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So it sounds like no water in the winter, right on thanks for the input. I have access to all the goat crap I can truck out. I might throw a layer of that on in the next couple of months, here in Redding we will usually have plenty of rain in the winter. -brian

I'v searched around but haven't found an answer for what the winter watering needs will be of my hops. If it matters I live in northern California, we do get full on winter, snow some years, I know that the rhizomes go dormant so does this mean they wont need any water? if that's the case then...

yeah they are leaf hops and yes I left the "aroma" hops in the wort when I poured into the primary. Next time I will try filtering the wort on the way to the primary.

well i'll play the waiting game and see if the numbers continue to go down, so is the krasen a by product of the yeast causing the suspended junk to float up or is it the yeast itself?

Good god am I glad I was too young during the 80's to hear crap like that! Yeah I just meant that I could use the conical fermenter to get the beer racked with minimal filth transfer. just checked the gravity and in 4 days it drooped from 1.017 to 1.016, I will probably rack this weekend if the...

sounds like a plan, thanks. I guess I need to look into getting a conical fermenter. -brian

this batch has only been going for 8 days but the last one went for almost a month before i finally just said screw it and racked it with the kreusen still floating. I know its not done fermenting yet but i wanted to know if it should be stirred back in. Actually this batch hasn't had a very...

Im not sure on the spelling but the "Kroesen" or layer of stuff on top of the fermenting beer wont drop. This has been the case on the last few batches of beer I'v brewed. I just wanted to know if it is something i should stir back in or just ignore it and when I rack to my secondary it will be...

just thought I would update with my results of the watter bath method, It worked like a champ! I got a 5 dollar rubbermaid bin from walmart used an old aquarium heater and water jet. Then I wrapped an old sleeping bag around it for some heat retention. The room would get down around 40-45...

Oh man this is fantastic!! I am about to try to brew for the first time and I'v been trying to figure out how to maintain the right temp when the ambient temp in the room is around 40 degrees. I just googled "home brewing forums", got this one, went searching through the DIY's and saw this...