Recent content by BurghBrewer

Wow, this has been really helpful - thanks! You all have made someone on craigslist 50 bucks richer, and my wife mad at me for ditching her to go pick up a used fridge later!

and I'm even more scared if it's more like 60 degrees...would that harm the brew to lager it at that temp?

Damn...I thought I could get away lagering at 50-55 degrees for a month. Is that not a good idea? SORRY if that's a stupid question, haha

So, I have one of those dark, old-school 'Pittsburgh' basements with a concrete floor and visible foundation as the walls, making it perennially cool. In the summer, it's a perfect 68 degrees down there - which I find very advantageous for ales - and after close monitoring in the winter time, I...

Okay, well based on your guys' responses it sounds like I need to relax and not worry. Thank you for calming me down! I actually looked back through my notes and read that I had actually done the same with a wheat beer I brewed over the summer; I don't know where the 1/3 cup got stuck in my...

Thank you all for the replies. Will the 1/3 cup at least get it marginally bubbly? I was thinking about doing some math and adding a ratio of light DME to each bottle as an alternative to carb tabs if the stuff ends up flat. I will stop worrying though if I know there is a chance this could...

It's a pumpkin ale, super thick and pretty dark (brewed with chocolate malt), probably a shade darker than Newcastle Brown

I couldn't find an answer to this in a hurry and needless to say I am panicking a bit! I wouldn't be as concerned if this wasn't a brew I wanted to unveil on Halloween (about 6-7 weeks away) so have a limited time constraint. This is batch #5 for me, and for some reason I misread something...

To all: My wife (who was my fiance at the time) bought me a brewing supply set and a Marzen Lager kit for Christmas last year, and I have been hooked ever since. Since then, I have been absolutely addicted to brewing and experimenting. I have since ditched kits and have been working on...