Recent content by oldf150

I guess my question was vague. I am just unsure if the types of ingredients ( light and wheat dme, and light grains), typical of lighter ales, will yield a decent drink with that high of an. OG.

I put together an experimental(actually a bunch of left over components) brew, and need some advice ASAP regarding the OG. The recipe is a 2.5 gallon minimash with the following milled grain steeped 30 min @ 160F: 1.25 lb pilsner , .25 lb melanoidin, .25 lb light crystal 15. The DME is 1 lb...

Austin Homebrew has become my go-to, even though I live less than 30 min from 2 local stores. Fresh ingredients, huge selection, reliable results, free shipping on recipe kits. Best of all, if you call or email with a question or problem, they take the time to talk you through it. As far as the...

I used safe ale k97yeast one packet sprinkled in after filling to 5gallons. sat in dark closet in a bucket 69 to 72F. Turned out quite pale and clear, except fot the curds. No scum layer, no haze. Then one I opened was about half carbonated.

So maybe it's just the yeast trying to carbonate the beer, eh? Thanks for the info. I will open one in 2 weeks and see how it is. I have discovered after 4 batches of home brew that home brewing is like flying. It just take experience and reassurance to get past worrying about every bump.

I made an Austin home brew Texas blonde ale kit, used Irish moss ,primaries 3 weeks then bottled with the provided sugar. I noticed a significant sulphur odor in the airlock during the last 2 weeks, and white lumpy material floating in the top of the bucket. I thought it might be the result of...

I've gotten several minimash kits from them, and all have been excellent. The clones I have tried have been close, but not perfectly true, to the original. I guess there is enough variation in ingredients and techniques that one cannot expect perfect duplication of any commercial brew. The...

Thanks for the input. Based on what I've read on this forum over the last few months, it seems like there's a consensus that secondaries are not necessary, and the specific gravity only tells you when the fermentation is done. I wonder though, at what og does the fermentation time actually...

I am trying to devise the simplest system for simple beers. I like kolsch, brown, blondes, occasional bock, and always use minimash kits. Would it be reasonable to just keep these styles in the bucket for 4weeks, then bottle from there, without checking specific gravities or racking to...

I was almost done bottling my brown ale when I happened to notice that, as I siphoned the beer from the betterbottle secondary to the bottling bucket, I must have siphoned nearly all of the secondary's sediment into the bottling bucket. It had been sitting for 2 weeks in the carboy, and had at...

that's kinda what I was thinking

Wang bad, beer good, hehe!

I respectfully submit that in my case, this bottle has a partial crack. The defect is easily felt. I'm suprised it didn't just pop as well. My best guess is that some kind of pre-existing defect was just exposed by the stress of handling. I will try to make a photog and post it for your...

10 days primary, 10 days plastic carboy, then bottled. The partcular recipe I used was one designed to ferment and card rapidly from Austin Homebrew.

all my bottles are my own sierra nevada empties, handled gently. No excessive mojo to apply caps,no caps bulging, no excessive carb when opened. Beer seems quite fine. I saw on "How its made" that factories use black light to detect cracked bottle. I'm going to get out my old poster light (now...