Recent content by Bob_Barley

Thanks for the input everyone. I'll not be adding the corn sugar. I took a gravity reading just now and the brew is at 1.045 down from 1.082 - so it has a long way yet to go. I was expecting this strain to have done most of its work by now as I read that its similar to San Diego Super -...

Hello all! I'm a newbie here, as well as to home brewing (sort of). I've been brewing infrequently for the last year and a half, but now I'm going to ramp up production and really hone my craft! Looking forward to learning, experimenting, and getting to know everyone. Just a bit about me...

I ran cold water over the fermenter this morning as it was approaching 70 degrees, and brought it back down to 65 degrees. When I got home from work it was holding at 67 degrees. Hopefully I won't have any off flavors from allowing the temp to rise; I expect the activity to slow way down from...

Thanks for the feedback, glad to hear that all seems normal and the lag was likely due to the cool temp and not to under pitching.

I'm fermenting in an 20gal stainless steel conical, for which the temperature control is a basement with an ambient temperature of 65 degrees. :-( So I really have no temp control. I have been brewing off and on for about a year and a half but want to pick up the pace and hone my skills since...

I brewed two batches this past Saturday (3/7/2015) of an all late-hopped IPA. OG of 1.082. I chill my wort using a plate chiller and the local (Cleveland) water supply. The water this time of year is around 43 degrees and I ended up putting 18 gallons of wort in the fermenter at 58...