Recent content by fedor

As it says in the title, my brew has been frementing for almost 2 weeks. When I go to take the gravity readings on consecutive days, what is the best way to do that without messing with the brew? Should I just dip the sanitized hydrometer into the fermenting bucket? Or should I take a sample...

Maybe thats the case. The directions told me to only stir the wort with the top off water once or twice, so I didn't want to over stir it. Hopefully it all works out!

I used the True Brew Amber All malt kit. The ingredients are listed as follows: Hopped Amber Malt Extract – 1 can (6.6 lbs) Light Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Hop Pellets – 1 oz Ale Yeast – 1 pack Priming Sugar - 5 oz The recipe with the kit calls for the og...

So I just brewed my first batch ever on Monday, and its ferementing away as we speak. Everything seems to have gone well, but the only problem (maybe not a problem, I'm not sure) was the OG reading. It was 1.03, which I believe it pretty low for an og reading. Now I know there is nothing I...

Thanks! I've been spending any free time I have reading, and re-reading these forums for all the info I can get. I just moved out to Rochester this summer, but prior to Rochester, I was a fellow Buffalonian too! Cheers.

Rohrbach! There Scotch Ale is top notch!

Hello all. I just recieved my first home brewing kit as a christmas gift, and it seems to be a very nice kit too boot. I'm extremely anxious to get started, but I'm also extremely nervous, as it seems to be quite a science :confused:, and the slightest miscue can apparently easily ruin a batch...