Recent content by Anonn

Thank you to everyone who put their two cents in, even if you did end up with the swamp cooler idea lol. It's obviously the cheapest, and I may try it out just for sh*ts and giggles until I can afford a decent chest freezer. Which leads to another question: when fermenting inside of the...

Hey everybody, hoping to draw from the collective of wisdom and experience! Any and all help appreciated, as always. I plan on brewing more beer, but I'm hoping to brew a very wide variety and have been told that I'll be worrying about maintaining temperature sooner or later. I was wondering...

That's genius! I think I'm gonna do that with half the batch and see how it goes.

EXCELLENT....You guys rock. Thank you!

Thanks a ton guys, that makes sense. I was starting to panic just wee bit there haha. Is this normal for a Hefeweizen/wheat beer to let this yeast do its thing for so much longer? I was told the Hef has a bottle time of about 10 days on average. Is there anything I can do to speed this yeast...

I did not notice this on my last brew, which was an All Malt Pilsner. However, if you are correct, will my Hefeweizen be ready to drink at the standard 10 day period? Or if there is still this yeast in my bottles, should I wait for it to dissipate first before trying?

Hey all, have a serious question about my second brew. Did a Bavarian Hefeweizen, cooked it up, and let it ferment in primary Ale Pail. Did not do secondary. On 10th day I bottled as the gravity had been the same for 3 days straight. I have kept the temperature at exactly 70 degrees the entire...

Thank you everybody, this really clears things up for me. This is only my second brew and I've already been told before to toss certain things out of kits, but this is definitely some useful knowledge. Thanks again! One question remains from me, however: how much longer should I wait for the...

beergolf - Thank you, I hadn't even thought of that! I did indeed ferment at about 70, which was probably too high. I was worried it was because the guy who got me into homebrew (who has done 10+ brews) told me I didn't have to worry about boiling the tap water I was using, causing infection...

My first brew is the one that came with my first kit. The beer kit/recipe I used was an all-malt pilsner. However, my brother and I both noticed that the beer sometimes gives us kind of a headache. I know that this is not normal, but I'm wondering what I could have done differently to prevent...

A week and a half ago I brewed my second brew, choosing to go with a straight-forward beer: I chose a Hefeweizen. The kit I bought said I should have a starting gravity of 1.048 to 1.052 (which I did). The final gravity is supposed to be between 1.010 to 1.014. I just popped open my primary and...