Recent content by mbotnick

Thought I'd follow up on this one. I left for 2 weeks in the primary and it's now been conditioning for 2 weeks. I chilled one and tried it today, and I'd say it turned out pretty well. No evidence of infection or off flavors, so despite my best efforts the brew was successful. Thanks again...

I've been lurking this site for a while now, figured it was about time to say hello. I did a couple of batches of Mr. Beer (cider never carbonated) and decided it was time to move up to the real stuff so I'm on my third batch now, Rogue's Dead Guy Ale. I had a couple of buddies in my last...

Thanks a lot, everyone! I really appreciate the reassurance. The yeast is in and I'm getting ready to haul the barrel down to the basement to let it do it's thing. Here's to some sweet Dead Guy Ale in a few weeks!

I'm using Pacman yeast, it's liquid and didn't require any starter. Nice to see that other people have had this issue and not gotten infections, and I definitely learned a lesson. I had to get a new lid since mine got lost in a recent move, and the airlock fit a little better with the last...

I'm a relative noob, and on my third ever brew. I had sanitized all of my equipment, including the bucket lid and air lock. I set the lid on the bucket (I have not yet added yeast, still cooling) and went to put the airlock in, it was too tight and popped the grommet into the cooling wort. I...