Recent content by slayerextreme

I also use the brewers best fermenting bucket...and I will "calibrate" it on my next brew...as I said, I extract brew with specialty grains...I use grain bags and hop socks during the brew to eliminate a lot of floating debris and make it where i dont really need to filter.....I stary with the...

was trying to get a better idea about why I keep coming up short on beer... I'm on my 3rd batch, and I have stuck with extract brewing up to this point...I start with 2.5 gallon, complete my brew and then top off to get my 5 gallons... 5 gallon = 640oz 48 x 12oz = 576oz...leaving 64...

I sure did!!!!!! and probably 5000 posts/threads on this forum......and at least 5 hours of youtube videos..... Its safe to say that keeping everything sanitized was my main priority, I was wanting to make a decent beer, but I really wanted to get the processes down.. and I can add that...

seems like its taken forever!!!! my 1st brew was from a brewers Best Russian Imperial Stout....and after being extremely careful with all the processes, I finally cracked the top on one...and when I heard that magical HISSSSSSSS, I knew I hit the mark!!!! taste was outstanding, wonderful...

sort of looks like small CO2 clusters to me

congrats!!!! and welcome to the addiction!!!!

did anybody happen to take an OG & FG when making nbspindel's recipe??? was wondering what might be an expected ABV...and also, when would the molasses be added????

most of it did finally drop to the bottom with some of the trub....but there is just a little of the fine hop dust scattered across the top...another 7 days and its off to the bottling bucket!!!!

update FG 1.016 ABV 5.775 Transferred to carboy for final dry hop addition

not trying to jack the thread...but can you please post the BBIBA Clone recipe...and possibly share where you got the ingredients if online....sounds great...especially the 8.4 abv !!!!!!

Hello to all, I was working on my 2nd brew today...moving it to the carboy so I could attempt my 1st dry hopping...I dry hopped using hops that were in pellet form...all went well, but I have a small layer of what almost appears as krausen floating on top....all this after 4 hours....and to be...

I went and got a new Haier Mini-fridge today for my homebrew bottling....I got it all situated plugged it in and noticed a slight hissing sound coming from the small freezer compartment...the freezer already has ice forming on it after 20 minutes, so I was wondering if the hissing is normal...

I gotta try this!!!! what might be a good replacement for the "0.5 lb Northern Brewers Nocturnal Select Grain Blend: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/nocturnal-select-grain-blend.html" ????? I would like to get my grains from my local brew supply store

please forgive me, Im fairly new to home brewing, and Ive got my second extract brewing now....but I have a question about the OG/FG and ABV with this recipe... per your original post... Calculated values OG 1.064 FG 1.020 IBU 40.6 SRM 40L ABV 6.1 per my calculations 1.064- 1.020 = .044...

Wanted to ask yalls opinion...My 1st brew is a Brewers Best RIS..I'm currently at 18 days since the brew...I have it resting in my carboy, I moved it to the carboy on day 7....there is nothing visible in the carboy except beer, even the 100's of small bubbles that were in small clusters has...