Hello Brewnosers!
I got a homebrew kit through Reddit's Secret Santa gift exchange. I never used it for a few years until now when I borrowed a book on how to brew beers. I feel armed with brewing knowledge and ready to put it to use!
I had a couple of questions about this hobby... Is 1gal of Oatmeal Stout a good first time for a homebrew? Do any of you use a pressure cooker as a part of your process? I have one and wonder how to use it for home brewing.
Thanks for having me here.
First time brewing in Halifax
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BrooklandBrewer
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
Currently At Brookland Brewing, Sydney, NS:
In Kegs: Four Seas IPA, Belgian Witbier
In Carboys: Ordinary Bitter (Bitter Bonnette)
Bottled:
Next Brew: California Lager.
In Kegs: Four Seas IPA, Belgian Witbier
In Carboys: Ordinary Bitter (Bitter Bonnette)
Bottled:
Next Brew: California Lager.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
Welcome! Oatmeal stout for first brew? If that's what you like, go for it! Pressure cooker - can't help you there, never used one.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
Welcome. Go with what you enjoy. Not sure if the pm is a good idea as the lid should be off to boil off dms . If you want to sit in on a brew sometime I'm in sackville.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
If your pressure cooker is big enough you can do a 1 gallon boil in it but don't put the top on it and under no circumstances would I recommend placing the wort under pressure. Home brewers worry about boil over and covering up a pot can make that happen allot faster. Is your kit a few years old? LME? If so it may have gone bad. Nothing wrong with an Oatmeal Stout for a first brew. Everyone learns differently but I found it helpful to do Festa Brew/Brew house Kits to learn about proper sanitation and fermentation temperature but that doesn't mean you have to do it that way. Extract can make good beer to.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. 
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
Hello ...oatmeal stout it is. I think that's a good choice.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
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Re: First time brewing in Halifax
The pressure cooker is meant for sterilizing items.
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