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Yeah that plan seems to be pretty sound and would work just fine. Fermentation is usually done within a week anyway, but you're correct on the mellowing, and clarity. And the yeast will actually "clean-up" after themselves so it's beneficial to leave it on the yeast for a short period of time...

I don't know about this exactly, but I would be concerned about how much beer you could potentially lose conditioning in a growler if you aren't used to it. To me, it seems that if you haven't carbed a beer in this quantity yet, it may take longer to carb up than you're used to. So, if you...

After the minimash with the 6lbs of Munich, I brought the the temperature to 158*F and steeped 1lb chocolate, 1 lb roasted barley, 1 lb de-bittered black, 1 lb special b, and 0.5 lb crystal 60L for 30 mins. I then brought the wort to a boil and added 6 lbs extra light DME, 3 lbs Amber DME, and 1...

Ok. So, I solved my yeast issue fairly quickly. I went for the two packets of rehydrated US-05 and its been going to town on this beer for the past three days pretty relentlessly. Originally I was shooting for an OG of about 1.131. Insteady I ended up with 1.115, so I decided the US-05 was...

OK. So here's the plan so far. Brew day is on Sunday, maybe monday. I began a yeast starter on Tuesday and have stepped it up to now 3 litres and will cold crash on saturday. I used WLPO99 (super high gravity), I couldn't find any WLP090 in Lexington at the moment. Remember that I want this...

Just had another idea... I have some oak staves and a lid from a woodford reserve bourbon barrel. Maybe I'll chop some cubes from the barrel parts. What if I place the RIS on my "bourbon" chips for two weeks, then transfer to a vessel onto the woodford barrel chunks for the long haul...

HMMM... So I have another dilemma I guess. I used to distill quite a bit and make "bourbons". I currently have two different glass gallon jugs, in which I placed toasted oak chips and my distilled spirit. Those two jugs are currently holding "bourbons" that I made and are coming up on 4 years...

Ok, thanks. Just to be clear, this recipe is loosely based on the Bourbon County Stout, which is fairly sweet with a fg of about 1.040 and an og of about 1.13. So would you still steep the grains for 1 hour? And what are your thoughts on the yeast selection? * VOID this response. Answers...

So the brew I'm planning on tackling is a Russian Imperial Stout that will be aged on bourbon oak chips. Obviously this will be a very big beer. Due to my lack of equipment to accommodate this brew, I'm going to be doing partial BIAB/partial extract. Here's my planned recipe: 6lbs...

When I brewed this beer originally I hit a stuck fermentation at around 1.022, which eventually dropped to 1.018 by bottling day. OK, but I would have like to drop it by a few more points. To avoid this problem I would recommend using the 8.5 lbs of DME if you're doing extract and using WLP005...

A simple recipe, but one of my favorites as it was my first ever homebrew. A great way to get your feet wet, with excellent results. Bring 2.5 gallons of water to 160*F. Steep the following grains for 20 mins: 8 oz Caramel Malt 60L 4 oz Carapils Remove grains and bring to a boil...

Hey all. So it's been a week since I checked the gravity last (it was still stuck at 1.029) and transfered to secondary. I checked the gravity again just a moment ago, and it has finally dropped to 1.020. Still a little higher than I wanted/expected initially but much better. I'll probably...

I've only made four batches of beer thus far. One ESB, One IIPA, One nutbrown, and another IIPA. In my limited experience, the ESB and nutbrown were fine with just pantyhose over the racking cane, but with the amount of hops in the IIPA's I had an issue with the the hops clogging the pantyhose...

OK IC, thanks. I'm just going to move it to secondary and let it sit for a week or so. Check gravity. See if anything has happened.

I simply use pantyhose over the end of my siphon tube, secured by a rubberband sterilized in vodka. Boil the pantyhose first for approx. 10 minutes to sterilize. Use tongs to fetch them out of the boiling water and hold while you insert the tube. Put a pair on both ends of the tube if you...

What would you guys think if I were to rack this to a secondary then instigating fermentation by adding yeast. Or simply by adding sugar?

5 gallon batch 10.5 lbs Pale LME 1 lbs Crystal 40L 1 lbs Munich 10 L 1 lbs Carapils Grains steeped at 156-158*F for 30 mins (the usual process) 60 minute boil adding hops every 15 minutes. As far as the hydrometer accuracy goes, I just double-checked and it seems to be right on the mark...

Hey ya'll This is my very first post on HBT so I wanted to start by saying "Hey!" I only started brewing a few months back, but have been following your forums for several months before. Ya'll helped me get started and have been my number one source for trouble-shooting along the way. So...