Recent content by jlg4398

Rushville, IN

That's great! I'm brewing a batch of Blonde Ale right now. Just about ready to put it in cool down then into the fermenting bucket.:D

I chill my Wort in my sink also. Two days before I brew I fill 4 or 5 1qt. plastic bottles and use them along with ice and that cools the wort fairly quickly.

I just spray mine with cool water.

I myself was in your shoes in February 2014. I brewed and bottled by March 7 my first brew. Like you I sought information on this Forum. The advise is straight on and very helpful. My Blonde Ale turned out very well. :) Happy Brewing!

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My FG was at correct reading at ten days. I bottled from my fermenting bucket. I put dry priming sugar into my bottles. Then bottle condition for ten days to two weeks.

I'm a fairly new brewer and had the same question on my first batch. I use priming sugar in the bottling process. Just put the correct amount of sugar into the bottle before filling. I use PET screw top. Screw on the lid. Then some agitation to dissolve. Also, if you'll notice the commercial...

Just stir it. That's all I do.

62 degrees is about the lowest to go for an ALE. Are you sure you got the correct amount priming sugar into your bottles?

Take the grain of salt.....you'll be just fine.

The commercial fermenting buckets although are white do not allow any significant light or UV rays to penetrate. I ferment in this type of bucket on my kitchen counter that gets relatively low light. If your bucket is not in direct bright light you're probably okay.

I have brewed two batches of beer. The first five gallon batch was a bit cloudier than I expected, but it tasted great. I let it ferment eight days. It bubbled for the first three or four days then stopped. I bottled it then let it sit room temperature for ten days. After two days in the...

I'm wondering if I can use store bought beer bottles (American India Pale Ale) twist off caps and recap them with a regular caper. They're regular 12 oz bottles with metal twist off caps. If I can I will save all glass beer bottles I can. Currently I'm use plastic 16 oz bottles. My first...

Hello fellow brewmeisters, all is fine out here in Rushville, IN. I just got through brewing up my second 5 gal. batch of Ring Neck Blonde Ale. My first was the end of February. This time I have a Hydrometer I took a reading from the fermenting bucket before put the lid on. The recipe called...