I haven't seen bubbles in the tube or airlock since Monday. Should I be worried?
Your schedule seems fine and depending on your method, you should see around a 5% ABV with these kits
SaintBenedict said:After the first two or three days, I didn't notice any activity in the sanitizer/water solution at the end of the blow off tube, and not a peep when I put on the airlock. Though, I am bottling tonight and intend to test the wort to see how it's coming along.
One difference that I noticed is that the neck of my carboy is crusted with nasty dried krausen. Interesting how it doesn't appear to have happened with your brew.
Why not go to your LHBS and try a recipe kit from them?
Beersmith, it can scale down recipes. Convert from all grain to extract to partial, it will help you understand bittering hop effects, colors of beer, ABV and much more. I am still a rookie after 3 years and when I picked up Beersmith it changed a lot of things for me, plus, if you buy it from Birdman brewing, it's a little over 20 bucks. Pretty cheap for what you get. Good luck brewing
kc1123 said:Shared my Everyday IPA at a family gathering today. I was a bit nervous. One bottle was carbed perfectly and another was too carbed. It tasted pretty good. I brought home all the empties from the party for future use. All in all a good day! Brewed the Coffee & Donut Stout yesterday!
I ordered two more 1 gallon glass jugs so I will always have something going in primary. Jumping into two gallons at a time is tempting.
Completed my first IPA kit last night.
Of course I found this thread after, what I hope is not my mistake -
- Tested my yeast (per palmer) and everything is working. Pitched it last night and shaked my 1gal to get everything working. 6hours later, all sediment was on the bottom and no bubbling. After reading this thread .I now realize this is normal .BUT THEN I DID #2
- Realized my water level was a good inch below the gallon sign, i boiled water and waited to get the temp down to 30-40deg and then added it back over the gallon line.
- I then shaked it up again. Making sure to STAR SAN - the cap, my hands, and the tubing.
I have six right now...I often do a double brew day or two gallons, works out very nicely for a pipeline
For what its worth...the IPA kit was my first ever brew and I could not get a siphon going, maybe got 8 oz in before it stopped. I literally ended up pouring the beer into the bottles, turned out fantastic! I find you can hide imperfections and mistakes like that if its IPA and you drink them relatively young.
Main point is....consider an auto-siphon. I got a gravity fed siphon going on my second kit but the anxiety wasn't worth it.
I am planning on cold crashing in the fridge starting tomorrow and bottling on Saturday. I'm just going to remove the air lock and cover with sanitized tin foil. Anyone have any other tips for cold crashing or bottling? Should I bottle it cold or wait till it is at room temp?
I am going to buy the cheap red capper and a auto siphon to make things easier but i'm not sure yet what i'll be using as a bottling bucket. I might just rack into a pot with the amount of sugar from this calculator and then bottle from there.
I am planning on cold crashing in the fridge starting tomorrow and bottling on Saturday. I'm just going to remove the air lock and cover with sanitized tin foil. Anyone have any other tips for cold crashing or bottling? Should I bottle it cold or wait till it is at room temp?
I am going to buy the cheap red capper and a auto siphon to make things easier but i'm not sure yet what i'll be using as a bottling bucket. I might just rack into a pot with the amount of sugar from this calculator and then bottle from there.
I heat up my honey in a 10 quart skinny pot then rack my beer in, then bottle. I use swing tops so this takes like 20 minutes, good luck
Silly question but this IS beginner and we are talking BklynBrew...I have 12 grolsch style bottles ready for bottling this weekend (it will be 2 weeks). My question is how high do I fill bottles, to the top or right to the neck to leave room for carbonation?
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