hookturn
Member
First off you guys here are great. Trial by error would take a long time to get things right.
So I wrote about my 1st batch and nothing bubbling, I added more yeast after about 4 days and still not much action. I found out that the plastic buckets from Canada, have been causing a lot of brewers pains in their nether regions because the lids don't seal tight. The buckets top is rounded, and the lid, where it seals is flat.
Anyway, I racked my beer to a secondary and took a hydro reading, if I read it right it was 1.011. I'm not sure what this means. I'm making an IPA with Coopers malt and Bries malt and two dry packs of yeast, one coopers, one Munters. But I tasted the wort after I took the reading and man did it taste nasty. Bitter not sweet at all. Not burnt or anything, not real yeasty but not good. I'd sure appreciate some feed back on the hydro reading and the nasty taste. I guess I'll leave it in the secondry for 2-3 weeks?, keep testing and tasting every week or so? What do you guys think.
Thanks for all your help.
So I wrote about my 1st batch and nothing bubbling, I added more yeast after about 4 days and still not much action. I found out that the plastic buckets from Canada, have been causing a lot of brewers pains in their nether regions because the lids don't seal tight. The buckets top is rounded, and the lid, where it seals is flat.
Anyway, I racked my beer to a secondary and took a hydro reading, if I read it right it was 1.011. I'm not sure what this means. I'm making an IPA with Coopers malt and Bries malt and two dry packs of yeast, one coopers, one Munters. But I tasted the wort after I took the reading and man did it taste nasty. Bitter not sweet at all. Not burnt or anything, not real yeasty but not good. I'd sure appreciate some feed back on the hydro reading and the nasty taste. I guess I'll leave it in the secondry for 2-3 weeks?, keep testing and tasting every week or so? What do you guys think.
Thanks for all your help.