Recent content by Bubbatrev

Thanks everyone, crisis over. Wow, what a first twenty four hours. here is an updated pic I imagine that all us newbies go through this. Everyone here was awesome. Thanks again

Took out the cork and it let out a small poot, no louder than say opening a can of soda. The top seems to like its new shape. I reinstalled the cork and bubbles imidiately started flowing. I will keep an eye on it tonight. Thanks everyone.

Not to suffer from nervous mother syndrome, but my latest batch has a lot of gas. I mean a lot. Does this look normal? This is only my second batch ever, The one on the left is an Irish stout, that bubbled very little, and is now in it's secondary. This is a Coopers dark Ale I...

Air escaping through the fan vent was a thought. I have not noticed any problems so far. We have had a little snow this year, and the weather has been very mild. Portland has hit mid 50s on quite a few occasions. With lows in the mid to upper 30s. I thought about thin flexible plastic...

I went through the same worry. Yes, it is a small space heater. Howver it is on the lowest heat setting. (nice for the power bill) And, it has its own safety shut off. I think I did okay with the insulation, the darn thing barely runs. Once the "box" got warm, it holds it heat very well...

When I decided to try home brewing my wife was very supportive. I was amazed when she even said " I can't wait to taste what you make." So I purchased my first beer kit...Mr. Beer. Well okay, before I really had the kit started, I also purchased a better kit. A brewcraft starter kit, from...

Hey all, Thanks to everyone here, I would not have been able to start my first batch, if I had not found this site. I purchased a Mr. Beer kit, and didn't even get it home, before I started to wonder if there was something more out there? I ran right to my local home brew store and...