Recent content by ariaya

68 degrees for the OG. And the hydrometer is set for 68.

I just finished putting an Apple Caramel Amber into the fermenter and when I sat down to do my efficiency calculations, it's over 100%? The recipe is modified from one from Brooklyn Brew Shop's Beer Making Book and is only gauged for 1 gallon. I filled the fermenter up, then took my...

for those of you who bottle from the fermenter ... do you add the extra sugar for carbonation into the fermenter? or the bottles?

How often do you swap out the ice packs? This sounds like a potential way for me to keep temps down a bit lower than I have been (currently around 76, but I'm brewing ales so it's working okay) ~ v

I've just brewed my second batch of beer .. the first batch was 1 gallon of an Amber Ale and was yummy. Yesterday I did a 2 gal batch of a tweaked recipe. So far I've been doing extract brewing, but I find the extract messy to work with. I've got enough extract for one more batch and I'm...