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I used cheesecloth in mine 2 weeks ago. My recipie was a bit different than yours, but I used the smack packet yeast as well. Bottled it yesterday and it smelled fantastic (and tasted that way too - for warm flat beer). I can't wait to drink it.

I picked up the Bayou Classic sq14 last week at Home Depot for $45. The stand is nice and sturdy and it had no trouble boiling my wort.

Here's the recipe I used: 1.5lb wheat malt 1lb 2 row barley .5lb Crystal 10 1lb DME 4lb LME 1 oz tettnang hops 1 oz spalt hops White labs hefe yeast in the smack packet Mashed grains at about 152 for 60 minutes (assuming my thermo was correct) Sparged with 2 gallons of water at 180 Added...

Well, only my 3rd batch, but I thought I'd try a partial mash. I got a hefe recipe from by LHBS and ran with it. Aside from the thermometer not completely cooperating, I think I did OK. Temp read 150 - 155 for most of the mash and then suddenly shot up to 180. I think it got some steam in...

Yep - it already has. We just got back from a long weekend and our Kenmore (aka Maytag) fridge took a dump. Good thing the warrantee expired about 2 months ago. :confused: Luckily, it was only a fan and the freezer kept working, but we're still out $150 plus the food it ruined. I called...

I'm pre-diabetic and battle this as well. Maltose (the sugar in beer) is just about the worst thing you can consume as a diabetic it has a glycemic index of 105. There are a couple of things you can do though: 1) Drink lighter beers 2) Drink high quality beers so you won't drink as many...

We're in a co-op water company that is on a 25 or so well system. Our water is excellent out of the tap but we do soften the water and use an R/O for the drinking water. Since they don't chloriniate the water I boil the water out of the R/O prior to use. Is that overkill? It takes me about...

Getting better. Still not great, but certainly drinkable. Had the neighbors over and they were awfully kind to me (well, my beer, actually). I think a few more weeks in the bottles will be the key. Brewed up an IPA yesterday.

Not exacly sure what the source of the bitter aftertaste is - it does not seem like hops. I'm a big IPA fan and actually like the dry/bitter hoppy taste. It's encouraging to hear that it will probably mellow more. I guess more experimenting is in order over the coming weeks :mug:

My first batch has been in the bottles for 2 weeks (after 1 in the primary and 2 in the secondary) and I could not resist the urge this weekend to try one. It's an English Pale Ale from a kit and is quite tasty, but it's got a bitter aftertaste. Will this mellow with more aging? Also, I...

Yep - Flagstaff is the highest city in AZ and sits at the base of the 12,600 ft SanFransisco peaks. My house is at 6800 feet. Most people don't think of ponderosa pine forests when they think of AZ, but the largest one in the world is here. Best part is, we're an hour drive from a lot of...

The water is definately cold this time of the year. That combined with the 30 degree outside temp, and the fact that I set the pot in a big pile of snow got my 3 gallons of wort down to 68 in under 10 minutes. Can't wait till it's done - but I guess I've got at least 4 weeks before I get to...

Hi all, My wife bought me a homebrew making kit and a nice British ale kit for Christmas. I finally got the time to make the batch yesterday. Only problem was that I didn't have a homebrew to drink while making the batch. I'll hopefully have that corrected in about 6 weeks! I've found out...