Recent content by awielan

haha nice one. I need to figure out how to get good at photoshop or something... and become creative

Crap I squeezed the hell out of my rye in my rye IPA in an attempt to get all the "goodness" out Brewing is so complicated!

HAHAHAHAHA that made me literally lol

So I was reading suggestions on how to think of a brewery/beer names on a thread here and it hit me I just graduated college in December and still don't have a job. I have recently started brewing as just something to do/ I love craft brews. I have an American IPA bottle conditioning and a...

Wow thanks everyone for the quick replies. I love hoppy beers so if it adds a bit more hop to the final product that would be OK with me :) There was a LOT of sludge when i racked it to the bottles probably causing me some unnecessary beer loss but oh well. I tasted my Rye IPA when i took...

So I am on my second brew (but still haven't drank the first) Anyway, I just went off the directions that came on my first kit and it said "add xxxx hops at xxx time" right. So I just threw the hop pellets into the boil, no bag or anything. Is this what you are supposed to do? Or are you...

thanks guys but what does RDWHAHB mean?

Thanks guys for the advice. I just did a wort sample and the gravity is 1.018 I suppose i am going to wait 2 days and do another. oh yeah and it tasted DELICIOUS!!!! so let me get this straight. It may have fully fermented in 2 days because it was at a higher temperature. So if the...

Ok here is my tale Boiled the wort etc. Making 5 gallons in a bucket fermenter I pitched the yeast at 70 degrees, it was a "slap pack" not sure the exact yiest but the local brew store suggested it for an IPA Put the fermenter in my kitchen at about 72-74 degrees. My airlock was...

thanks guys! I thought the tube it came in might work, i guess thats what its for :)

If I want to take a hydrometer reading i have to take a sample correct. well the hydrometer looks like it has to sit a good 4 or so inches beneath the surface of the wort. Do you have to discard the wort sample after you take the reading? It just seems to me I would have to take a huge...