Recent content by akramer

For my edification: why is it better to steep with less water? I did the opposite with the brew that's currently fermenting. :o

You're kidding, right? :) My dog will happily eat his own puke (containing the thing that just made him puke.) If that doesn't constitute "not learning" then I don't know what does.

So a consistent temperature matters more than an ideal temperature? Hm.

Thanks for the info, all. :) I need to buy some real starsan, the triple-san that my local store sold me is disgusting nasty stuff that just reeks - I'm not putting this anywhere near my beer. Just having the bottle sitting in my bottling bucket has made the bucket reek in a manner I can't...

Whew, thanks. One brewing concern washed away.

So, I finally finished my first brew day, though I haven't finished cleaning up. (my wife is going to be piiiised :) ) I used pellet hops, and didn't strain them. The beer store shopkeeper said I didn't need to strain. Will they settle down onto the trub? If not, that's going to be some nasty...

So, it's my first brew day. I'll be making a partial-mash porter. I have my ingredients and tools. I just have some sanitization questions. I have both starsan and iodophor. (well, generic equivalents of the two.) It seems like the easiest thing to do would be to mix up a 5g bucket of...

As someone who is not yet a homebrewer (I've been on a work trip since I discovered this forum and I'm dying to get back home and try my hand at it) this discussion is similar to something that crops up on motorcycle forums Every so often someone will post on motorcycle forums saying...