Recent content by astinson

Finally got the trellis up and the Cascade's and Willamette's are going strong. Hopefully the Fuggles in the middle catch up soon. Thanks for all the great posts and picture's of trellis' were quite inspiring. My wife think's it's a little big but I don't think it's big enough. I did what I...

Just got my rhizome's in about a week and a half ago. The Cascade's took the early lead but the Willamette and Fuggle's are sprouting now too. They're getting bigger everyday... hopefully I'll end up with enough cones to make a Brooklyn Pennant Ale clone.

Thanks for the advice. I didn't really take into account if I brought it upstairs it would be a little over ambient. My house is between 68 and 70 so I would expect the wort to be 74 to 76. I put it up on my work bench off the floor we'll see what happens with the temperature. it's bubbling g a...

Quick question regarding a Nut Brown I've got going. It's my first partial mash and I want to make sure it turns out perfect. I put it into my primary bucket Friday night added the yeast at 70 degrees and put the bucket down in my basement. The problem is in the Northeast it's still pretty cold...

Blow off tube working beautifully....

Seven Hours after the addition...Krausen everywhere. This was about two hours before the airlock explosion. Had to move to a blow off tube...

Right after the yeast was added to the Wort - hopefully in about three weeks we'll have a Belgian Ale.

Thanks for the suggestions and answering my question! I talked to a guy here at work and consensus is to not dilute the 4 gallons of wort left in the carboy. Pretty certain I lost a gallon as I measured out 1 gallon increments on the side of the carboy... and I mis-typed earlier it's a 6.5...

So I got my first brew in fermentation last night; True Brew Belgian Ale kit. Put it into a five gallon glass carboy put the stopper in and airlock assembly. Everything was fine this morning at 7am (roughly 8 hours after I added the yeast) however around 9am I stopped home and checked it - the...