Recent content by NoviceFromNewMexico

Thank you for the replies everyone! I will increase my pitch amount in future higher gravity beer batches. In regards to aeration I generally just shake the carboys for about ten minutes. I haven't invested in an O2 tank to do that with, but would this be a worthwhile investment? For the mean...

Hi, So recently I have had my last few batches of beer experience incomplete fermentations. First I will quickly discuss my last barley wine and then I want to discuss the beer I am currently brewing. So I just bottled a 5 gallon barely wine that started 1.102 and finished at 1.038...

I guess my other question would be, how would I make the color lighter?

I decided to brew a hefeweizen last night for the ladies and it's summer time. When I had finished brewing the I racked the wort into the carboy and gave it a good shaking then took a gravity reading. It came out to a solid 1.052. The problem is that the color seems way too dark in the carboy...

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Ok, so add another pound or two of malts and another ounce or two of hops with a higher alpha acid? Then I may be looking at a IIPA?

Thanks for the quick replies everyone, so if I did want to try making a double I should up the amount of malts I use to get a higher OG? I used 6.6 lbs of lme, 1 lb of dme, and 1 lb of maltodextros.

So I brewed my second IPA yesterday and ended with a OG of 1.062. So I have two questions about my brew that Im unsure of. 1) I want to know how many IBUs my beer will have. 2) Does this beer qualify as being a Double IPA? To answer the first question I tried some online calculators to...

I am a novice brewer and currently fermenting my first batch of beer and cider. I am interested in making some raspberry cider and would like to do it with fresh raspberries. I am only doing the cider in a 1 gallon glass jug to figure out how to make it taste decent before I commit to a 5 gallon...