1st time home brewer questions

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by EricRub, Dec 9, 2019.

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  1. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    Yeah I read about that.....ice bath this time. I dont have one of those coil wort chillers yet.
     
    #21 EricRub, Dec 13, 2019
  2. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I think an ice bath will take considerably longer that a chiller but you have to go with what you have. Ice in a deep container with some water with some (rock) salt and at least as deep as the wort will be the best way to do it. An occasional stir of the wort with your sanitized brewing spoon will also help.
     
    #22 PapaGoose03, Dec 13, 2019
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  3. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    Gotcha....will def look into a wort chiller later
     
    #23 EricRub, Dec 13, 2019
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  4. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    Yeah I trade with a few people and I always use a marker to initial who they came from to keep everything organized. So I will have my sharpy ready
     
    #24 EricRub, Dec 14, 2019
  5. Bryan12345

    Bryan12345 Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2016 Texas

    +1

    If I’m brewing a new recipe I will almost never make 5 gallons of it
     
    #25 Bryan12345, Dec 15, 2019
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  6. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    So does anyone make or get labels made for them? I know
    Word!!
     
    #26 EricRub, Dec 15, 2019
  7. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    I always design labels for my beers and print them on my inkjet printer as I described above. However, for one of my daughter's wedding she requested a "Wedding Ale" that used a recipe that I had previously made that she had liked. She's a graphic designer, so she designed the label and put it on a finger drive. I took it along with peel-and-stick label paper to Staples (in case they didn't have the right-sized label paper) and they printed them for me at a reasonable cost.I

    You can also do a search of titles in this forum using 'labels' and you'll get several threads about printing them.

    Never mind about the search, here's a link:
    https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/search/117992821/?q=Labels&o=date&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=8
     
    #27 PapaGoose03, Dec 15, 2019
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  8. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    Appreciate man!
     
    #28 EricRub, Dec 15, 2019
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  9. Jasonja1474

    Jasonja1474 Savant (1,100) Oct 15, 2018 Tennessee
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    Hey buddy it Jason in Tenn. Glad your getting started brewing. I’m still new too so I don’t have a lot of advice but I can say I agree about 1gallon of beer in a 5 gallon bucket would be hard to bottle without losing a lot and not sucking up your yeast cake at the bottom. If you just follow the directions that come with the 5 gallon kits you won’t mess it up. Can’t wait too see some brew pics!!
     
    #29 Jasonja1474, Dec 16, 2019
  10. EricRub

    EricRub Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2018 Texas

    Gonna do 2.5gal batches to start off with
     
    #30 EricRub, Dec 16, 2019
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