Recent content by Pike

Right right I hear ya. I've been looking at hardware for Largering online. Temp control, ect. I want to try for sure. But for now I am looking for another e-z beer to brew, another ale. I brew the Amber Ale, True Brew kit, and it came out Awesome. I would like to brew a lighter ale this time...

Is a pilsner a lager or an Ale? The web site I found sells their Pilsner brew kit with Ale yeast. So it must be an ale?

Thanks for the encouragement, and comments everyone. I can't post pics I tried. I also think My Ale is better then what it could be compared to. I was shooting for a "Sam Adams Boston Ale." And I like the taste, feel, and aroma of "Pike's Amber Ale" much better. Fresh beer is the best. I was...

My Amber Ale came out awesome. I can't believe how good. I am way more then impressed with the results. Thanks for everyone help, and tips. Now on to lager some beer.:mug:

After crash cooling, should I let the beer come back to room temp before I prime, and bottle?

Yummy, Ok thanks

Yummy, Ok thanks

Well the only reason I want to transfer is because I had to add more yeast to the carboy / secondary because the fermentation stopped when I transferred the first time. Bad yeast I guess. Muntons yeast from a kit is what it was. So I put another pack of safale04 into my secondary, so there is a...

:drunk: I have reached final gravity and this is what I am thinking about doing. Can someone tell me if I am going at it the right way. I am going to take the beer out of my carboy and into fermentation bucket for the soul purpose of leaving behind most of the sediment/spent yeast. I will...

Ok, Thanks. These will be usefull

I have yeast on the way. Should be here in a couple days. I bought "Safale S-04 Ale Brewing Yeast, 11.5g" I copied that Cali common recipe to my word processer for future refrence. I think it will be my next attempt. Now where it says "Estimated Color: 9.8 SRM" How dark of a beer is that? And...

Yeah maybe I should try to stir it up a bit and see what happens. The only thing about ordering more yeast is it's $2.00 for the yeast and $8-$9 to ship it. So I am trying to figure out what I want to brew next before I place another order. Everyone is saying stay away from the kits. And...

Room temp. I did put it in my cellar for a couple days right at the start of fermentation. The first day and a half. Then I found it was too cold and moved it up stairs. It did fine after that and fermented good. I took a reading about 4 days into fermentation and by way of the recipe when it...

I think it was a "True Brew" kit. It came with Muntons ale yeast. Now If I order more ale yeast, and it take 4-7 days to get to me. The another 3-4 days to complete the fermentation. Am I running the risk of any other type of failure? such as spoiling of my warm, room temp brew?

I guess I won't rack my brew before I reach my final gravity again. Now, what if I don't have the same yeast. Can I use Bakers yeast? Because to get the same yeast I would have to reorder from beer-wine.com, and that will take up to another week. I guess, if I must to reorder I will, but If I...