Recent content by polkaishot

figured an experiment in a growler might be interesting.. despite the beer already being carb'd... guess i'll see how it goes and get back to you guys

haha you're retarded, plus swmbo sounds stupid

Any chance this beer will eventually mellow out? Assuming its just the high ferment temp that screwed with it. :(

There was a heatwave and our apartment was pretty gross for the beginning of this batch (probably the worst first batch conditions you could try to do anything in), but we tried to keep it as cool as possible with fans (we later got an AC). I think the first few days of fermentation it stayed...

Decided to experiment with dry hopping in a growler just to see what happens. I do think that the biggest problem was that we pitched the yeast at too high a temperature. Also, quick question: I just poured out like 3 bottles cuz as soon as I opened them, they gushed out. Could that just have...

SO and I made our first batch back at the end of May. It was an amber ale made with Muntons LME. Two things that I KNOW went wrong with it after having made two batches since then: 1. What we thought was a boiling temperature (due to our own ignorance at the time) was the most we let the wort...

5 gallons here 20281+5 = 20286!

have had this going for a month in a carboy, just took some out with a thief and it was pretty awesome. decided i was gonna siphon some out into a 64oz growler i had laying around. i've also got some muntons carb tabs (about 8 exactly) that i'm thinking of putting into the growler. how many...