Recent content by numpty

Awesome! And yep, I'm addicted to this now. I only have about 8 left that I'm saving for a couple of friends to try. They just kept getting better...maybe only in my mind, but good nonetheless. I went and bought some Torpedo 'cause I didn't want to finish mine...and it's the first time I was...

Yeah, I had a half bottle at the end too...I just drank it because I read somewhere that too much air space and/or not enough time to carbonate can cause gushers. You're probably fine. I had a bottle bomb after one week of conditioning that actually blew up the bottle. I put one in the freezer...

Thanks guys for all of the help. I'm glad I was successful my first time around. I definitely want to improve on the process, the product etc, and I fully expect to have some failures and setbacks; but I'm just glad the first time ended up encouraging me instead of discouraging me. It's a lot of...

Great write-up. I just finished my first batch, and I felt like an idiot trying to keep all of the steps straight and remember all of the tips that I've learned on this forum. Once I started sanitizing everything I was walking around like a doctor who had just scrubbed in. I'm sure I'll get more...

Well, I had a bottle bomb. With three little rugrats, I had to leave bottles for about 12 hours before I could attend to the mess and potentially more bombs. I only added 2/3 cup of priming sugar per the instructions instead of the whole bag, but maybe that was too much sugar left for the yeast...

I don't know about "damn good" yet, but it's not rubbing alcohol. :D I do want to make good beer though, as I've had a couple of friends (in other states, so not financially feasible to bring them in to help) who have made beer good enough that it is requested by other friends. I want to get...

Thanks Grognerd. Black balloons, here I come. And the spillage control and abatement is definitely something that I have to think more about before my next bottling...uhm...event! I also used a stronger concentration of PBW to peel a bunch of SN labels from the bottles and even though it did a...

Bottled! Holy s, that's a lot of work. I only got 46 bottles from this one, and a half one. I drank the half one...and I liked it. The SWO..something or other...helped me. She's awesome...and she liked it too. Man, I can't wait for the next brew. So two days in the bottle and then I can...

Thanks guys! This forum really is a great resource, and I can't say enough about you veterans hanging out on the beginner's forum offering advice to us newbs. I'll update everyone on my progress and how things turn out. Now, who has the secret information on how to do all of this without the...

Got it. So I'm looking at 2.5 weeks left in primary, another 3 weeks in the bottle and then another 2 weeks in the fridge. Crap! Now I understand the pipeline. :mad: Looks like I'll be purchasing some beers for my birthday. Still fermenting after 12 days Malty Dog? Does it matter if my...

Thanks guys. Grognerd, my birthday is April 6th, I'm expecting the black balloons and all. Man, I remember my parents turning 40 and thinking how that was super old. It's crazy how our perception changes with age. BTW, I used to live in Norfolk and have a lot of buddies in NOVA. I miss it...

Well, I've had my Caribou Slobber in the fermenter for ten days and was concerned about fermenting at too high a temp as the optimal yeast temp only went up to 70 degrees and I was at about 78 per my original post. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f29/new-guy-first-brew-question-391296/ I decided to...

Thanks guys! I definitely tend to overthink things and am too critical of myself, so I'll take bwirthlin's advice and try not to stress. Nothing went catastrophically wrong, so I guess that's a good thing. I'm reading that maybe I should let it sit on the yeast cake for a while to "mellow out"...

Hi all. I learned [I]everything[I] I know about home brewing from this site and have to first express my appreciation for this awesome resource. The humor, wit and knowledge is much appreciated. Anyway, I hope this is the right place for this post. Well, I did my first extract brew on...