brewer1222
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1. I just tried my 3rd batch, an American Wheat and it tastes extremely good even only after 2 weeks in the bottle. The first two batches I brewed were too sweet and carbonated unevenly. I made a few changes - moving the fermenter to get a lower fermentation temperature, pouring the cooled wort several times back and forth between the kettle & fermenting bucket, to aerate, and stirring the bottling bucket to make sure the sugar settled evenly.
2. Just brewed my 4th batch. I had about 2.5 gallons of wort, and while that's boiling, steeping etc I boil and cool the top-off water in a 1gal pot. Last night this was still at about 110 F when I added it to the 70F wort in the fermenter. Not the best but I'm not sure how to cool this down. Putting it in the fridge heats up the fridge to about 70 very quickly.
3. I remember reading a list from some guy who posts a lot on what equipment they'd get if they were starting again from scratch, for under $400, and now I can't find it again. Any help? I'm getting below $1 per bottle which is good and looking for some more equipment that will a) save me time and b) improve quality.
2. Just brewed my 4th batch. I had about 2.5 gallons of wort, and while that's boiling, steeping etc I boil and cool the top-off water in a 1gal pot. Last night this was still at about 110 F when I added it to the 70F wort in the fermenter. Not the best but I'm not sure how to cool this down. Putting it in the fridge heats up the fridge to about 70 very quickly.
3. I remember reading a list from some guy who posts a lot on what equipment they'd get if they were starting again from scratch, for under $400, and now I can't find it again. Any help? I'm getting below $1 per bottle which is good and looking for some more equipment that will a) save me time and b) improve quality.