I've let my last two beers (an Irish stout and a saison) sit in the primary for approximately 4 weeks and then straight to the bottles. The major difference I've noticed between my primary only beers and my primary/secondary beers is the carbonation levels. Even after 2 months, my saison...
Thanks fellas...the guy at the LHBS suggested that since the kit we were brewing was a low OG, we wouldn't need to make a starter, which is why we didn't make one. We bought and brewed same day because we were so excited to experiment with it!
Thanks again!
A friend of mine and I began brewing a few months ago and decided to experiment with a recent batch.
We brewed a LME kit from our local homebrew shop and split the 3 gallons of wort into two 1.5 gallon batches and added 1 gallon of purified water to each. His half of the experiment was to...
There are a lot of names dedicated to the Ales...can a lager get a little love?
Nick's Lager Lounge
Are you doing any German style beers? You could always go with one of my hometown favorites, Nick's Rockin' Rathskeller.
As for names for specific lagers, my personal favorites are:
Nick's...