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So I visit my LHBS with the intention of duplicating an extract recipe that turned out great for me. In that recipe, I used 1 lb. of Belgian Caramel Pils as a steeping grain. I confessed to the sole LHBS attendant that I couldn't tell a grain that required mashing from a grain that was simply...

I am going to use 2 oz. of cascade hops to dry hop an all cascade ale. I am thinking about using 1 oz. for 4 or 5 days, then 1 oz. for only a few days. Would anyone advise for or against this? Should I just use the 2 oz. at the same time? Is there any benefit to staggering the additions? Thanks...

Thank you, thank you, thank you Yooper and bobbrews for the suggestions! :rockin: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/please-critique-my-extract-recipe-385408/ I started with a recipe, listened to the advise, and ended up with the best extract brew I have yet done. At final gravity measurement...

So my latest online supply is scheduled to be delivered to my front porch tomorrow. There are 4 packs of dry yeast in the delivery. Depending on what time the delivery occurs, the packages might spend a few hours on the porch, waiting for me to return from work. The predicted high temperature...

Here's what I plan: 8 lbs. Pilsen LME 1 lb. Breiss Golden Light DME 1 lb. Belgian Carmel Pils (steeping) 1 oz. Chinook 60 min. 1 oz. Simcoe 45 min. 1 oz. Simcoe 25 min. 1 oz. Simcoe 15 min. 1 oz. Cascade at flameout 2 oz. Cascade dry hop. US05 dry yeast Any criticism...

Just tasted my Northern Brewer Chinook IPA. Wow, that's bitter beer! :rockin: Now I know what chinook hops do!! :mug:

Thanks to everyone at HBT for the advise with my NB Dead Ringer kit! :ban: It was my first yeast starter, and my first blowoff tube, which I wouldn't have used without the direction of you fine folks! For the last 48 hrs. my blowoff tube has been sending bubbles into my star-san growler with...

Greetings Helpful Beer Fiends! Mr. Malty says I need a 1.4l yeast starter. Does this mean that I begin with 1.4l of water? How much DME do you suppose I should use for 5gal. NB Dead Ringer OG1.063? Thanks Much!! :mug:

I think I'll be brewing again this coming weekend. I have a wyeast smack pack which I haven't used before, and will be making a starter, which I haven't done before. How many days before I make the starter should I smack the pack (giggle)? How many days after making the starter should I boil...

I just finished bottling my 4th extract kit, Northern Brewer's Chinook IPA. It sure smelled yummy! (Ok, I had a little sip- tasted yummy, too.) Thanks to everyone for the advise over the last few months, the bottling went well, and was, in a way, ... I don't know...easy? Now comes the...

So I'm 4 batches into my 5-gallon extract hobby, and I have yet to use any of the additives that came with my kit. I got the "upgrade" kit because it came with a hydrometer, primarily. (Also, Palmer's book, said additives, wine thief..etc) So if anyone can explain the following little bottles I...

I'm a newb, (4th 5 gal. extract batch fermenting ), and I find CraigTube on You Tube fascinating. It may just be that at this stage, I respect anyone who shares information to further the cause. But also, he seems to have a genuine interest in helping the world create more beer. Do any of the...

Today is brew day, and I have somehow misplaced the little plastic cap for my 1 piece, s shaped airlock. Can I leave the top of the airlock exposed, or should I cover it some other way? Thanks! (Northern Brewer Chinook IPA etract, by the way.)

My friend, I'll call him "Joe", grew cascade hops on his family's farm in Illinois. His harvest filled a 5 gallon bucket, which wasn't weighed. "Joe" used a food dehydrator to dry the hops for storage, and they now fit in about a quart sized baggie, and weigh 1.35 oz. Considering that these once...

Greetings, Brewers! I have 2 five gallon batches under my belt. Both wonderful. My 3rd batch was boiled and transferred to the fermenter Sun. the 18th. (3 days ago) After I added the yeast, I noticed that the level wasn't quite 5 gallons. I had water handy, which was cold. I topped off the...

I am fermenting my 2nd 5-gallon batch, and have previously brewed 4 2-gallon Mr. Beers. I would like to expand into secondary fermentation and dry hopping. Everything that I have read/heard has stressed the vital importance of the san- itization of anything that contacts the beer after the...

Hi there. I have my first 5 gallon batch fermenting now. Boil was last night, and I'm happy to see and hear the activity in the airlock so soon. My airlock is a plastic 2-chambered deal that came with my kit. The thing is, the airlock only has liquid in the left chamber. The right chamber is...

Hello there, Bobot from Chicago's south suburbs. I'm fermenting my first 5 gallon batch. (I've used Mr. Beer prior to yesterday...) My 2 chamber plastic air lock is filled on the left side only. Should this concern me? I don't think, at this point, I should mess with it. Fermentation is bubbling...