Recent content by kuelhof

Pliny=Good Heady/Zombie = Better Don't get ridiculously high expectations, or you will be disappointed in any beer...

I have gone to two separate festivals with two very different different experiences... 1) St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival...Large event, lots of people, and mainly like your experience... small talk, order, fill cup, walk away 2) Ska Brewing 15th anniversary Brew Fest...COMPLETELY...

I knew where east alton was...grew up in Florissant, MO! Welcome to the board!

I actually had this happen to me a few weeks back, and took a hydrometer reading and still had the same reading from when I brewed it! Under the advice from the guys at austin homebrew (where I purchased the kit), I pitched some nottingham after rehydrating it, and viola! I had fermentation...

The vodka will be fine...and starsan is a no rinse sanitizer!

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On my first batch, I had SWMBO helping me and the process went smoothly...My second batch I just bottled last week by myself, but I have added a bottling tree and vinator to my arsenal of ever growing brewing equipment and the process went super smooth (minus my forgetting to crimp a bomber that...

I am just going to let it sit and I will check it this weekend...Supposed to sit for 5-7 days and then transfer, so I will check the gravity and see whats going on! Thanks for the opinions guys!

Thanks for the advice! I'm not worried, more curious...This is the "smallest" beer I've made with an expected OG of 1.050 and I hit 1.047...This is only my third beer, so I am definitely still learning! So, I didn't know if I should expect as much airlock activity as my previous two beers, both...

Hey guys, I brewed Austin Homebrew's Cherry Stout on Sunday evening (about 48 hrs ago), and I failed to aerate the wort once it was cooled with the yeast pitched. I did so after noticing no airlock activity after 24-36 hrs, and peaking through the airlock hole and seeing no krausen forming. I...

hmmm...I hadn't thought of doing a Saison, but that may be the best route to go for this batch, and then something a bit cooler fermenting as it cools here in the mountains... Thanks for the suggestions, and keep them coming!

Hey all, I have successfully completed my move to Colorado, and I am now looking for ideas on what I can brew without getting lots of off flavors. The house I live in is not air conditioned, so during the day (lately) the house is getting up to around 78 degrees, but cools down to around 67 at...

+1 I have read this several times on the board, and usually it settles out

I guess its all a matter of taste....I enjoy the Sunset Wheat on a hot summer night...although it is definitely not a beer that you can drink several bottles of...at least not for me. After about two, the sweetness is too much for me. My wife loves Sunset and summer Shandy (I'm not a fan of the...

I'm with you fatmoose...I am getting ready to buy a couple of kits (after a move) and I am not even considering ordering from Williams for this reason. I'm definitely still learning, and I'd like to be able to replicate a beer that I make later on if I want to. The only thing we can do is speak...