Recent content by woody34

1016 after 3 weeks for me. 1020 is probably not a terrible fg for this beer. 1024 seems a bit high yet. Check again in 1 week. One of my favs so far and of everyone that's tried it. Plan on 3 weeks in the bottle until it's darn good.

I generally make simple extract kits. I don't use a secondary fetmenter because I don't usually need to dry hop or age extensively. 3 or 4 weeks primary is enough. However, im now making a stout that was 1070 og. It specifically calls for 4 weeks secondary. Is this a reason to actually do...

Lol. A few months back I asked the same question here. I thought my beer was messed up. Smelled like chemicals. Glad to hear lots of people do this.

You certainly didn't make a weak beer. Your final grav may get down below 1.020. You would have a 7 plus ABV. Just rough estimates.

1.072 and 1.030. I use Rooftopbrew website and enter those numbers in their ABV calculator. You probably haven't reached final gravity yet though as its only fermented a week.

Is there a need to sterilize the strawberries first or do u just toss em in there?

Lol. Ur not the first. No point in worrying about it now. Sit back and wait...it may turn out just fine.

I would stop using dish soap to clean ur bottles.

I agree. Timeframes, temperature and sanitation should be your focus. Don't over scrutinize the other things. No, u didn't ruin you beer and quite possibly didn't effect it at all.

As an extract brewer, I dump it all in. I don't use secondary but I primary for 3 or 4 weeks, siphon carefully and bottle. Maybe I've just been lucky but my beers have all been clear. Maybe it's different with all grain?

My dad thinks they spread it on crackers? I now believe he's dead wrong about thr yeast cake but maybe there's some other by-product he's thinking of? Regardless, I've eaten my first and last scoop of yeast cake.

Nope. It was his beer. He tried it too. I made sure he went first. We had a good laugh but it was very bitter to put it lightly.

Tried a finger full of yeast cake today after racking. My dad always claimed it's a delicacy in Europe. They can keep that crap in Europe because it was disgusting. Just an fyi.

Try a more concise question. I was going to try to help but I got lost. I'm not even sure what the question was.

Go ahead and transfer.