Recent content by nottul27

Hello All! I have actually been a user (mainly a lurker) of this forum for some time now, but felt i should formally introduce myself. I got started in the hobby during 2011 when my wife bought me a home brew starter kit from our LHBS store for Christmas. I have been hooked ever since. So far...

So I stopped by my LHBS on a whim, just because i can't seem to stay out of that place, and they had replacement lids back in stock! I went home to replace the lid, opened it up and the aroma was amazing! Fermentation was going along very nicely, lots of krausen. I don't think the crack...

Mike that is actually a good idea. However, I have a dog and 2 cats. I have heard that they could carry some wild yeast on their fur and don't know how that would turn out. I also have a one year old and the idea of an open fermenter scares me a bit. +1 on the stick on thermometer however. That...

I do have a local supply store that I could get a replacement at but they are currently out. I may just order one from the web.

I have about 4 brews under my belt, brewing mainly extract using Brewers Best Kits for now. I brewed one up on Friday morning, their Summer Ale Kit. The yeast included in that kit is Safeale US-05. I did all of the necessary sanitation, hop schedule, etc. I cooled down the wort after boiling...

I followed the original design and think they came out really nice. I have absolutely no woodworking skills and had no trouble making these. They fit a case of bottles with the 6 pack holders without any problems. I decided to do the torching method on one of them and I think it added some nice...

Thanks to all for taking the time to help our a newbie. All comments and suggestions were much appreciated and well received.

Please replace the word sort with wort. My phone is apparently not brew friendly with auto correct.

I am a relativley new brewer. I just brewed up a batch of milk stout using a brewers best kit. I of course took a hydrometer reading before I pitched my yeast to see what my OG was. My question is this. Could I take a sample of the pitched sort and keep that say in a covered test tube so I...