Recent content by choff89

Anybody know the amount of hops to add?

I brewed my 4th batch of beer on Friday. By Monday it hadn't fermented at all (OG was 1.06 and it was still at 1.06). I got some new American ale yeast and the date on the packet was 05/15. I rehydrated it and pitched. Still at 1.06. The temperature of the wort is 66 degrees. I rehydrated...

They were from the same batch. This one was definitely less carbonated than the others, so maybe that's what it was.

Ok so here's an update that seems strange to me, but I'm new at this. I just found one of my "bad" beers that's been in my fridge for over a week. It's the pale ale that I bottled over 3 months ago. I poured it, drank it, and couldn't believe it was the same beer. It didn't have any sort of off...

Some people on this forum sure are obnoxious. This guy is probably from the UK, where the correct spelling is "oxidise". ****ing ignorant ********.

Did you even read any of this thread? It's been over 3 months since I bottled the first bad batch.

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So yes, I rinsed the bottles well. I did stir the beer in the bottling bucket pretty well. Enough to make quite a vortex and I did so for at least a solid minute. If you don't think it's oxidation, than what else might it be? Since it tasted great before bottling and terrible afterwards, is it...

Yes, I use a bottling bucket and wand. I did not stir the sugar into the beer as slowly as 2 fat chicks on a golf cart going uphill. It makes perfect sense - my first batch was great because I didn't stir the beer. I used priming tablets instead. With the 2 bad batches I stirred the priming...

Also, I cleaned the bottles well for the batches that went bad. Rinsed with hot water after pouring, cleaned with bleach water and bottle brush the day before bottling, sanitized with star san on bottling day and filled. My first beer (which turned out fine) were bottled with bottles that my...

I suppose oxidation may be my problem. It makes sense since the first beer turned out fine using priming tablets. Both beers carbed up fine. When bottling, I siphon from the bucket to the bottle using a bottle filler. I weighed the sugar in a measuring glass and slowing stirred the beer while...

I'm new to brewing - I've brewed 3 batches so far. The first was a Two Hearted clone that turned out perfect. The second two are awful - a pale ale and an English brown ale. My first beer was I brewed at a friends house. He's been brewing for a while and has had a lot of success. It was an AG...