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great looking recipe! question about the primary, do you think a 14 day primary would be ok? what would the differences be, if any to keep it for 21 days, even if it's done fermenting?

Yep, sorry, all I had to do was look at the last post before mine! Happy Hopping... :rockin:

sorry if this has been already said, but i've been using irish moss(last 15 mins of boil) the last few times i brew IPA's and has done wonders!:mug:

I'm going to do this recipe soon, but will research different hops for it...good question about the Irish Moss. I was thinking about doing the same. Irish moss or no irish moss for this IPA??

Ok, I didn't know that and that pretty much explains the low OG, thanks.:mug:

Well, I bottled it yesterday. We'll see how it turns out...total fermentation time was roughly two weeks.

i'll kick him! :mad:

I am kicking myself for the mistakes i've made for this batch..it called for DME but i had gotten LME by mistake.

As a matter of fact, it was two packs of Nottingham... Yep, the recipe did say 2 weeks primary, then bottle, but my buddy who's been making beer for awhile said to transfer to secondary after 7-10 and once i noticed it was slowing in primary, i decided to transfer to secondary...thanks for the...

thanks... I may have added more water than I should have to the primary after the boil. Not sure if that would cause the low reading...I also crushed the grains for the first time and not sure I crushed them as well as I should have... I'm sure it's done fermenting, there is no sludge...

I created my 4th ever batch and it's a basic Amber ale. The OG called for 1.053(mine was 1.040, low) and the FG called for 1.010(mine has been at 1.014). Primary called for 1 week, then secondary for 4 days. My entire house, basement included, is about 56 degrees. The first 5 days the fermenting...