Recent content by gwsiegfried

Well, I put the saison one the fridge for 4 days and you were right, they equalized. Bottling today.

Yeah, it was one batch that I separated when I racked from kettle. I'm glad you don't think it's an infection. GW

So I brewed up a Pumpkin beer a couple of weeks ago (8/31) and I separated it in half so that I could use WLP008 (East Coast Ale Yeast - left) and WLP568 (Belgian Saison Yeast Blend - right). This shows them side by side This was based on a recipe from Zymurgy Sept/Oct 2013 (Pocahontas...

I received the super ultra mega deluxe starter kit from the brew hut (so you know what I startd with from thebrewhut.com) The only things I've bought are a wine thief for gravity measurements, a stir spoon, and a colander to drain grains. I was lucky because my wife bought me a kit that needed...

My first two brews were liquid yeast without starters and they turned out perfect with the final gravity right on the mark. Each also showed noticeable signs of fermentation within 12 hrs of pitching. That said, those were before I knew about starters and I have used starters for the two...

Excellent. Thank you to all - I'll be putting together my humidor in 5 minutes and will start the bottling exercise soon there after. Thank you again.

Sweet. So if I transfer to a bottling bucket, that's when I can add the sulphite, similar to how I'd add carbing sugar in beer bottling? I think this is the last question then. When I add carbing sugar, I have to boil it to sanitize it, but what I'm reading says to add the sulphite to cold...

So, I have a wine kit, Vintners Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, I'm getting ready to bottle and have a few questions. It says if I want to age more than 6 months, I should add metabisulphite powder to prevent oxidation. Is that if I want to bulk age or age in the bottle or either way? It...

As far as thinking flavor/aroma hops has only to do with when you add, you'll want to check out Palmer's How To Brew chapter five. It has many examples of different hops and what type they are considered.

How to proceed is totally up to you, there is no right eay to get into the hobby. Personally, my first three brews were with a fully put together kit, minus the lme which was right next to the kit. My fourth was a cider and as soon as my third is bottled, I'll be doing an all grain batch. I...

So in the few beers I've brewed, I've noticed that airlock activity in this time frame isn't due to fermentation but due to CO2 coming out of solution. The only way to be sure is with a couple of gravity readings. What's different for you it sounds is the krausen that's forming, I have not...

Sweet. Yeah, I am pretty anal when it comes to cleaning my stuff out so, no worries. Thanks.

Yesterday I brewed a batch of brown ale and started on a cider in my second carboy. The ale is in a 6.5fal better bottle carboy and the cider is in a 5gal one. The guy at lhbs said he keeps his cider and beer in different equipment to prevent contamination. I'm thinking I need to move the...

Yep, google was helping with my first beer and led me here.