Recent content by crheine

I didnt realize that my post made it to 2 pages and thought everyone gave up on me. My local brew shop is Hearts Home brew in orlando. Heartshomebrew.com is the site. After reading a few website reviews about the shop it seems im not alone with the fact that he isnt too helpful to the beginner...

so could i have a lb for use for later possibly. Not sure , the guy at my local shop was not very friendly and website is down, and closed on sunday so i really dont know what else to do. If you think that just using it for the priming is ok than ill go ahead. Im assuming you guys have made...

Its water i have a household filter. Filters the water to zero TDS(Total dissolved Solids" Have a meter and i check it. Still WOndering about the sugar as well. With one lb reseserve 3/4 cup and use the rest in the beginning?

THanks that makes alot more sense now. Getting worried my first brew will be my worst> So i have filtered water and the gypsum is for the water. Is it really not necessary to use it ?

The hops say something on the package but i cant read the guys handwriting so i am really lost here. If i knew what they were supposed to say i might have been able to figure it out. One bag is larger than the other and the smaller one may be labled 1 with TETT? Not sure. The other is either a 2...

THis is my first post and time on the site. I bought a kit a couple days ago and have been eager to get started. I activated my yeast and was gettign ready to start my first brew when i realized i didnt have my recipe. I have all the ingredients that i needed but dont know when yo put some of...

THis is my first post and time on the site. I bought a kit a couple days ago and have been eager to get started. I activated my yeast and was gettign ready to start my first brew when i realized i didnt have my recipe. I have all the ingredients that i needed but dont know when yo put some of...