Recent content by auxair

Hello all I have a real fast question. I just got my package from Northern Brewer on Friday. I refrigerated the yeast as soon as I got it. Brewed yesterday after taking the yeast out of refrigeration for the recommended 3-6 hours. It has now been around 16 hours and there does not appear to be...

Hello all I have a question about priming with the Coopers priming drops. On the bag it says they are good for 375 ml bottles and a regular 12 oz bottle is 355 mls. Is that going to work without blowing the bottle? I am assuming it will be fine but thought I would put the question to those with...

Looks like there is some activity in there but not the usual vigorous activity I usually see the next morning. And it looks like a good inch or so of the sediment has already dropped.

Hello all I have a question regarding a batch of Lager brewed tonight. I added 4 lbs of powdered light malt extract to the boiling brew and after it all melted in i set it to cool. I pored the wort in to the rest of the cool water to make the total volume. I cooled it added the yeast after about...

Thanks guys. I'll probably go with at least a ten.

Sweet! That's what I wanted to know. Now I can start buying parts!

Hey guys I was looking into buying a soda keg and all the works to start carbonating in the keg instead of bottling. My question is this, is the 5lb tank big enough for this and as a propellant?

Thanks guys for the advice! Love how active this site is!

Hello all... I'm glad to see that this site/ app exists! I am new to brewing have only brewed 6 batches under my belt. Anyway my question is this, what is the purpose of the secondary fermentation? Is it more for purity? From what I understand I am just siphoning it off into another container...