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I have never added bittering hops to a kit brew. Is it possible? how is it done? Losp.

i think that would go well with tettnang. hellatauer or hersbrucker.

i clean my fermenter taps every time. with the pots i give them a soapy blast with a pressure washer.

Thanks for the responses wolfy! I am also wondering why people are selling now? last year I noticed that people started selling them in September, and I thought that was the time to buy.

when should we plant these hops?

in my experience with wyeasts, a good rule is half a day for every month old the packet is, so maybe just hang tight.

wow 4 replies already. thanks for this. I was worried about getting the mdf wood wet and soggy. thanks guys.

Hi Guys, I was just wondering how sanitry i have to be when miling? Will I have to clean and sanitise my mill, hopper and bucket? Or does it not matter when the grain is uncracked? cheers, Losp

haha, ill make sure to check for rat shit! I actually haven't opened them i guess i am going to have to get cracking. Thanks for the response.

Hi Guys, I have a couple 25kg bags of unmilled malt (munich and ale). I bought them about 6 months ago. Homebrewing went on a bit of a hiatus for a while. I was just wondering if i have much time left to use them, or should I have used them already? Thanks.

i always thought the golden rule was 21 at 21. Wrong?

sorry for derailing this thread but? what is up with this yeast? it swells for no reason, smacked or not which can make it a bit tricky to find the thing to smack. I dont think any other wyeasts do this.

sorry.my bad. when it hit 1020 i set it to 20 degrees for 2 days. now its 1010 and i will rack.

Just finished secondary on a kit beer i am doing. It tastes pretty good, but the only thing is i can smell the yeast, which i have never had before. I am not sure if the answer is just to dry hop in secondary or if i have some sort of infection or something. If it makes a difference: coopers...

Manticle I have read that it is a good thing to add the sugar half way through the ferment, that way atleast half of the complex sugars have been used. am i off the money here? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beer Belly...

Is there that much difference between the two? i have been toldthat there isnt all that much difference. If what i have been told is completely wrong I may have to jump on the vic bulk buy and get me another bag!

Since you are being a smart arse i can tell you that grams are a measurement of mass not weight. I never mentioned anything about IBU or bitterness. My question about interferance with diacetyl rest has been answered. Thank you all! About the 1/6 thing, I think i must have misunderstood...

for wyeast swelling: check the date it was made. general rule of thumb AFAIK is 12 hours for every month since it was made.

Hi all, I mis-judged the amount of hops i put into the brew. I hadn't realized that hop flowers weigh about 1/6 of the pellets! So now i am thinking about dry hopping which i haven't done before. From a lot of the recipes that i have read people seem to dry hop in the last 3 days or so of...

thanks for the response guys. clarified it perfectly.