Recent content by buddyboy

I put a lot of time and money into my first try at making beer. It turned out badly. It made me sick after drinking 2 bottles. Had Montezuma's revenge for a few days. Its passed now. The beer tasted like it had a slight vinegar taste which I know means it when too far past peak fermentation...

yes, fermentation was likely at 80 most of the time. The retailer at brewstore said it would work at that temp. IPA recipe called for about ABV 7% but I think it tested nearer 6%. The priming sugar was provided by the brew store and was about a cup. The recipe was for 5 gallons. I added...

When it is in the 90's here in South Carolina, its hardly possible to bring a room temperature down to 70. Air conditions can run 24/7 and room temps will not get down to 70 except perhaps early morning. I bottled 3 weeks ago and the room temps stayed around 78-80. Same is true when I...

Opened my first two bottles of Torpedo recipe IPA. I must have primed and bottled the batch too late when too little live yeast was present. When I opened those first two bottles no suds formed on the head. But there was a minor amount of carbonation because some fizz did rise, only no suds...

Just opened my very first home brew, a strong IPA, and now I want to improve on my first home brewing venture. This is going to be a fun yet rewarding hobby. I am making plans for my second and third batches.

This will sound like a dumb question to experienced brewers. I know the malt extracts, both liquid and powder, are fermentable. But at the very beginning my instructions and recipe called for steeping malt grains in a muslin bag and I following the directions carefully. The steeped liquid...

During my very first try at home brewing, I cooked up an IPA recipe that the homebrew store gave me, and I added hops into the boil and again during fermentation. Its an IPA so there is lots of hops in the wort. When I transferred (racked) to the priming pale, much to my regret I had to leave...

Good suggestion. I wanted to see how my first try at this turns out. If good, it will be me the confidence to build a pipeline like you recommended. A continueous supply of stout, black, and strong IPAs sounds good

I just brewed my very first batch of home made beer, an IPA, 4 1/8 gallons. I bottled it 5 days ago and wasn't sure if it will be any good. I just returned from the grocery store where I took a few bottles off the shelf and tried to detect carbonation in each bottle. Clear glass was easy to...