Recent content by rrockwel

While at my local HB shop today I talked to the woman who worked there about getting all the equipment I would need besides a secondary fermenter (I used my friends primary, siphon, etc. for my first brew). I asked her whether there was a difference between using a glass primary or a plastic...

Yeah I got it from VT homebrew supply in winooski.

They just seem like little crud floating in there. I think when I filtered it the first time there was light brown matter that was mud or clay like in texture that got filtered out.

A while back (June 08 possibly) I started to make my own wine with absolutely no idea what I was doing... and with no real equipment. I pretty much mushed up a bunch of grapes, added some sugar, added some of the grape skins, and threw in some yeast. It was basically a gallon of grape juice...

It is exactly the case that I (well rather, my friend who let me borrow his primary) need the primary to brew another batch soon. I used a syrup extract when I brewed. Would 3 weeks be about average for a stout? Should I just bottle it this friday or saturday (that would be 11 or 12 days in the...

Here is the recipe I used: 5.5 lb Amber Extract 12 oz Flaked Barley 12 oz Roasted Barley 4 oz Black Patent .33 oz Horizon hops @ 20 min .66 oz Horizon hops @ 60 min 11.7 oz Lager Yeast Boiled 3 gallons for 1 hour. Added water up to 5 gallons after the wort cooled. I didn't really...

It's been about a week since I've started my first brew and I've come up with a couple questions that I haven't been able to find the answers to yet. The starting gravity of my brew was 1.032 and the gravity right now (7 days after brewing) is 1.014, giving it an abv of about 2.25. I was...