Zamial, Can't help you tonight. I'll send myself an email and I can check in 7 or 8 hours. Okay?
Thanks!
Zamial, Can't help you tonight. I'll send myself an email and I can check in 7 or 8 hours. Okay?
pirate_brew said:After reading the entire thread a couple of times, I began my homebrew journey tonight with my first basic Mr. Beer batch. I made a simple HME + booster mix following some of the tips from this thread and a couple of other places. I have a second kit that I plan to do a HME +UME brew. After a few Mr. Beer rounds, I plan on upping to a traditional five gallon set up and learn from there. Thanks for all the advice here and I'm sure my questions will start any day now.
Actually, here's a question...should I keep the other half of the pouch of one-step cleaner? The directions only call for using half of it. Does it last or should I just chunk it? Thanks again!
The other half is for your bottles. I went out and bought Starsan instead. I find it easier to work with.
I've got a very messy brew that is going on two weeks in the fermenter. I dry hopped 1/2 oz Centennial hops in the keg.
It's almost two weeks, and it looks like it's ready to bottle. Minus the hop flakes floating around on top of the brew.
Filter it somehow? Or RHAHB? Bottle as normal?
Its a Cinco de Mayo de Cerveza recipe.
Does anyone have a recipe for a bananna bread beer such as this one?
Do you guys stir the wort mixture in the keg after you add the yeast? Some suggest yes and some no. I started my yeast in a cup of warm water for about 20 minutes and got it active before pouring the cup into the wort. I didn't stir it in. Within 12 hours, I have about an 1/8th of an inch of krausen on top. I don't really see any bubbles, but the foam is there. Should I just leave it as is now? I don't need to try and stir it now to insure enough oxygen? Should I stir future batches after I add the yeast? Thanks again. This is going to be a tough few weeks waiting on my brew to get ready!
I seem to have an issue. Ive had the voodoo magic in the keg for a little over two weeks now and with a recent snow storm the power and heat went out for a few days. I now have what looks like pitched yeast on the top of the wort. I do have some trub on the bottom, perhaps about half of what i had for my last batch of pale ale (which is currently conditioning) the heat is back on now and im worried the yeast may have died and floated to the top or something. Insights? Need pictures? I'll edit with pictures, this thread is worthless without.
I seem to have an issue. Ive had the voodoo magic in the keg for a little over two weeks now and with a recent snow storm the power and heat went out for a few days. I now have what looks like pitched yeast on the top of the wort. I do have some trub on the bottom, perhaps about half of what i had for my last batch of pale ale (which is currently conditioning) the heat is back on now and im worried the yeast may have died and floated to the top or something. Insights? Need pictures? I'll edit with pictures, this thread is worthless without.
RAHAHB
Disappointing. That's the impression I got last night when I opened my pale ale for the very first time. It was not fizzy, no head at all to speak of. Tasted of pure apple juice, really. I'll give it some more time, but it's already been over the stated amount for this brew.. can't RAHAHB because my beers don't taste good Not a good way to start into home brewing!
How long did it bottle condition?
It was following the 2-2-2 rule. It was fermenting for a complete 2 weeks, then I had it bottle conditioning with the corn sugar for 2 whole weeks, and it was cold conditioned for about 4 days before I cracked one. I couldn't wait
It is indeed the pale ale that came with the kit. I wanted to do the most basic of basic recepies for my first brew to make it as uncomplicated as possible. I ended up brewing a more complex batch immediately after on the bottling day of the pale ale however! I think I'll let that one stew in the keg for about a month before I bottle it, probably another 3 weeks conditioning and maybe 2 of lagering just to be on the safe side of things and not experience this again.
Really, it did taste like beer, only very sweet at first and it lost all of it's carbonation in the glass within about 5 minutes of sitting there. No head whatsoever.
If I remove the bottles already in the fridge, would they continue carbonating or did I initiate the final stage of fermentation by sticking them in a colder environment? I was thinking of taking them out for another week, putting them back in the fridge again later..
If I remove the bottles already in the fridge, would they continue carbonating or did I initiate the final stage of fermentation by sticking them in a colder environment? I was thinking of taking them out for another week, putting them back in the fridge again later..
From top of keg:
Could this be the brown sugar floating on the top? It certainly looks like yeast that hasn't been doing much for awhile, but I could be wrong...
sweet. that's comforting! Here's pics for clicks.
From top of keg:
Progress so far at 3 weeks in the fermenter. Far less trub than the pale ale that I brewed.
it would look normal, if it wasn't into fermentation for 3 weeks! I just don't think my yeast survived some kind of tragic event that may have befallen it! OMG I'm scared to drink this batch in a way. It just doesn't look normal to me is all. Again, I'm a green brewer, though yeast is supposed to sink to the bottom, no??
Everyone starts somewhere. This is one of those hobbies that requires carefull combination of knowledge and skill. Both of these are aquired from these forums in one form or another. Mho.
We all had questions like this. Thats why THIS THREAD was created. Thank god it was. Now noobs like me can get answers to nagging questions and on topics i dont fully understand.
it would look normal, if it wasn't into fermentation for 3 weeks! I just don't think my yeast survived some kind of tragic event that may have befallen it! OMG I'm scared to drink this batch in a way. It just doesn't look normal to me is all. Again, I'm a green brewer, though yeast is supposed to sink to the bottom, no??
MadCat said:Drinking my second test beer (1st was after 1 week in bottles, 2nd after 2). I'm glad to say it is fully carbonated! It created a head! The head didn't last though, but at least it doesn't taste flat! It does still have a bit of a cidery taste to it, so hopefully test bottle 3 tastes more like beer. I'm excited for what this will taste like, and how much better batch 2 will be.
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