Recent content by Watson79

Not really. It doesn't smell bad, it just doesn't smell like much at all. Maybe slightly sour, but that could be my paranoia.

My Imperial Stout is now 16 days in primary. I've been testing the gravity every five days, making sure to sanitize. The first two times I checked, it smelled strongly like beer. Today it just smelled dull. No beer smell. Should I be concerned? The OG was 1.080. Now it is 1.030. Target is...

What is the best way to judge? The directions all say airlock activity, but this is my first time. Is it simply FG? If so, doesn't checking FG risk introducing infection?

Awesome guys, thanks so much. I had been planning on secondary fermenting. (It's an imperial stout.) Should I scrap that plan and just let it sit longer in primary?

My first batch. After 16 hours the yeast was going so crazy it was coming through the airlock. Thanks to this forum I learned how to make a blow-off. Everything was going great, but then after 30 hours the output stopped. I"m not getting any bubbles at all. If I press ever so slightly on the lid...