Hey all,
I bought a copy of how to brew and went out and bought all the ingredients for the sample beginner's recipe 'Cincinatti ale' but haven't sourced a decent sized stockpot to boil it all up as yet. I really couldn't wait so I thought I'd put those ingredients aside and bought a coopers pale ale kit and some brew booster 2 from kmart and pitched it with some brew cellar American Ale Yeast.
Took about 28 hrs for the airlock to start bubbling, but it's been going ever since - pitched it about Last Sunday afternooon. Anyway it's been at around 18 degrees the whole time, didn't take a gravity reading thinking that I'd keep it in the fermenter for atleast 2 weeks. I'll be bottling straight from the primary.
I have two packs of those Morgans 12g cascade teagbags - and i thought I'd dry hop with them, probably after 7-10 days. Should I add both of them or will one do? I'm also worried about opening the fermenter, should there be a concern?
Anyway the LHBS guy sold me some finings, not 100% sure what to do with em, but my question is will it be a problem if I add the finings and the hops at the same time, or is there a schedule?
Cheers
I bought a copy of how to brew and went out and bought all the ingredients for the sample beginner's recipe 'Cincinatti ale' but haven't sourced a decent sized stockpot to boil it all up as yet. I really couldn't wait so I thought I'd put those ingredients aside and bought a coopers pale ale kit and some brew booster 2 from kmart and pitched it with some brew cellar American Ale Yeast.
Took about 28 hrs for the airlock to start bubbling, but it's been going ever since - pitched it about Last Sunday afternooon. Anyway it's been at around 18 degrees the whole time, didn't take a gravity reading thinking that I'd keep it in the fermenter for atleast 2 weeks. I'll be bottling straight from the primary.
I have two packs of those Morgans 12g cascade teagbags - and i thought I'd dry hop with them, probably after 7-10 days. Should I add both of them or will one do? I'm also worried about opening the fermenter, should there be a concern?
Anyway the LHBS guy sold me some finings, not 100% sure what to do with em, but my question is will it be a problem if I add the finings and the hops at the same time, or is there a schedule?
Cheers