Recent content by BobSacamano

I bottled this today ... FG came in at 1.012 ... so it did need a couple more weeks to ferment. I moved it from my cellar back up to the 1st floor after the last gravity reading, Im thinking that might have helped I took a taste of this today also, and WOW. This is really an excellent...

I just took a Secondary Gravity reading ... it was 1.018 Can I expect the gravity to hit a lower # at this point? Also, I was going to rack to a secondary and dry hop, but with the higher reading I decided to leave it in the primary and dry hop there.

really good beer ... Ill name it it "whole hand stout"

I just femented this brew ... A few things ... 1) I did this BIAB 2) Mashed with about 4.5 gallons water @ 154 3) Sparged "pour over" style with about 1.5 gallons 162deg water ... also did the "tea bag" effect in the pot 4) Added extra 0.5 ounce of williamette @ 15 mins 5) had about 4.25...

I just tasted my first beer from this batch ... its pretty good. I do not taste the cocoa like I thought I would, so I think next time I would soak in vodka for sure.

I am brewing this, this weekend ... any general do's/donts for a newbie brewing first IPA?

I brewed an all grain BIAB chocolate stout three weeks ago and added the cocoa nibs to the primary a week ago ... i didnt soak them in vodka or anything. Didnt rack to secondary either ... should I have anything to worry about?

Done! Haha

HA ... maybe i will!

Soooo, on my first BIAB try, I did everything pretty close to 100% correct. It is a Chocolate Stout, tasted great right after the boil. A much more gratifying experience than my two previous extract brews. Anyway, I have everything ready to go, take a gravity reading in the fermenter (1.055)...

My beer today, looks awesome. Thanks for helping me not freakout!

Thanks!

This is an English Pale Ale I brewed yesterday. Its my 2nd batch. The first was a Cream Ale, and it started bubbling within 24 hours. Also, I never saw any of the little white blobs like on this one. I'm worried about a few things: 1) that its not really bubbling at all 2) that it may be...

Hello all ... also a new homebrewer from Western Mass. I currently have my first batch in bottles, an American Cream Ale. I got it without much thought and then realized it wasnt going to be much like a pale ale at all, haha. NOOB, move. So, I just brewed an English Pale Ale from another kit...