Recent content by dole21

So finally after 2 weeks in the brew keg, and three weeks in the bottle I popped open a west coast pale ale. Yuck...its like a cross between a high life and a old style. Was too cidery, yet way too bubbly Its got almost enough carbonation like a pop or a bottle of champagne. Rather...

Ok, so I just made a thing of my Mr. Beer(yes yes I know soon will be upgraded) I had bought a hydrometer. I took this reading at room temperature after I was all done. Mine has 3 sets of numbers. In order (.990 to 1.120) Mine was 1.046 (Zero to 50 in increments of 4) Mine was 16...

I ended up buying a bottling tree. I didnt use my dishwasher to sanitize them no. I'll sanitize right before I bottle. This was just a merely cleaning them and storing them for later use. I didnt wanna just toss them in a cabinent and go to use them and have em full of mold. The bottling...

I went thru the process of removing the labels on a couple dozen bottles. I then sanitized the bottles. I turned them upside down in my dishwasher ot help them dry, but they wont fully dry inside. Ive even gone as far as running them in the heat dry on my dishwasher. How can i have the...

I hopefully will bottle my first mr beer tomorrow. Question is though, I have accumulated bottles from Sam Adams etc. Do I need to soak these to remove the old labels before I sanitize them prior to bottling? Will it affect anything when soaking them etc? Just trying to get things...

Hello everyone first time poster here wanting to get into this. First off how much room do you say is required to brew at home successfully? I live in a apt and dont have room for a dedicated fridge for such as a lager as of now. From what ive been reading after making it, the biggest...