Recent content by Jmorrison361

Yeah, the folks at Arctic Brewing Supply Warned me that it was a tricky beer and not recommended for newbies, but I had to chance it. I only lost seven (so far) and the beer is actually pretty good so it's not a total loss. I will definitely be investing in some containment before next time.

Ok, I think I may have over primed. According to the scale in my copy of "How To Brew" a Belgian ale should need about 2oz. And my solution was the equivalent of 4 oz.

True, and I used some of the beer that was left in the fermenting carboy that the racking cane couldn't pick up, so it hadn't been primed yet. I only mentioned that because it was hopeless to do anything about it after everything else had been bottled.

I primed with corn sugar solution. 3/4 cup in two cups water. I only took one FG and it was actually after I bottled. I now understand that was reckless and irresponsible but I learned from it. In truth I was in a rush to bottle because I work a rotational schedule away from home and if I didn't...

While helping my brother in law move yesterday, I got the dreadful call from my extremely annoyed wife. My bottles of home brew were exploding in the room upstairs where I placed them. Beer all over the carpet, glass everywhere. It was my first batch, a Belgian Tripel. The beer tasted good, a...