Recent content by antheus

I see...what's the best way of going about doing this? Do I take the desired amount out, clean the carboy, and then pitch it back in as the yeast?

Hey all, I'm in the process of brewing a couple beers as seen above. I've already brewed the Belgian Wit (sitting in primary right now) and was wondering if I could just rack the Double Wit on top of the trub when I secondary the Regular Wit (I know the secondary is not strictly necessary, my...

Hey all, I brewed a Hefe about a year and a half ago (my first batch) and it came out great. Not quite the distinct hefe taste I was looking for initially, but it was really good and it went quickly. Fast forward to this last weekend, I had saved a beer from that batch (a 500mL bottle) and...

Late extract addition seems like it does wonders for color. Did this with my recent (and first) hefe and it's color looked pretty spot on prior to bottling.

Is it possible the low OG is from human error? I got an OG .01 higher than I expected when I brewed an extract hefe a couple weeks ago, but FG was on target. It's possible that you just didn't mix the carboy up enough before taking that OG measurement. Still, the FG in yours seems a bit high, be...

Well bottled this today, 2 weeks and a day from brewing, and FG was about 1.013 or 1.014. Couldn't wait any longer because i'm moving tomorrow (target FG was 1.012). The beer tastes like beer, but the smell is like a very tart/sour smell. I've read that this is usually nothing to worry about, is...

Some people may like to experiment fairly early on but for me it's all about getting the process down before adding variables that can possibly leave me with 5 gallons of beer I don't particularly like. My opinion is that if you want to try something you can probably find a recipe someone has...

If it tastes great, don't worry about it. You have the opposite problem most extract brewers have which is that their beer is too dark haha.

well sadly i dont have a dish washer. The oxiclean worked great with the labels, gonna give it a few rinses and bottle soon.

Went out and bought the oxyclean, the bottles are currently soaking in it. It wasnt the money that was an issue, just didnt know how widely available it was! After just a few minutes the labels were starting to come off pretty easily, will let it sit for a while more. I plan to bake them...

I was just curious if it is possible to oven bake bottles while the label is still on. Reason I ask is because I am a little strapped for time since I am moving out of my apartment (just graduated) and things have been a bit too hectic lately and so this was kind of forgotten along the way. Has...

Just thought I'd post a little update. It's been exactly a week since the brew day, I decided to take an SG measurement. My OG must have been a bit off, probably due to not mixing the wort enough, because it was at 1.06 (the projected value was 1.049) but whatever. Took a sample today and it...

hah that sucks. I really don't understand why people don't just always use a blowoff tube. It's about the same amount of work as just an airlock, and it saves a whole lot of cleaningup...

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/PositiveAzeotropePhaseDiagram.png/300px-PositiveAzeotropePhaseDiagram.png For a little more of a description assuming a composition of A, when it is heated up the liquid comes into equilibrium with the vapor at composition point B. If...

I'm going to have to agree with remilard here. When distilling an ethanol water mixture the vapor fraction won't always be 95% ethanol 5% water, the composition of the vapor phase will depend on the composition of the liquid phase. Eventually, with successive distillation, the liquid gets purer...