Recent content by JRChase

Hello all I am coming to terms that I am living in airports and hotels and I don't see that changing at work. I have a Spike kettle, a couple Fast Fermenters, a Northern Brewer burner, and bottles and what not for BIAG. Any interest in purchasing? I would like to sell to a home brewer...

Thanks, been running my starters in the basement where I ferment, but I never know when I throw a stir bar. Kitchen it is.

Good day, I know I want to ferment in a dark environment, but how about a yeast starter? Is it fine to do on the kitchen counter, or does it need to be in a dark room if possible?

Forgive me if I am an idiot but I tend to over think things. I want to get a CO2 tank to fill head space with. Any advice on what I use to attach to the tank to distribute the gas on demand?

Brewed a Dry Irish Stout yesterday. Went to work at 7:30 this morning and a few bubbles were just coming through the airlock. Looked good. Came home at 5:30 to find airlock six feet away and kreusen all over the ceiling (no, the wife didn't see it, I have it cleaned up, the dogs a I were...

Your guidance would be appreciated. I have a primary and secondary both full right now. Today I added another primary and brewed NB's Newcastle clone. Next weekend I will bottle the Furious that is in the secondary, and rack the Mongoose to the secondary. Should I rack the Nukey to...

Thanks guys, I will just dump it in quick and not over think it.

Hey gang Making my first kit using dried malt extract. Do I want to add the DME slowly, or quick/all at once. I know it is one or the other, but can't remember.

Thank you all. To quote the instructor at the NB beginners class "beer is like The Dude, it just abides, so don't stress over it" Even though I know that, it is still easy to get concerned. I appreciate the help.

Newbie question Last week I brewed a NB Pale Ale kit that says two weeks in the primary and two weeks in the bottles. I should be bottling next weekend (the kraeusen has already dropped) but I will be out of town for work. Does it hurt anything to let it sit in the fermentor an extra week?

Thanks all I am using hop pellets for my hop addition to my secondary, do i just drop them in, or is there more to it?

Thanks all That helps me understand the secondary better. I do need to secondary this one as it has a hop addition to the secondary. As far as temp the fermometer on the side of the bottle is reading 64 - 66 usually, so I think I am good.

Thanks for the reply, I should have no shortage of volume to fill it then. Hopefully the lower o.g. will not impact the final product much. I am new to this, but from what I have seen in vids and pics there is a ton of fermentation going on. The blow off tube is bubbling more that a pipe at a...

Noob question, this weekend I brewed my first batch (Dead Ringer IPA Northern Brewer extract kit). In short I was a dummy and read my hydrometer wrong, and ended up adding more water than I should. Within 18 hours it was fermenting and rolling, in 24 hours I was scrambling to put in a blow...