Recent content by Latamir

Bare with me while I try to explain this. I bought some flip top bottles from one site. With plans of putting mead in them. The other day I was surfing a different site and just out of curiosity I decided to see how much the flip top bottles were, and in small print it said they were only...

Just an up date on this issue I have had. Like I said 1. A friend gave it to me 2. I followed the instructions. It did not ferment out all the way 3. I want ahead and primed and bottled.. 4. Now there is no carbination in any of the bottles. Beer taste right just flat... No more kits AG...

I was at a ball game a few years back and saw a cool beer dispenser where cups with valves in the bottom were placed on top of a coupling and filled from the bottom up. It was metered so it stopped flowing at a certain level. That would be kind of cool to have but would be pricey to buy and...

With the added discription. It sounds like something I already have. I have a piece of hose 2in long connected to my short bottle wand and the spout on my bottle bucket. I set the bucket on the counter open the spigot. pull up a chair and slide the bottles up one by one. I realize that I just...

The kit was from The Home Brewery in Fayetteville, Ar. My first brew was a kit from them but it didnt have specialty grains, but the instructions had no target spec s like OG, FG, or ABV. After my first kit I went to AG which lets me figure out my own target areas. Like I said a friend gave...

I forgot to add like most people I am limited to space and wife approval, so it cant take up much room. I noticed at McDonalds the drink fill systems they have with the small convayor (that always over fills and makes a mess) and think how would I convert that into a way to bottle but to get...

Like most home brewers I reuse bottles from beer that has come from the store and even though they all are 12oz or what ever some are diffrent shape and size. For instance my Sam Adams bottles are taller than my Abita. So, the device would have to be able to adjust to diffrent bottles on the...

The instructions that came with the kit had no detail on what the OG was suppost to be. I guess that is my biggest problem with this kit, there is no detail of where my targets are suppose to be. I did try to stir up the yeast as stated earlyer in the thread, but they didnt kick back off. Also...

I decided im going to let it run until Saturday then bottle it. That way it will make room for a real brew on Sunday.

My main concern is if I bottle at 1.020 I have a greater chance at bottle bombs. Then I have a greater chance at an angery better half... and that is my true fear...lol...

I havent got airlock activity since Feb 8,

Feb 5 was brew date. Feb 8 it steem to stop fermenting. Feb 9 took temp and hydro readings and stired in hopes of restarting yeast. Today cleared back up and readings the same... I try to keep the best notes I can. Like I said I have had several batched but this is the first to mess up on me.

I steeped as per the instrutions. For the temp that is what the instructions call for. its been in the primary since Feb 5 at 130 pm. I did try to swirl the yeast back up a few days ago but still nothing.

I have been brewing since mid December and have done fairly well. I have switched to AG but a few weeks ago a friend gave me a Irish Stout kit, that is a extract kit with a special grain step, to make. I followed the instructions completely. I got it to the 5 gallon mark the OG was 1.035 ( kind...

I miss typed sorry 170 ish was the temp i ment to type. I will be brewing an Irish red and and Oatmeal stout. Also, making some mead, cider, and Soda of course thats not using the same methods.. lol