Recent content by robfromshasta

Oh, and yes, it's an extract kit. I'm still new to this, this is only my fifth batch. My next kit is a custom one from from the store I buy from though, an "Easy Blonde Ale", and it will be my first time using steeping grains and a yeast nutrient. I plan on taking this slow, and not getting...

Good deal. I think you're right, and I just got lucky with a healthy yeast and keeping the temperature constant. I followed some advice from the home brew store I bought this kit and my other kits from is to pour the wort back and forth between buckets several times before fermenting to...

The label says as follows: Solids: 80-82% Colour EBC: Up to 9 Bitterness EBU: 18-27 The instructions didn't give any additional information about it than that. I tasted the sample i used for the measurement, and it was good. A bit sweet, but I noticed in my other batches when I...

I'm a beginner too, but my first thought was to leave it. Seems like the more experienced seem to say that too. It will probably just turn out to be a little stronger. Give it plenty of time to ferment. Who knows, you may have even improved on it. I'm sure you won't mind the little bit of extra...

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Wow. This is my fifth batch I've done. I've done a few Pilsner Home Brewing kits, and a few of those cheap Munton's kits, and this one started at 1.045 and ended up at 1.006. The others have all ended up at about 1.014 or 1.012. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that unlike the bottled...

Spent a few years in Texas myself, and fell in love with Shiner. I'd love to find a clone as well...

Greetings from the State of Jefferson. I posted a few replies over the weekend, and realized I havent yet introduced myself. My dear wife thought I needed a hobby, and has suggested I take up home brewing. I have kind of burned out on trout and salmon fishing and am taking a break from it...

I'm a NOOB, I'm on my third batch, but my wife and my college age daughter are both a great help when sanitizing and bottling. They are both sticklers on cleanliness, temperature control, and filling the bottles to the exact right amount when filling. I credit them for my success with good...

I'm pretty much a Noob too. I just made my third batch today. I did one about three weeks ago and my first one like two months ago. Those two came out much better than I expected them too, I had low expectations I guess. But those extract ingredient kits have pretty thourogh instructions and I...

peeled labels and tried out one of those twenty buck Munton's Extract kits...Mexican Cerveza

Man, why havent I ever thought of that!:drunk: