Recent content by fatkahuna29

took a reading this morning and its down to 1.019. Im pretty pleased but there is a new problem. the beer smells terrible, like sulfur or something dead. there are just a few little specs on top but they are dark brown. I have brewed this recipe before and never had a funky smell. Should i...

05 went right to work... will take a reading friday night thanks for the comments guys... just hoping that lag time didnt cause some off flavors

just took a reading it was 1.068 so not much has gone on since I left.

sorry about the typo but what I was tryign to say is there was no krausen only small floating brown specs.... so no visible signs of fermentation

Brewed a nice oameal stout friday morning brew went well and was very efficient. the OG was 1.070. Pitched the yeast at 68 degrees and had a homebrew. I went out of town saturday morning and got back in town this morning. Went to check my fermentor and see some krausen and to my suprise there...

as the title says i added gelatin to a room temp secondary. Been 3 days and havnt seen any difference. I know this method works best on a cold crashed secondary but that isnt possible for me right now. Is this going to work? should i go ahead and transfer to my keg? Is it going to taste like...

About 2 months ago I built a kegerator. Sadly 2 weeks later I had to go out of town for work. My brother went to walmart and had the keg filled with coors. I want to get the keg refilled but it has been sitting at room temp for a month. Do I need to clean this before filling it? If so how do I...

i have a stout that i brewed on 10/5/08 and i got very busy and i was wondering if this beer is still ok? it is still in the primary looks very clear and temp has been stable.. thanks!!

very nice!

As the title says I have a smelly batch of Apfelwein... really smelly... its not a sour smell its like a rotting smell... SWMBO is getting pretty ticked about it.. I sanitized everything with starsan, have vodka in the airlock.... I dont know what it could be... the smelly one is on the right...

come on.. i know someone has used it before

this has prob been answered already in this thread but that is a ton of pages to read.. will red star pasteur champagne yeast be ok for apfelwein?

tried it with a stout... no dms.... tasted great...

What should i use to filter my beer before in transfer it to a keg for the secondary?

alright.. well i went to the local store and got some dme... used that instead of the booster...followed the directions on here... it smelled like beer so i guess im on the right path... tucked the fermenter down in a closet temp was 73 degrees.. i will check it in about 2! after reading all...