Recent content by stargaz97

Looks like maybe just trying to rush things. Opened a bottle last night and had a little head. Still a bit to go.

okay...so this brings me to ask, with my concern that i might have used a bottle containing potassium metabisulfate instead of star san when i sanitized at the time of checking my final gravity before i cold crashed, would I do harm by reinoculating the bottles?

Just an update for anyone who might read this...the beer is tasty!

yeah, thats what i'm thinking.

So PT Ray, do you think I am jumping the gun here?

Yeah, I used coopers carbonation drops. Oh and the bottles are being stored in a basement room that is always between 68-71F.

I bottled an amber ale 2 weeks ago after cold crashing for a week at 34F. I noticed the other day that I had no sediment at the bottom of any bottles. Obviously not getting any action out of or a complete lack of yeast. I opened a bottle just to check, just as flat as the day it was bottled. I...

Just wanted to post some info about my first AG brew experience. I suppose I went and tried this maybe before most would recommend. I have only brewed one beer prior, a partial mash. Anyway, I ended up coming up short on my starting gravity, 1.032. This could have easily been avoided if I had...

okay, thanks for the info!

Okay, went to taste it and all seemed great. The black layer that seemed so obvious disappeared after a little sitting on the counter. Anyway, I bottled it all up. give it a while and ill open one and see.

hello...Might got me a problem. Figure i'd ask you intelligent folks out there for some input. Maybe a bit premature as I have not tasted yet but figure i'd ask none the less. I have an amber ale that I just pulled out of the fridge. the top inch is almost a black color. I am about to bottle...

Hello all, my name is Brad. I am of course new to home brewing. I have been interested in brewing for some time now. Finally got started on what seems to be a new another addiction. I started a kit on 2/8/10, it's the fat tire clone. Anyway, I look forward to all the input and information...