Recent content by chemystree

About saving the yeast, I think you would be better off harvesting the settled yeast at the bottom than from the krausen right? Aren't there bitter resins and stuff that also make their way up there in the krausen, while the yeast at the bottom is probably more pure?

just popped open my first bottle of this stuff, and it turned out great! awesome recipe!

much like beerific i too made a similar rye pale ale that has been tasting good so far, but i'll know better this weekend when its in the keg. even with only about 10% rye i had a pretty slow sparge so i wonder if rice hulls might speed things up a bit...otherwise looks good!

awesome tutorial! works perfectly and i'm making a second one today for my dad who recently caught brewing fever!

hey thanks! and congrats to you on yours. i just jumped straight from extract, which meant some last minute number crunching and second-guessing right before all my water additions. i think a PM would have helped a little, but now that i've got one under my belt I had a nice learning experience...

thank you, from the looks of it my efforts were not in vain...it was also my first yeast starter and they have been really going at it!

Alright, all done! I got a little sidetracked after I finished up, but thanks to everyone who posts on here because it all went smoothly. 70% efficiency, which I'm more than happy with since that is exactly what I used as an estimate! I think I clocked in at 5 and a half hours or so, part of...

I'm doing my first all-grain today, after a few weeks of equipment buying and learning some more from this forum. I think I've got my process down in my head pretty well, as well as on paper, so wish me luck. I can probably attribute any success to reading everyone's posts here and any mishaps...

ok thanks for the help, i have a chance to get a 20lb tank off craigslist, is that overkill for a 2 keg system? I guess it would last a while if it didn't have any leaks...

I've been trying to wrap my head around this one, but I just got some corny kegs and am excited about kegging. My question is, if I prime with corn sugar or DME will I still need a CO2 tank to sort of push the beer out?

I'm from Lawrenceville. I haven't had a chance to check out the sites and books yet, but they look pretty informative, thanks all. Well I'm off to go start up my first brew, wish me luck.

Hello all. I am brand new to homebrewing and am looking forward to starting my first batch tomorrow, an IPA kit I bought at a local store. I can't wait to get started and hope it starts me on a long line of future brews. So far the information here has been helpful, and I'd love to hear about...