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VERY useful information! Thanks! From the sounds of it, I didn't brew poison. =) I do have to get some corn sugar (it didn't come with the kit) and sadly have to wait a while it seems...But that's ok, I'm just happy if it turns out good. Thanks guys.

I'm at less than 5 gallons now because I took some out during fermentation when it overflowed (it was the middle of the night and I had no setup for a blow off). So about 4 and a half gallons. This was my first reading today. Wish I took one the other night. Would have loved to bottle over the...

so... i have to continue to take readings now before bottling? it's been 2 weeks. and my kit didn't really come with instructions, guess i have to read some books about this bottling process, i have to add sugar? (sugar would seem to improve the taste)

i'm an idiot. that's 1.01 isn't that still a little off?

it wasn't pitch black during fermentation but was in a closet. cool. the temperature here doesn't jump that much, it gets cool over night, but in the closet without the direct light it's going to stay the same. not too hot not too cold...

Crap. I screwed up. on Twitpic Temperature 64 degrees F. ... i thought i didn't have enough liquid in the tube, so i added more. so the meter is sitting higher. same results... sorry the pic is blurry, from my phone.

is it possible the yeast died and all the wort and materials in suspension sank and settled? and i'm weighing almost complete water?

also weighed water it was 1.0 ... a little under 1.0 actually. i guestimated temperature, going to assume that's where it was off...but i'm assuming the hydrometer is accurate

Hi, So I had a strong fermentation after the first day...There was activity. This is a hefe weizen. It's original gravity was 1.038 Took a reading 2 weeks later and the gravity is 1.1 !! Doesn't taste so good either. Smells sweet, banana ish almost, kinda like beer. Anything...

Well yea, I don't expect anyone to know the space I'm working with =) Except for the fact that with 1 gallon jugs or growlers (great idea) I can store more than I could with 6 gallon carboys... The note taking I don't mind. The time is not super important, I have four burners on the stove...If...

So if I wanted to try making some wild new recipe...would there be any good way to do so in a smaller batch? (then later be able to double/triple/etc. the ingredients?) Anyone have any working methods for this? I could really end up with something that just doesn't taste right and having...

oh. I used PBW to clean my stuff first. Then Star San. I didn't realize PBW was for tough scrubs... the kit I got didn't say that. Now I want my starter packet of PBW back... Even the book I got didn't go into much detail. Thanks guys. REALLY helpful. I know I'm not brewing in a clean room =)...

So being really paranoid...how hard is it really to contaminate your beer? When's the highest risk? What part of the process? I always boiled water that I used to clean with or added PBW. Cleaned out bucket/carboy with Star San... But let's say what happens if you clean with just tap...

I pitched same yeast (or similar? - WLP300) at same temperature or even a little warmer a few nights ago. It took 15 hours before I started seeing activity. It has been VERY active after about 24, 25 hours...foam out the airlock and such. Plug popped out plastic carboy a few hours after that...

cool thanks. and for unanswered specifics. plastic airlock, one big piece, the cover, and the cap. i know how i could get a smaller hose on the main piece for a blow off in the future. i am using bavarian wheat malt extract (dry) and white labs liquid yeast for hefe weisen. ..sterling hops...

oh also, will the foam subside? or do i have to deal with this for two weeks?

cool thanks guys. actually ok so here's where i cringe... i sanitized a tube and siphened some out. it's a plastic water cooler bottle type carboy... i couldn't scoop out krausen. i'm hoping all this means is i have less beer on my hands. i didn't take out a lot, maybe an inch or two. i just...

...and a hard one to get in the middle of the night :) I will get one for next time... I guess I'm a little concerned though about everything being ruined.

P.S. Fermentation into 36 hours right now and I can say with each time there's foam into the airlock there's less. It's not "exploding" the plug off anymore and only did once. Less foam in the airlock too with each "reset".

Hi I'm new to here and beer brewing. I am making my first batch and the airlock kept filling with foam. It even blew the plug out at one point. I've cleaned and replaced it several times now and it's getting annoying. I read here that the foam is supposed to subside a bit? I don't...