Recent content by JJJK29

It was snapped down well, I made sure of it. However I think I trapped too much air in it by not pressing down on the center before completely sealing it.

Cool thanks everyone. I don't plan on opening it again until I bottle. I have the "ale pail" from brewers best. Bad bucket?

Great! Now should I worry about how I just opened it?

This is my first batch. This is day 3 of fermentation and I hadn't seen any activity in the air lock so I decided to give it a quick look. I need to buy a fermometer but the weather to too bad to go out. So my question is: How does my beer look? To me it looks good and it smells nice but I...

Cool thanks. I'll keep an eye on it.

I brew an El Hefe kit yesterday. Everything seemed to go well and temperatures were good across the board during each step of my brewing process. I filled up my fermenter and pitched the yeast. Well I re-hydrated it then added it to my cooled wort. I added vodka to my airlock as suggested...

Cool thanks! One more question. When I add the yeast to my wort should I stir?

Hey guys! New brewer here and I have a quick question regarding my dry yeast. It is a Safbrew WB-06 pack for a hefe kit that I purchased. This is my first brew and I am a little confused about how to pitch the yeast. On the Fermentis website it has some instructions on how to pitch...