Recent content by BrewBee74

Thanks for the info about the spices, very good to know. How should I go about harvesting yeast from their bottle? I've never done that. I'll do some other research on the topic too. First step would be to find a bottle of Ommegang, which I haven't seen anywhere here in Eastern Carolina. Maybe I...

Fairly new brewer here. I've done a couple steeping batches, but am now going for my first partial mash. As a big fan of Hennepin, I'm trying to clone it as close as I can. Here's what I've come up with so far... MASH 3lb Belgian Pilsner Malt 2lb Belgian Pale Ale Malt .5lb Flaked Oats Plan to...

progmac, here's another attempt at including the image. Let me know if it works. It's just not producing the volume of krausen I've experienced with my previous three batches (not to mention the lack of bubbles in airlock). Just took a gravity reading. OG was 1.062, it's now at 1.020, so...

I've got my fourth home brew batch (pumpkin recipe I made up) in the primary now. Been in there almost 72 hours now without a single bubble out of airlock the entire time. I've read that the airlock shouldn't be relied upon to gauge if fermentation is happening, so I peeked in through the side...