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I'm planning out my first recipe, which is going to be similar to Northern Brewer's "Dead Ringer IPA" but hopefully with a little fruity mango flavor for a good friend of mine as a gift. Not a very complex recipe since it's my first and I'm very much a beginner brewer but here it is: Caramel...

I'm planning out my first recipe, which is going to be similar to Northern Brewer's "Dead Ringer IPA" but hopefully with a little fruity mango flavor for a good friend of mine as a gift. Here's the recipe: Caramel 40L- 1lb Golden Light LME- 9.15lbs Centennial- 1 oz @ 60 min Centennial- 1...

Here is my recipe as of now, anyone have any inputs? I chose a fairly low attenuating yeast in hopes some of the mango flavor will come through Fermentables: Caramel Malt 40L 1.0 lb 9 % Steep Golden Light LME 9.15 lb 90 % Boil Hops Centennial 1.0 oz 60 min Pellet 10.5% Centennial...

I am in the process of making my first recipe right now and I'm planning on it being a Mango IPA, as a gift for a friend of mine (although I'm sure I'll keep some for myself) who likes IPA's a lot and absolutely loves mangoes. I plan to dry hop it along with actual mango. I know the mango flavor...

Out of pure curiosity, what happened/would happen to this...?

I'm just as new as you but the response that comes up time and time and time again on these forums is that airlock activity is by no means a good indicator of fermentation and checking the gravity over the course of a few days to make sure it's stable is the only way to know for sure. 3 days...

Try seeing if there's any microbreweries around you. I took a tour of one recently and the people there were very friendly and willing to answer any question about beer, brewing, and microbreweries that anyone had plus they gave us free samples

I'm a new brewer but I believe there are people who do this. Someone else commented this on one of my other threads: So I'm not sure if there are any downsides to it but it is done...

Awesome, thank you very much wfowlks! Can't wait to give it a shot

Extract, I don't have the equipment for grain yet

Any chance you have that recipe on hand? That sounds pretty delicious

Cool thanks for the responses guys!

So are you saying I should just add it to the primary after a couple weeks and leave it in the primary or rack it into my second bucket? Assuming I do not get a carboy that is...

I am starting to think about what I want to do for my second brew and I was considering trying to do a fruit beer for my drinking buddy who loves mangoes. From reading it seems most people add the fruit to their secondary and rack on top of it. I have 2 6.5 gallon buckets: my primary...

Alright cool sounds good. Thanks

How long would you say is best for a wheat then? I have an American Wheat that's been in primary for almost a week now and since I won't be doing a secondary I don't plan to move it too soon but about how much longer do you think is best to make sure it's done but still fresh? Or are you just...

Looks delicious. Hope my first one turns out as nice, enjoy.

Hey all I have a couple more (and hopefully last) questions for my first brew. It is now in the fermenter and the airlock has been bubbling for the past 2 days now. I've been using a swamp cooler and have done a good job of keeping it at around 65 F, +/- a couple degrees at times. I think I...

Ahh makes sense, guess I'll need to buy a carboy if I want to try some more advanced things in the future, but that's a while down the line for me anyway. Thanks

I have 2 6.5 gallon buckets that came with my kit, the only difference being that the one for bottling has a spigot. I'm just starting so I'm only doing single stage fermentation for now but if I wanted to do a secondary in the future I was thinking of doing primary in the bottling bucket...