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Yes, this is a complicated one: You never know how strong the chillies are and you won t know until the beer gets carbonated. Kind of a Russian roulette

Pressured barrels are usually not that great, bottling might be an option. Now for your questions: -I would leave it more time in fermenter anyway. Even if your readings are stable, I tend to consider 2 weeks after the yeast has settled to be a good start. This usually means 3 weeks in total for...

This one was an experiment and I wanted to have only heat in 1/4 of the batch. This is one of the reasons why I used this method. I also tried with chilies in the fermenter (see https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/urgent-kettle-heating-piece-died-441836/ ) but haven t bottled this one yet (maybe...

So, it s been a month, I took the chillies out today and took a sample as well and I can say that this stuff is thick. I got the motor oil right. It is quite spicy as well but I had to squeeze the chillies when I took them out of the glass so it might be tamer in the fermenter. I d say that for...

This was a huge success tonight, I have tried putting habaneros in the boil and it does not work very well, it looks like alcohol is needed to extract the heat of the chillies

Habanerillo American IPA Type: Extract Date: 18/10/2013 Batch Size (fermenter): 24.00 l Brewer: Boil Size: 24.38 l Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 25 min Equipment: Bucket 33 L - Extract End of Boil Volume 23.92 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 % Final Bottling Volume: 22.49 l Est Mash Efficiency 0.0 %...

Wow... The krausen just went down (2 weeks of fermenting) so I was finally able to taste it. And that stuff is great!! It is not over-sweet and the booze (it is young) heat is replaced by a nice habanero warming... If it goes on like that, this one definitely goes to the list of screwed up beers...

Can you tell me more about the pound of sugar to dry out the beer? I ve been looking for ways to get dry IPAs, even when using only light DME and no steeping, I get a pretty strong malty background which is not ideal for some of the styles I want to brew (stuff like BrewDog Punk or others dry IPAs)

I meant that I don t have anything to heat the wort right now. I actually boiled 2oz of Northern Brewer in some water (about half a gal in total) for 60 minutes and added it to the fermenter. Fermentation is very active. I ll keep you updated but the plan right now is to wait for a week, get an...

I think there might be a place to find them fresh but I ordered mine dry.

Thanks guys. I m moving it to the fermenter and, as a chili addict, I decided that if it has to be screwed, I m gonna do it properly so I dumped 5 sanatized and punctured dry habanero in the fermenter.

Yes, maybe I ll add some hop extract but I have no local homebrew store so it won t be here before at least a week

Thanks. I ll read on bittering techniques (I m actually feeling quite bitter about that already) so I know what to do next time. For today, I m just putting this **** in the fermenter with some yeast and I ll probably just leave it for a few weeks and label it as a malty and weak port...

I would need to boil about 80 IBUs to make it remotely close to the recipe and the clock is ticking since my wort is cooling down and cannot be heated again

I have a really bad electric stove, I kind of rule out that option. It is gonna taste like crap but I guess I m gonna try to ferment that one and see what happens... Why did it have to happen on the most expensive beer I ve ever brewed?

Wort cooling down right now, still wondering if I should simply dump it in the loo or try to ferment it anyway

Yeast ready, no pot to go on with the boiling. I can still ferment it but did anyone tried a very malty stuff with no bitterness at all? Did it taste remotely drinkable?

OG should be around 1.090, IBU is at zero. Do you know of anything tasting remotely good along these lines?

I just don t want to waste extra time with it. I am just really disappointed right now about it and considering that it is probably gonna taste like crap, either I dump it or I actually bottle it but I don t want to waste more extract and time trying to carbonate a zero IBU "beer"

Hi guys, I was brewing a clone of the Old Rasputin, used a lot of grain plus 40$ worth of malt extract. My heating piece in the kettle just stopped functioning (I m using the buckets with electric heating piece). I have no option to go on and I just had 1 minute boil for 3.5 cluster and 1.5...