Recent content by ronnelson929

I set my bucket aside to allow for fermentation for at least 2 weeks this afternoon. It's about 10 pm now and the airlock has just been blown across the room and the lid as well. I feel like this fermentation is going to be better than the last. I've added a blow off tube, hopefully this will...

Modified Baltic Porter with Ale Yeast 0.5 lbs. Briess Caramel 80 (15 minute steep w/ temp below 170 F) 0.5 lbs. Simpson's Black Malt (15 minute steep w/ temp below 170 F) 0.5 lbs. Simpson's Chocolate Malt (15 minute steep w/ temp below 170 F) 0.5 lbs. Briess Caramel 120 (15 minute steep w/...

Do most of you just buy all the equipment, kits, extract, grain, etc on your own dime, or do you have groups of friends that get together to help spend and make all the decisions? Do you charge any friends/family for drinking your beer to help offset the costs?

I definitely agree with ThreeRatBastards. Don't go lager unless you have some means to keep the temperature in the mid to low 50's. Also, I would stick to a type of beer that you enjoy. If you're too worried about pleasing everyone else you may not branch out your tastes and really get to try...

Just looking for opinions/suggestions.. My second beer is going to be a hearty baltic porter. I ordered a kit from Northern Brewer with one of the recommended yeasts. The recommended yeast was Saflager S-23 which I didn't think much about when I ordered it. The yeast is a lager yeast, but...

I've completed my first batch and I'm getting ready to order my second batch. I'm not sure what I'm going to brew yet, but I'm going to stick with a kit for my first three or four brews to know that I can the cleaning and sanitization process down so that it will not affect my beer. Does...