Recent content by Barra088

Just an update, didn't have any bottle bombs and the beer carbonated right on schedule. I just knocked one back and it tastes amazing! I would almost say its under carbonated, maybe the yeast decided to utilize the simpler dextrose before the brown cane sugar? In any case me: 2 Brew mishaps: 0

So it's been about 6 days since I bottled, and I have been keeping a close eye on the beers. I burped some of the beers, and they actually didn't seem to have too much carbonation in them so I decided to toss one that I hadn't degassed yet in the fridge and give it a try. They actually seem to...

Thanks for the help! I know where my assumptions on the review I read went wrong though, I'm an idiot and thought DME and the 5oz of Dextrose that came with the kit were the same thing, so in reality I primed 5oz of dextrose and about 1/4 cup of brown sugar o__O I think what I might do is keep...

So I just bottled my second batch of beer (first batch turned out awesome), this time I brewed the Honey Nut Brown Ale kit from Midwest supplies. I read a review on the Midwest website of the kit where the brewer added 1 cup of DME and 1/4 cup of brown sugar to prime with. He went on to say that...

Also background on fermentation: 10 days in primary and 12 in secondary and final gravity reading was 1.013, taken right before bottling.

So I just bottled my second batch of beer (first batch turned out awesome), this time I brewed the Honey Nut Brown Ale kit from Midwest supplies. I read a review on the Midwest website of the kit where a brewer added 1 cup of DME and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. He went on to say that he won a local...