bottles out of 2nd batch i got 9. I have a feeling out of my ris ill get 6-7

 

[dadshomebrewing]

the batch i just bottled was EXACTLY 6 - one pint bottles + 1 hyrdometer, so i basically lost a quart of beer to trub, yeast cake, etc.

 

[cheesecake]

That would have been 8 12oz bottles

 

[dadshomebrewing]

yep... seems like i'm losing more than i should

 

[dadshomebrewing]

in case anyone cares, home brewed American Wheat pairs rather nicely wiht take out sechwan (sp), and sunday football.

now, i just need for the bears to cooperate.

 

[BigRock947]

@Dads....Go Bears...

I'm brewing my 1-gallon Warrior SmaSH right now. I think I'm going to need a more sensitive scale that will read tenths of grams. I was measuring out my yeast and my regular food scale wasn't giving me an accurate reading...ugh. Oh well I'm moving forward...

EDIT: I bought a refractometer yesterday at the HBS...pretty excited to try it...I git tried of breaking glass hydrometers.