Recent content by bwpigeon

I wouldn't buy a chiller, I would build one myself. I went to Lowes and got a 25' roll of 1/2" soft copper straightened both ends so they were long enough to be bent upward. I added a 1/2" clear plastic hose, use the one with the fiber reinforcement, it's more rigid. I reformed the coil...

I have a hydrometer, I have taken 3 different readings at least 2 days apart and they all have been 1.010. I am at day 15. There is still a light froth on top of the beer and an occasional bubble pops up. I plan to wait a few more days before bottling the beer. I really don't need to create...

I just built a 20' Immersion Chiller with 1/2" soft copper tubing I purchased at Lowes for just over $20. I straitened both ends out so they could be bent upwards to connect hoses to. Then I used a 1 gal paint pail to recoil the tubing around. I used my old waterbed adapter to hook it up to...

It has been for 3 days, to be safe I will just wait. Maybe I will start a brown ale while I am waiting. I have enough fermenter's as I make wine and just bottled a batch of Wild Plum. Thanks for your help. BW

The Gravity reading is 1.010

My first time brewing. I am doing a Red Ale. My question. I have had the wort in the fermenter for 9 days. Last night I took the lid off with the intent to bottle the beer. The top of the wort was covered with a layer of small bubbles and you could see an new bubble coming to the surface...