My Second Home brew (start)

[res1bcb1]

Sounds like it's still fermenting. I estimate gravity by 1.3 factor so you're at about 4% now. I'd hold off, another week won't hurt.

ok cool ... ill just start my third one gallon than maybe soon move to a 5 gallon... my next batch is a sorachi ace ... supposed to be around 7.5% abv

 

[Kampenken]

ok cool ... ill just start my third one gallon than maybe soon move to a 5 gallon... my next batch is a sorachi ace ... supposed to be around 7.5% abv

Right up to 5 gallons! Good for you, I'm sure you've been learning a lot, how's that 1st beer, have you tasted it yet? I just bottled almost 6g of a Vanilla Stout, took me 2.5hrs w/cleanup but sample tasted good. Funny thing was a sample about 10 days ago was not good, so I was pleasantly surprised- hope it keeps improving. Put in some bourbon too, first time for both vanilla and bourbon, can't wait for a few weeks now. HBT is great for all of the info here, so many different approaches. I haven't tried a sorachi ace, maybe time to buy a commercial example for my taste buds. Cheers.

 

[res1bcb1]

Right up to 5 gallons! Good for you, I'm sure you've been learning a lot, how's that 1st beer, have you tasted it yet? I just bottled almost 6g of a Vanilla Stout, took me 2.5hrs w/cleanup but sample tasted good. Funny thing was a sample about 10 days ago was not good, so I was pleasantly surprised- hope it keeps improving. Put in some bourbon too, first time for both vanilla and bourbon, can't wait for a few weeks now. HBT is great for all of the info here, so many different approaches. I haven't tried a sorachi ace, maybe time to buy a commercial example for my taste buds. Cheers.

yea i did drink my first beers lol i actually cracked open one of my seven the other night and now i have 1. lol

 

[RM-MN]

yea i did drink my first beers lol i actually cracked open one of my seven the other night and now i have 1. lol

Wait! You cracked open one of the seven and now only have one? What happened to the other 5?

 

[res1bcb1]

Wait! You cracked open one of the seven and now only have one? What happened to the other 5?

lol had to go down that hatch of mine was tasting pretty damn good hahaha

 

[Kampenken]

lol had to go down that hatch of mine was tasting pretty damn good hahaha

Congrats! Amazing huh? How we can have all these things go "wrong" and yet it still turned out good. Guess that's why RDWHAHB came along (relax don't worry have a home brew)!

 

[res1bcb1]

Congrats! Amazing huh? How we can have all these things go "wrong" and yet it still turned out good. Guess that's why RDWHAHB came along (relax don't worry have a home brew)!

so im kinda curious to brewing big beers and good 1 g mix kits known to try one?

 

[Kampenken]

Big beers as in high OG? Or volume? Highest I've gone is about 1.070 or so, largest batch was 6g in fermenter (my conical might be able to push upwards of 6.5, but certainly a blowoff tube will be required).

I haven't brewed 1g beers, other than once splitting a 5g batch into 5 batches, a long tiring day, and didn't end well, mostly due to a much higher boil off rate than anticipated.

If you google top 100 beers HBT you will see some good recipes. I've brewed Biermuncher's Blonde & Black Porter, both fine beers (he's got lots of positive reviews/reports on his beers, will likely brew some version of his cream of three crops). I've heard good things about others, like Yooper's IPA. Those are all great starts, and you can reach out to these folks for questions if you can't find answers within the threads.

For batch scaling (down to 1g) I use Brewer's Friend, its been my go to tool for developing / fine tuning recipes. That and Brew365 for water calcs when you mash as well as temps and TastyBrew for priming calculator. Lots of great resources.

 

[res1bcb1]

Big beers as in high OG? Or volume? Highest I've gone is about 1.070 or so, largest batch was 6g in fermenter (my conical might be able to push upwards of 6.5, but certainly a blowoff tube will be required).

I haven't brewed 1g beers, other than once splitting a 5g batch into 5 batches, a long tiring day, and didn't end well, mostly due to a much higher boil off rate than anticipated.

If you google top 100 beers HBT you will see some good recipes. I've brewed Biermuncher's Blonde & Black Porter, both fine beers (he's got lots of positive reviews/reports on his beers, will likely brew some version of his cream of three crops). I've heard good things about others, like Yooper's IPA. Those are all great starts, and you can reach out to these folks for questions if you can't find answers within the threads.

For batch scaling (down to 1g) I use Brewer's Friend, its been my go to tool for developing / fine tuning recipes. That and Brew365 for water calcs when you mash as well as temps and TastyBrew for priming calculator. Lots of great resources.

ok cool and by big beer i thought meant high abv. could be wrong. looking to brew a beer with 10% or more abv

 

[res1bcb1]

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