Recent content by owens14

my best girl, no. me and my more-than-adventurous friends? probably so. i think what ill do is bottle the majority of the brew, and drink a bottle or 2 very cautiously and see how my stomach handles it before deciding what to do with the rest. seems like the best way to do it.

please tell me your joking. isnt the rule around here throwing out is the very last resort? could we siphon from bottom and leave a fair amount still in the bucket?

thats kinda what i thought but we'd already fermented and our bubbles had settled back down at about day 6 and now it looks like its bubbling strong again like the first time it fermented. but i havent known a brew to re-ferment later in the process, thats why i questioned if it was an...

okay about 11 days into fermenting and after showing no changes for 4-5 days, we pop the lid ready to bottle today and this is what we see. infection? Uploaded with ImageShack.us

i just popped the top on my bucket for the first time and it appeared there was no krausen on top of my brew, only yeast along the edges of the bucket above the brew and on the lid. should i be worried theres no krausen floating on top of my brew?

typing this while drinking a miller high life, as i said, im broke and i like beer so dont judge me, i thank you guys for looking up and providing all this information for me. even if this thread does nothing else, it provides info on homebrewing in oklahoma, which I'd be more than happy to be a...

to be completely honest (here is my immaturity if anyone would like to highlight it for future reference) i dont care what my state law is, i live alone in very nice trailer house under my grandpas name with no connection to me other than the residence form i filled out at the college i attend...

i hate to argue against my own cause, but unless im reading this completely wrong, wouldnt the bold part mean 21 nationally? because the sale of beer nationally is 21 years old, wouldnt that mean everyone that purchases a home-brewing kit has to be 21? correct me if im wrong.

Of course. Thats completely understandable why they wouldnt want anyone under legal age on a brewery discussion board. and fyi, i just found out you can purchase a brewery set at any age, its only when the beer begins to ferment it becomes illegal. And in the very unlikely case i was to get...

thank you for revising your post, i really do appreciate it. although some parts i still politely disagree with, i would much rather read this than a simple "what an idiot." i thought this would be the best place to learn about homebrewing and so far, it has been. and a loophole if i may, they...

because i was being honest, instead of lying about my age, im an idiot correct? or was it my 7-11 comment that got to you? the fact i do like drinking beer and im not yet old enough to buy it so i have people that are old enough do it for me. so? i aquired the taste young and i enjoy kicking...

i figured something like that was coming.. yeah i am underage. however, my dad was a bouncer for about 20 years, i've inherited the genes and alcohol tolerance of a grown man. im very responsible when i drink and i do not drive and rarely do i drink to get drunk. college life is pretty stressful...

alright thanks for the heads up. as you can tell, im an anxious college kid ready to try my first homebrewed beer lol plus being only 18, its alot easier doing this than standing outside a 7-11 looking depressed until someone feels sorry enough for you to buy you some beer. its a sad existence...

alright thanks man, i was getting really worried. i thought it might have just started really aggressive and then slowed down but i wasnt sure. about when do you think i should pop the top off it and check it since the bubbles have already slowed that much?

okay guys my irish stout is about 36 or so hours into fermenting right now and the bubbles have already dramatically slowed down. about to one bubble every 45 seconds. it really slowed after i popped the airlock off and cleaned it. any ideas? because form what ive read fermentation is generally...