Recent content by gwdlaw

Well mine went into bottles about a week ago and the graham cracker flavor had faded a bit in secondary. So i decided to add an extra 1/2 tsp to the bottling bucket just to get it right. I couldn't wait three weeks to see how they turned out, so last night (after being bottled for a week) I...

Ok gang, I've been holding off on posting this until I transferred into secondary to see how it tasted. Thursday night, I put a sample of Pumking side by side with my beer for a taste test. My three taste testers couldn't tell the difference. OG: 1.080 FG (when added to secondary): 1.018...

Probably very stupid question, but when using tincture of soaked vanilla beans, do you: 1) add only the vodka the beans were soaked in to the secondary carboy OR 2) add the vodka and beans to the secondary carboy Thanks in advance!!!

UPDATE: I took a SG reading last night and my SG was 1.020 and the taste was pretty darn close to Pumking. You guys were right!!! I guess the increase in temp just kicked the yeast into high gear while i was gone and they pretty much finished the job. I'll take another reading in 48 hours and...

Thanks for the advice. I'll check the gravity this evening and see where it is sitting. Hopefully my mistake won't cause the dreaded bubble-gum or bananna tastes.

You're probably right. I was just concerned because the evening before the power outage, the yeast were still going crazy. When I came home the evening of the outage, they were barely moving at all. The recipie said to leave the beer in primary for two weeks, so I still have like 9 days to go...

Tried a search on this topic with negative results. I brewed a Pumking clone batch on Sunday. OG was 1.080. Pitched yeast and put carboy into Vinotemp wine cooler set to 66 degrees. Yeast started going crazy in 4-5 hours and Co2 bubbling like crazy in the blowoff tube (at a rate of 5-6 bubbles...