Recent content by andylyiv

Thanks for the replies. It was going crazy the other day, and fermenting, but now has slowed down and almost stopped. While it was going though it was producing strange odors. Kind of a grassy smell to it. I was reading John Palmer's book on "How to Brew" and he says the odors could be due to...

I brewed this last night. I pitched the yeast (non starter) at 85F. It was getting late and I was falling asleep. It's 19 hous later and I'm only getting 2 bubbles a minute from a bubbler type stopper. Did I screw up my beer? The posts here indicate it should be bubbling like crazy. Right now...

This is my first batch ever and I want to use this Christmas Ale recipe. I pretty much have all the equipment already and have been doing a lot of reading on how to homebrew, but I have a couple questions about your recipe. The hops you have listed are Hallertauer and Cascade, how many...