Thanks guys. I'll probably start out with Swen's cream ale suggestion, but my wife got me a Brewers Best Pilsner kit, and I'd like to do that up properly. A fermentation fridge would be awesome, but my first question is….. aren't refrigerators air tight? What happens to the gas that comes out of the...

Actually the temp thing is what is discouraging me. SWMBO likes to keep the house around 18C (64F) at night and 21C (70F) during the day. Our basement generally stays cooler than those temps, but clearly not cool enough for a Lager. So now I have to ask…. how do you guys achieve and maintain your La...

Well, I just did my first steeping/extract kit… My airlock has never worked so hard. So, with the first one under my belt, and two more still under the Christmas tree I started thinking about putting together my own grains for steeping. Anybody know about Pale Lagers? Is it just a Pale Ale with Lage...

4 hours! FOUR! 3 and a half for the actual boiling/brewing and 45 minutes for the clean up and wait for the wort to cool down so I could pitch the yeast. I want to think I did something wrong, so I can cut down on that time, but I'm not sure what it would be. 4 hours isn't too far off for a extract...

It looks a lot like what I just did with my first brewers best… except I added LME and DME after the steep

4 hours! FOUR!

3 and a half for the actual boiling/brewing and 45 minutes for the clean up and wait for the wort to cool down so I could pitch the yeast.

I want to think I did something wrong, so I can cut down on that time, but I'm not sure what it would be.

do you keep the lid on the pot at the beginning? that will help build pressure inside the pot so that the boil gets going faster. if you don't have a clear lid, just remove it every few minutes just to check on it... don't wanna have the boil start under the lid and then blow out the hot break onto...

philm00x wrote:takes about 15-20 mins typically on my stove to get going. although i need to calibrate my new 5-gallon pot and work it into my beersmith profile (boil-off rate n such).

Wife bought me a 10 gallon brew pot. It's taking a lot more than that for me…. achieving a rolling boil is becoming tedious

I'm learning that a 3 gallon boil takes quite a while on an electric stove

swenocha wrote:the 1 oz stays in the entire hour.

thank you

Thanks guys. Now riddle me this…. BREW DAY SCHEDULE 1. Add the 1 oz. pack of Northern Brewer hops 2. Boil 15 minutes 3. Add the .5 oz. pack of Northern Brewer hops 4. Boil final 45 minutes 5. Terminate boil Total Boil Time: 60 Minutes Continue to Step #6 : (time) : (time) : (time) Do I boil the 1 oz...

About to try my hand at a Brewers Best kit….. first question so far…. Do I sanitize the nylon bag for the steeping grains?

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still falling

As of 7:30. They're forecasting that to double by tomorrow

I really need to figure out how to make my photos less than 256KiB

I am SO jealous!