Recent content by Allen

I was planning on bottling with DME and I'm sure I will probably want to normally but, if it takes longer I may go ahead with the corn sugar on this one if the difference isn't a big one taste wise. I'll retaste it before bottling and see if it's still a bit watery tasting to me and decide from...

Yup. Wort was cool enough. Pitched the yeast in and the next morning it was bubbling like a blonde. (I married a blonde so I have earned the joking rights.) Sounds good to me m_f but what do I know? I'm newer than you are. lol Let me know how it turns out. The first beer that I...

A lot of views and few recent posts. Ok maybe I got long winded and what I'm looking for now got drowned out. Sorry. And let me add that a good balance between sweetness and hoppiness means a lot to me at the current time. Extract recipe suggestions please. I'll have an extra fridge or...

I'm interested in that as well. I may want to play with the beer I just racked and posted about in the "Weak taste" topic below.

Racking is transferring your brew from it's current (maybe primary) fermenter (IE: carboy) to another carboy or whatever you use. It's a good idea to at least do this once so that your brew does not sit on all of those spent yeast cells too long. Usually you will transfer from your primary once...

Another thing while I'm on this subject. I don't think I will be using the kits anymore. The Kolsch I brewed was done by finding a recipe and buying the ingredients in bulk. I bought extra on most things since they are common among many styles. I noticed that both the Crystal malt and whole...

Wow! Looks like I came to the right place. Thanks to all for the good and prompt replies. The yeast that I used was White Labs WLP830 pitchable vial. Perhaps this beer is pretty close to what it is supposed to be. Time will tell I guess. It seems pretty well balanced, not really being...

I'm as new as you get to brewing. I've read a lot but experienced little. My first brew from a DME kit is a Bavarian Lager. I didn't know the lager temp requirements before ordering this kit. I don't yet but soon will have a fridge dedicated to brewing. In the mean time I made the best use I...