Recent content by NJDiver

SCUBA Diving is my passion. People are amazed at the number of shipwrecks and maritime history off NJ. Also, my wife and I have recently gotten a little bit into target shooting.

Hello All, I'm in Brick and just found this thread. New to brewing (first batch in primary) and interested in maybe meeting up with a club. Is it still active?

Believe me, I have questioned myself on that after these readings! Yes, I am fairly certain that I am. I plan on going through the whole process anyway. If nothing else it will give me some experience.

Thanks Andy, I know this sounds strange, but could it be that the new hydrometer I got is bad? Should a commercial beer (Yuengling) have the same reading? Also after I wrote the above I went and tested some lain old tap water and it was reading below 1.000 at approximately 0.007. Something...

Well, my airlock activity stopped completely by Tuesday night, so basically just after 2 days. Today I decided to take a reading with a hydrometer. To my amazement, it read only 1.002! Initially the wort was at 1.042. Now I do have to say, that shortly after my first OG reading I broke the...

Hello All, I made my very first batch of brew on Sunday night using a Brewers Best Red Ale kit. (http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1010%202013%20Red%20Ale%20Recipe.pdf) I inadvertently deviated from the directions and the wort is fermenting in the bottling bucket. The directions state to...