Recent content by grbr

Beginner home brewer here, so do not take my advices for granted. Reducing costs, I doubt short term you'll get a cheeper beer compared to the commercial ones. Aim for quality. And my advice is: don't buy any equipment. Buy a book about making beer and spend at least a month reading it. Only...

Five days after bottling, I am way more satisfied with the second batch, both taste and look. This beer looks clearer compared to my first batch. But, I am determined I'll order my grains for the third batch milled. Oh, and now I think I am beginning to understand the talk about sparging and...

Yes, someone else here mentioned the flour isn't the cause for the haze beer, but I had to try it. It could also be this electrical gadget/grinder produces a lot of flour. For my next batch I'll order the grains precrashed, probably there won't be that much of it.

I guess it is Ale. 8.5kg Pale Ale, 0.4kg Chateau Peated and only 0.1kg of the special Belgian, it made the beer quite dark last time. So, total of 9kg barley and 45L water. I am not following a recipe or something, I just try things. Hopefully it will work out even better this time.

Thanks, it is fun! South-west Balkans. Ah, that... didn't I mentioned I am alone in the dark? Protection gadget! :D

I have left only 6 bottles from my first batch, I am "home alone" until Sunday, so I jumped in into making my second batch. It is almost 3am here, it rains, I am at my basement entrance, so outside, but I managed to secure the kettle from the rain. I hope I'll improve significantly this time...

Ten days after bottling, I love this beer! I am already planning my next batch. I believe I identified some mistakes I've made with my first batch, as: - I haven't get rid of the barley dust after grinding it, it ended up in the wort and then the beer. And I am sure there was lots of it and I...

I couldn't stand still and cracked one bottle after only couple of days. It is definitely a beer! Although not my dream beer and more haze that I wanted it to be, I drinked this first bottle to the last drop!

Yes, I know which ones. Thank you.

Do you suggest I should open and then close again those bottles after the first week?

OK, I bottled the beer after three weeks of primary fermentation. I may have made a mistake with the priming sugar. I was expecting at least 30 litters of beer, so I splitted the sugar dosage for 15 liters. But, I was wrong and in the second bucket I got only 8.5L. So, it got double sugar...

Oh, sorry, I just now zoomed the photo, I guess I interpreted it all wrong at first site. I guess I need to change my glasses!

Good luck, I am sure it will taste amazing! Though, you caught me with all these bottles upside down, is this the way they should be kept during fermentation in the bottles? I get it is good against oxygen, but once they are done wouldn't you need additional time for the yeast to sediment at...

This time I measured the temperature of the beer, it was 23C. Regarding gravity, maybe it moved a bit, if at all. Three days passed since the last reading. I plan to bottle it next Saturday, I hope it will clear a bit by then. The taste is still the same.

Thank you for the support and good luck with bottling your beer!