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I’m planning on making a 5 gallon ipa extract kit and adding jalapeño for some spice. My question is how many jalapeños should I add and when do I add them? The boil? Fermentation?

I just moved back here from WA. Is there a home brew store closer than Raleigh?

Anyone still here?

Let’s try my luck

That’s part of the fun/experience.

Awesome, that is what I was thinking just wanted to check before I screwed up a batch. Yes I do remove from heat before adding the LME :D Thanks Guys :mug:

As the title says, every extract kit I've done so far has turned out darker than what the description should be. For instance, I just brewed the NB dead ringer and its the color of a brown ale. I'm following the instructions NB sent with it. I think it could be I'm adding the LME to soon and...

So I'm watching extreme cheapskate with SWMBO and this guy says he has a passion for beer. His "passion" is he takes crap beer and puts it in "premium" beer bottles to serve to his family and friends. WTF

Good news it warmed up and the yeast came back to life!

I have it sitting in the freezer but the freezer is off and open to try and warm it up some.

If the yeast did die, would adding more yeast save the beer, or is this batch screwed? Thanks again for the info guys.

I don't have a temp controller. I have the freezer on loan from SWMBO. She's not using it right now so she gave me permission to use it.

So heres the deal. I started using a deep freezer to ferment my beer (in washington they don't have A/C). I used it once on my last batch and it turned out fine. This time for some reason my beer froze. Heres my question, did I just kill my beer (yesties) or will they come back to life once it...

+ 5 wheat ale +5 cream ale = 28657

Sorry I didn't specify where I was. I'm right out side of Tacoma. I don't have a spare fridge or anything like that. Thanks for the info, I'm looking forward to starting brewing again.