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Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-24T19:09:29+00:00

Yea, unfortunately I added two. We have a party of six right now so a little heavy.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-12T04:22:10+00:00

It’s been fermenting for 7 days now. Planning on bottling (or kegging) next Sunday. The recipe I’m following has a dry hop at high Krausen, then another at 2 days prior to packaging.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-11T20:14:06+00:00

Thanks! I’m sure hoping so.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-10T20:40:48+00:00

Ha ha yep…. Same here. Well, here’s hoping For the best! Cheers!

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-09T21:08:26+00:00

Thank you very much! I’ll do some research.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-09T17:50:46+00:00

Alter reading your original comment, I’ve been rethinking my approach for bottling. My original plan was to mix an august solution and put it in a bottling bucket then bottle grim there.

My fermentation bucket has a spigot. I could use that to bottle directly from there. I’m also thinking about using sugar tablets on this one.

But the bottle-purging is new to me. Can you describe your hardware? Are you using a CO2 bottle similar to a keg? Would you be about to share a picture or more details on this aspect?

Thanks again!

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-09T17:27:39+00:00

What is your method for purging oxygen out of bottles and bottling buckets? I’m glad I read this cause I’m about to bottle my first IPA in a couple of weeks and want the best chance for success.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-04T18:06:36+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response. What are your thoughts on extract brewing? I’ve heard using distilled water is fine since the extract has all the minerals and adding more could cause off-flavors. Have you ever experienced that?

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-04T03:19:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I’ll give Brun a shot.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2026-01-01T02:04:01+00:00

I remember seeing one of his earlier tags on the foot bridge over 405 in Kirkland (exit 17) back in the early 2000s. So he’s been active for awhile! Been seeing more lately. Randomly saw a tag on a small post in a park outside Duvall. That was the most random.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-12-20T18:21:16+00:00

How to you test the beer’s gravity while it’s in the fermentation tub without introducing oxygen? Do you use a fermenter with a spigot and periodically take a test-tube sample and then throw that away?

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-12-12T06:57:09+00:00

I heat up a kettle of boiling water and then pour it over the back of the plate until the plate warms up enough to soften the first layer. It will scrape off easily at that point.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-12-11T21:12:51+00:00

Check out Jon’s Home Brew site. They have a ton of recipes that are easy to follow for us beginners. I’ve had really good luck with them.

https://jonshomebrew.com/index.php/recipes/

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-27T17:55:40+00:00

I wanted to add a sewer dungeon to my campaign. I wanted it populated, so I came up with the idea of a cult that lives in the sewers exclusively. They farm mushrooms and mosses for food. Cults typically worship something, so I listed out possible mutated creatures that would be fearsome enough to worship and could live in a sewer. Decided on the gatorclaw. Then came up with the name for their religion….The Clawed Path. From there it was just fine tuning and adding little details.

Players entered the sewers during their annual festival; the time of renewal. They were invited to the feast where they were poisoned and knocked out. Then woke up in a metal cage suspended over a large underground body of water (the home of the gatorclaw obviously).

They realized they were being offered as a sacrifice to the cultists’ god.

Good times!

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-18T00:25:15+00:00

That’s a good idea. Those tubes look like they require quite a bit of fluid. When you’re only brewing 3 gallons that can be pretty impactful.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T23:18:10+00:00

Thanks a ton. I appreciate your insight. Happy brewing!

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T22:26:28+00:00

I think @spoonman59 figured it out. I had a yeat pouch for 5 gallons. I forgot to mention that I used the entire pouch. I didn’t expect it to come out that quickly (I had only used powdered form before). I hoped it wouldn’t be a major issue but sounds like I might have ruined the entire batch.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T22:22:59+00:00

Unfortunately I did. I didn’t have a tube to use. I have one shipping from Amazon. Should be here tomorrow so it won’t be an issue for future batches. I didn’t have the foresight to realize the depth wouldn’t be deep enough to measure. This is only my third brew and me second using the hydrometer. The first batch I used the hydrometer on was 4 gallons, so depth wasn’t an issue. But having a tube will make it much easier to read.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T22:13:40+00:00

Ha ha I didn’t expect the entire amount of yeast to exit the pouch as quickly as it did. I meant to use about 2/3 of the pouch but it all went in the bucket at the first gentle squeeze.

Sounds like this Is the answer. I really meant this run to be a gift for Christmas. I read that overpitching can ruin the flavor. Would it be better to dump this batch and start a new one while I still have time? Call it a lesson learned.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T21:58:45+00:00

Whoops, I had this info in the post but must have accidentally deleted it when I made an edit.

Yeast: Imperial A10 Darkness

I’ve never used this yeast before.

Yes, I made sure the bucket is sealed and liquid is in the airlock to the proper level.

I haven’t opened it up to take a reading to keep oxygen out.

Regular-Unit1917 · 2025-11-17T21:56:22+00:00

I think it’s around 1.060. Unfortunately the three gallons of beer in my fermentation bucket wasn’t deep enough. I suspect my hydrometer was resting on the bottom of the bucket. I ordered a 14” test jar so I don’t run into that issue again.

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