Recent content by Whatsupbrew

Seems to be sitting at 66. I've got someone to switch out the bottles so all should be good. ...not sure how this one will work out, I'm chalking it up to a learning experience. Used the wort chiller, 13 mins to get to 70... but I didn't stir while cooling so when it was poured into the carboy...

Ok I'll give the swamp cooler a go. My OG on this batch was 1.042... curious because the last same recipe was 1.054. I did notice quite a bit more boiled off this time, and I added quite a bit more top up water. Hopefully with the aeration I get better FG. Last batch was 1.016.

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Hey guys. Thanks for all the tips for my first brew. I've had a couple bottles and I'm quite happy with the way it turned out. Going to let them (try to anyway) condition a little longer to see what happens. I'm currently about 30 mins into my second brew. Same recipe, with some...

That's interesting. My recipe was partial mash, cheese cloth steeped for 20 mins at 158'. I assume you're talking about all mash?

Saw the date right after I hit send

Curious your thoughts on iodine vs starsan for the bottles / caps?

Funny you mention the wort chiller. I went into a brew supply shop a couple days ago just to get a 2 dollar 1/2" to 1/2" coupler and walked out with a chiller. I've also bought an O2 regulator, little brass one to sit on a bernzomatic 02 tank. I'm waiting for the regulator to show up in the...

i couldnt resist...tried a bottle after 11 days conditioning. chilled it for just a couple hours and gave it a try. quite happy with it. carbonated but not much head.. tastes surprisingly like harp which was the goal. easy to drink. i think a little more time conditioning and a couple days...

Sooo... I went ahead and bottled today anyway. FG was the same 1.016 and I was bored. Primed with 4oz corn sugar and 2 cups water. Ended up with 29.5 500 ml bottles. I was hoping for a couple more but I had quite a thick trub layer. Hopefully everything turns out.

Took a gravity last night, day 13, and it was 1.016. OG was 1.054. I ran it through an online calc and it came out at 4.99%abv. Sound about right? I was going to take another reading tomorrow and bottle but have been called into work and won't be able to until the 29th...couple of days won't...

Used BRY-97

Agree completely. My end goal is a streamlined system where I can continuously brew high quality beer of all kinds, eventually finding some personal recipes, all mash, lagers... etc etc. But baby steps for me.

At this point I couldnt care less about a cloudy beer. If it tastes good is all I'm worried about...that and getting it into a bottle.

Starting to think a little more about bottling. For a first time brew should I consider gelatin or cold crashing? Besides a more clear beer does it have much effect on the drink ability?