Recent content by OilBaron

Haha those were fan lights. Ok that is good to know. I figured the femernation was completed by now.

This does not look appetizing, and I am 6 1/2 weeks into the process. I just bottled these 3 days ago. Here is a video of my test / monitoring bottle. The actual sealed bottles show the same issue.

So should I move this back down to the basement for the cooler temp or should I keep it up here for 48 hours to eat up the diacetyl and then move it back down.

Moved it up stairs into my closet where the air temp is 67 degrees and I have frequent activity in the air lock. I am just hoping this is taking care of the diacetyl and not making off flavors. I keep reading that primary fermentation for lagers should be 2-3 weeks! Does that mean I should have...

Brewing a lager. It took just under 3 days to see any air lock activity, and air lock activity stopped on day 6. I measured today with the hydrometer and I am at about 92% of the final gravity as per the instructions with my extract kit. Temperature was 60-64 degrees. No off smells or taste. I...

Hydrometer is at. 016. There is a bunch of brown gunk around the top- looks like mud or... yeah. It smells like beer and I can smell alcohol. Brought up a sample to taste and it is very murky. It looks like murky iced tea. It looked like there was oil on top as well, as it appeared there was a...

Thank you for your response. I have lager yeast and I will lager my beer for 4 weeks in my garage, it will be freezing temps here for a while longer so the garage hovers around 40. I have a hydrometer but I am not very adept at getting a good reading. Too many bubbles on top when I...

I even regret choosing a lager for my first brew. The temperature requirements are somewhat doable as I live in NY and it is winter, but I can be exact. Once I make an ale that people request more of, then I will move on to the experimentation. I agree with everything you said.

I am in the process of making my first brew. I currently have 5 gallons of Oktoberfest on the 7th day of primary fermentation in my basement @ 60-64 degrees (depending on outside temp and how long I keep the window open for. The percolation has ceased, or is now very slow as I did not see it...