Recent content by Bus06

That is outstanding. And $15 for a kit? That would be amazing, too bad I don't have grocery stores that sell kits where I live.

Thank you very much. I will keep this mind and be posting what I do.

So Eric, add more hops if I add fruit or pecans, or any kind of nuts for that matter? What's the reason, just curious. And thank you for the tips. And I don't know if it was the pecans or something else that he added, I wasn't there for the brewing. But three of those beers knocked me on my but...

I am currently doing extract brewing. I've brewed about 15 recipe kits so far in the short time that I have been brewing. I would like to try some different things with some different beers. Like to add 1 pound of pecans to a brown ale 20 minutes before the end of a 60 minute boil. Or add...

I'm a little confused about the gelatin thing. Are you all talking about the powder gelatin that you can get at walmart or is there something different for brewing? I know... Might be a stupid question. But I had to ask.

That's what I've done one the last couple of brews and they turned out pretty darn good. I just bottled them and waited. What is the Gelatin? I don't understand that whole process.

Thank you everyone for all of the input, I really do appreciate and I love this forum so much information out there.

Quick question... What is this cold crashing that I keep hearing about? I am hearing about people doing it to beer when they post reviews on recipe kits and I am wondering if it is something that makes the beer better. Also wondering about how to do it. :mug:

Thanks a lot for all of the input. I really do appreciate it and that's why I'm on here, this is only my third batch, first time doing secondary. And the only reason that I used the bucket for secondary is that I was ill prepared. Didn't have a fermometer for my other PET bottle. Lesson learned...

Sorry that it took me so long, but here are some pictures. The gravity was 1.010 before I racked into secondary and dry hopped. Still new at this so any recommendations would be great, or constructive criticism:)

I will work on pics tonight when I get home and also try to setup the blowoff tube. By wife said that is fermenting more aggressively today(10NOV), than in the last few days. So pics to follow.

I have been fermenting an American Smash Session Ale for about five days. The first couple of days I was worried because I am using a new dry yeast. Now, it's fermenting so aggressively that I wished I would have gotten a blowoff hose assembly for the PET fermentor. Can't wait for this beer to...

Hello everyone, my name is Kyle. I have been a member for a couple of months now, I know I know, why didn't I post earlier. I don't know. I am finally brewing beer after helping a friend a few times. I have brewed two batches so far, an Ale and a Hefeweizen. The Ale turned out amazing but the...

@sleepspeaking It is called block party ale, and the next batch is going to be a Hefeweizen for me then an ipa for the wife.