Recent content by Damien21

Hey guys, just new at this. Right now I just brew extract kits and i feel like its just like making frozen orange juice but more complicated. sanitize everything, put the extract,sugar and yeast in the fermenter be check hydrometer reading etc etc and be patient. well what I was wondering...

A little while ago I measured my brew with the hydrometer and it read. OLD Potential alcohol 4% triple scale1.032 I took my readings today and got this. NEW potential alcohol 1% triple scale 1.010 after each time using the hydrometer i tested it with water to make sure it...

thanks guys for the info. Confidence is restored in my batch. Just curious though how long should I let it set now? any tell tale signs that it's done? does 20 days in the secondary fermenter and 7 days in the bottles(with primer) sound about right? just guessing here. Is it Ok to take...

By "bottling bucket" do you mean secondary fermenter? just started this and I'm not to familiar with all the lingo and terms haha. and A little update here, I just moved it to my secondary fermenter after it was in my primary fermenter for a week. I added the primer sugar after siphoning and by...

Hello brewing Mutons PLC Canadian ale here. first time brewing just a few quick questions. Do I add the primer sugar(225 g Dextrose) at bottling or add it too the secondary fermenter after moving it from the first? Also I forgot to get a reading from the hydrometer when I first mixed this...