Recent content by PAmike

Here is a pic of the Caribou slobber i made, this has been in the bottles for 3 weeks now and it is awesome.

me too, i would definitely be there.

I brewed caribou slobber and it is a great beer, I just would like it to have more body. would adding 1/2 pound of flaked oats do it any good? BTW I brewed the extract recipe, I don't have a kettle large enough for the AG recipe yet.

I brewed my Caribou Slobber kit on 12-22-12 and my starting gravity was 1.058 I took a gravity reading today and it was 1.026 is this sounding normal? I plan to take a reading every day till I get the same reading 3 days in a row. I put the beer from the reading in a glass and it is damn good.

that just means it it done fermenting

I live in the Ridgway area, about 45 minutes from you.

thanks, i gotta get a tub of that stuff anyway to wash my work clothes.

I had a glass carboy given to me and it is very dirty, it has stuff stuck to the inside. what would be the best way to clean it? I was thinking of soaking it in hot water for a while, then cleaning it with PBW.

happy I found this post. after reading it I checked and mine was at about 75 to 80 degrees. I moved it to a room that is 60 to 65 degrees. It was only in the warmer room for about 24 hours but that explains the massive amount of fermentation.

slowed down drastically, I removed the blowoff and put the airlock back in.

thanks yooper, I was wondering if that would work. is there any issue with it being on a plastic bucket? I mean will it be accurate as it would be on glass?

I added the yeast at 62 degrees so no worries there. I will see if I can find a stick on thermometer at my LHBS.

I got a NB essential kit with caribou slobber ingredient kit. I brewed it last night I followed the directions exactly, I got a hydrometer reading of 1.058. pitched the dry yeast and sealed the bucket and installed the airlock. I didn't expect the ferment to start for at least a day, it started...

my first was a mr. beer pale ale, I am starting my second one here in a few minutes, it is a NB caribou slobber, I will let you know in about 2 months how it goes.

yes the water is the way to go. the reason it is freezing is because of the volume of gas flowing through the valve. I am a welder and every time I put on a new argon tank and do alot of heavy welding I get the same thing, I use a wet rag to help.