Recent content by Drewd004

Quick question on water. Lately my brewing buddy and myself have been going to the local supermarket and filling our waters jugs with their distilled water machine. The beers have been turning out well but was curious if there is something else we should be doing (5.2 tablets etc.....?)

Thanks for all the replies. Just kegged it last night. Turned out to be just hop/yeast. Cold crashed and everything fell to the bottom. Beer smells and tastes great. Super pumped for this one. Will post recipe very shortly.

Wondering if anyone out there knows what's floating in my beer. Thinking this is probably hops but want a second opinion. Brewed a Bells Hopslam clone (all grain). Started with a 19lb grain bill with many hop additions. The picture is during secondary fermentation (dry hopping). Think this is...

I'm on my 2nd brewers best kit (double ipa) When I'm done steeping the grains should I stir the wort while I'm bringing it to a boil?

Great info here. This recipe was an extract with steeping grains. How many batches do most people here recommend before going to an all grain?

I really appreciate all the feedback. So i'm definitely NOT going to take a gravity reading for probably another week and a half. When 2 weeks hits, it sounds like if i'm within my desired FG i should bottle. If im not within my FG at this time, is it beneficial to secondary ferment then? Thanks...

I'm using a secondary for a couple reasons (not sure if they're the right ones yet ha) First off is because the brewers best directions highly recommend moving to a secondary fermenter around 5-7 days "to have more clarity and overall better, purer flavor" I also called the brewshop i got...

im brand new to this site. just started my 2nd batch of beer, 1st batch was a Mr beer so some would say this is technically my first. brewing an amber ale from brewers best. brew day was sunday and everything went great. My airlock was bubbling great all monday and just as much when i went to...