Recent content by Gunjji

wow, that looks bigger with a carboy inside.. Im in!!!

Seem you have it squared away, good to hear.. However its Never too early for a homebrew!

I use both, Turkey baster or a wine thief, depends which one i feel like sanitizing. Both I got from my LHBS.

Yea, me too.. I just got home from work and its 70 in the basement and my ferm temp strip was reading 73 and yeast chunks going like a merry go round, Up & down. I checked White labs site for max ferm temp and it said 73. I grabbed a plastic tub, dumped the clothes that were in it, put in the...

Today makes 8 days Recipe for this Partial mash was 3.3lb LME 1lb Belgian candy sugar 6lb Belgian pils malt 4oz Aromatic 4oz Biscuit and hops With temp probe taped to carboy.. Stick on thermometer nvr went over 70

I tasted the sample I took for hydro reading. Doesnt taste like beer, well maybe a little but its kinda fruity. I fermented within Wyeast recommendations. I did it at 68-70 with a ferm-wrap and temp controller. Said those temps create some great esters.

Thanks Desertpunk, im relieved! If I stop fermentation.... if its not done already, by cold crashing, wont it start back up when bottle conditioning and over carbonate?

Thanks guys... Got an other question on this same batch. Its been 8 days in primary and still has a thick layer of krausen, at least I think it is, it may just be a foamy layer. I dont know, my first time with a krausen this big. I took a gravity reading and came up really low at 1.005 Recipe...

My 7th brew, a Belgian Dubbel and used my brand new "StirStarter" with one smack pk Wyeast 3522 Cooled to 70 deg, aerated the **** out of it and pitched my starter. Never had a krausen like this. You can see the tube where it went up into it, but next day it actually went into the jug of...

Welcome... Wow, if she dont like the fermentation fragrance, what does she think about the boiling?

24hrs into fermentation and WOW what a difference a starter makes. I usually have 1/2" to 1" of krausen but today its 3" and growing still I think. I made a starter with stir plate 2 nights before brew day, my first starter ever. And well, its like my 7th or 8th batch but I can tell a huge...

Thanks Oz... Just bought two 2'x3' bags and a big colander that will fit over cooler/brew kettle.. And another partial mash kit :cross:

Well, I just did my first partial mash! "Dubbel 'em Up" SG: 1.048-1.052 FG: 1.010-1.012 After boil & cooldown I had to add a gal of water to make it 5gal. Took a hydro reading and it was 1.056. I used a Rubbermaid cooler as a mash-tun but, Home dept didnt have all parts I needed to...

aye... I usually order online as I plan ahead. But I also use my LHBS for things I may forget to order and to refill my CO2. I dont buy their kits anymore (Brewers Best). Its only a 20min drive and there only open Thur-Sun. Located in a farmers market so they get ppl browsing the store all the...

Awesome. Thanks Dragon... I grabbed it!