Recent content by beaSTi07

I started out all grain after about a month of research. Got my first 2 brews fermenting right now planning the third for this weekend. If I read the hydrometer right and Beersmith is correct 82% efficiency first try 7.5%abv yum. You can do it if I can... trust me.

Sounds like a dream come true for a lot of people.. You could easily handle it if you wanted to devote 100% of your time.

My 07 STi

Hbt rocks!

That's a great idea I didn't even think about re-forming it doh. I did my second brew yesterday and besides a stuck sparge (which really sucked) everything went smooth, I actually found a big plastic tray thing and used it for an ice bath, along with my half submerged wort chiller I got it...

Better safe than sorry, I choose NOT to pour before cooling. Thanks everyone for your input I appreciate your willingness to help a rookie with his first brew.. HBT FTW!

I would have no problem cooling before pouring, but my brew pot was donated to me and it's very wide, my chiller does not completely submerge in 5 gallons of wort and takes 30mins+ to cool. If I dump hot wort into my 6 gallon primary bucket, my chiller is completely submerged and I can easily...

Anything that is going to get that beer down the hatch quicker is something I wanna tryout haha!! This is almost as bad as waiting for my weed to dry... I poped the top off my primary just now to take a peek, got a nice layer of krausen going and about 5 mins after I put the top back on my...

Yeah I definitely will be hydrating yeast for my next brew seems like a really good idea.

haha Thank you all for responding so quickly and calming my nerves! All of your advice is much appreciated and I will definitely be putting it into practice! I will let you all know how it turns out in a few weeks. Thanks again everyone!

I have done a lot of searching and understand it can take 24+hrs before signs of fermentation show, I would like to know if my procedure (which was wrong) could have ruined anything. I cooled my 4.5 gallons of wort to about 65deg added Fermax yeast nutrient and at 8pm pitched my yeast (1...