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I'm by no means an expert but I think doing a starter would have helped a bit with your final gravity. Sounds like you could have just used a bit more heathy yeast to let it ferment out completely.

While it's nice, those are a little out of my price range. I'm not that good of a brewer yet. :)

Can anyone recommends good digital quick read thermometer? The one I had turns out wasn't waterproof. I saw this one listed on homebrew finds but there are some mixed reviews onAmazon. CDN DTQ450X ProAccurate Quick-Read Thermometer

I've been slowly accumulating equipment to move over to all-grain and I've most recently found a couple of 15 gal kegs on craigslist. One has already been converted into a brew kettle but I need a little advice on what to do with the second one. At least for the time being I'm going to stick...

Yea you might want to get going on a Blue Moon clone as soon as possible. :) If she's like my wife and prefers fruity beers, she may not enjoy an IPA quite as much.

I was thinking about doing what Khaos suggested and just put a covered light bulb in there at night. That way it would still kick on after it gets too warm. I thought about moving the jumper on the controller to control a heat source but the weather here is so sporadic right now that I...

Sorry, I wasn't all that clear about that. It has no problem getting cold enough if I set the controller to a lower temp. It's the cold weather that's making it colder than I want. Unfortunately I don't have the option of moving my chest freezer into the house.

New homebrewer here with a question about temperature regulation now that it's getting cold outside. I got into home-brewing this summer and have since been hooked. One of my first purchases after I got my beginning setup was a Johnson A419 temperature controller to regulate temperatures in an...

Thanks for the responses. Exactly what I am looking for.

Not really anything specific really. I just want to get to a point where I know what I can expect when I add a particular hops at a certain time during the boil or which malts will get certain flavors and colors. That sort of thing. I'm a fan of IPA so that will eventually be my first...

So I have a couple of extract kits under my belt and I'm pretty hooked on the hobby. After I do a few more kits I'm probably going to start accumulating the equipment to begin all-grain brewing. Ultimately my goal is to design and perfect brews that I can call my own. But my question for...

I was in the tap room of one of our local breweries recently and they mentioned helping out the local homebrewers with some grain and yeast. I haven't made the transition to all grain yet though.

Hello fellow Alabamian! I have a feeling I know where your recipe came from. I have purchased my first two kits from a certain homebrew shop and both of them have recommended leaving the lid off and stirring after 12 hours. Luckily I spent enough time on these forums beforehand to know that...

Thanks for the advice. I'll probably just go ahead and go with the yeast they gave me then. I'm still just trying to get my process down so getting the beers somewhat close is just fine for now. Although it sounds like I need to come up with a blow off hose since its likely to be a little...

Brand new brewer here with question about yeast. For my second brew I've purchased an Old Chub clone from a nearby homebrew shop. However they didn't have the White labs scotch ale yeast in stock so they sent me home with Fermentis sa-05 dry ale yeast. My question I guess is should I look...