Recent content by CarrieP

yikes! Brewed our wort, boiled the hops and cooled it back down. Pitched the yeast at about 1:30pm. We did brew a yeast starter and had the yeast sitting in that for about 12-14 hours before adding it to the beer. Well come about 11:30 tonight, we had a blow out. Foam and beer through the...

Thanks for the feedback. As we are very new to this, we have been using beer recipe kits. Tried a milk chocolate stout and it was ok, but I wanted a deeper flavor. Recently got a dry Irish stout kit which I am trying today. The kit comes with roasted barley and gold malt syrup. I see a lot of...

Wondering whether anyone knows of a recipe that produces a beer similar to Guinness in depth of flavor. We are new to home brewing and still exploring recipe options. Have mostly used kits but would like branch into creating our own brews.

Did a google search about CO2 cylinders, getting them filled and kegs for the home and came across a thread on here. Recently ordered that keg and CO2 cylinder so I expect I will be asking plenty of questions soon!

Cheers from sunny South Florida! Just started brewing about 3 months ago and we love it! Most recently purchased a home keg kit and plan to start an Irish stout to christen it. Been buying beer recipe kits but would like to branch off into making my own brews. Glad to meet you all!