Recent content by Buttnsty

I've been doing some thinking lately... All my fermenters are full right now (I don't rack to secondary but instead just leave my brew in primary for about 3 weeks) but I'm eager to start a new batch. My question is if I bottled my beer in say... 2 weeks (of course taking a hydro reading to...

Okay, here's another kinda related question... So it just got really, really hot where I live (about mid 200's in the shade). Obviously I'm going to have to jimmy-rig something to keep fermentation at a reasonably temperature, but what about the bottles I have carbing/conditioning right now? I...

And here's a picture of the krausen. My girlfriend says it's definitely without a doubt spoiled and moldy. I refuse to believe it, although this smell is pretty wild....

Okay so I began a 3 gallon belgian wit recipe about 10 days ago. This is my second attempt to make this recipe (my first batch is just bottled but I feel really good about it) and things are not going as planned. The brewing process went well with vigorous fermentation after about 6 hours or so...

Fid - Yeah I do use amber bottles but I like to put one from every batch into a clear bottle. As a newbie I still can't help myself from checking on my batches constantly and I like to see the little yeasties in action! Everyone else, thank you for the good news. That's pretty much what I was...

Sorry here are some pics. I swirled the bottle a little so you can see how un-yeast like it is. Also, keep in mind that this is only about an hour from when I bottled.

I just bottled a batch that looked very similar to this. Good luck to both of us!

Hello all! I've recently started brewing with about 5 or 6 batches under my belt. I understand the basics (I think) and have found these forums incredibly helpful for all those newbie questions I had and to reassure me that my beer in fact was not ruined. This time I couldn't find a thread that...