Recent content by mattvig

Sooooo I accidentally pushed my stopper into my glass carboy.. any way to get it out and will it contaminate the beer?

Oh, well I think it should be fine, and by racking I meant changing from a plastic bucket to a glass carboy. But yea I think it should be ok, thanks for all your help! =)

Nope, I read that after initial fermentation subsides (about 6-7 days) it is safe to rack into the secondary fermenter. Is that not correct? By the way my initial gravity was 1.061 and I took it again after I racked it and it was 1.031. But no I did not check it for days in a row, just waited...

Hey guys my first beer has been bottled for only a week and I cracked one open and it fizzed over for a minute then when I poured it into a cup it was mostly foam until it settled, is it bad that it has so much carbonation or will it settle as it sits longer? Also, I just switched another...

Hm I'll keep it in mind, thanks guys!

The activity of my first day of fermentation was nuts and when I woke up it had bubbled up through the air lock and was all over the top of the bucket, I cleaned it and refilled the air lock and placed it back in the hole, is this bad? Shhould I let it air out?

Haha thanks for the tip

Hm, never heard of steam bear before but I'll check it out, thanks a lot!

Just wondering what the alcohol content was and when you say 8 weeks after brewing is when you cracked open a bottle, did you mean 8 weeks after bottling or 8 weeks after you started brewing? This recipe sounds awesome but I'm just trying to judge the date it would be finished as well as it's...

I looked around the site for some lager recipes but didn't find what I was looking for. I am looking for an amber type lager with a medium hop flavor and an ABV% around 7-10%, any recommendations?

I am also wondering if there is a way to do a 60 or 90 minute ipa but allowing the IBU to stay around 25-35? I'm assuming this is virtually impossible with constant hopping?

Really? A year to drink? Damn, yea I'm looking for a 2 month beginning to end brew at the most. Thanks for all the tips and links!

I want to make a stronger beer with great flavor, the 120 ipa is hopped every 30 minutes correct? How much hops do you add each time and you have to add aromatic, flavor, and another kind as well? How to decide which to pick and when to add I have no idea. Also, is the fermentation different...

Yea I stirred it

Yea lbs was a mistake haha, and I used a pre packaged priming sugar, hopefully it doesn't need to be boiled became I didn't boil it lol I just added it then racked then bottled.