Recent content by CoopBrew

Thanks for the insight Pete. Always nice to hear from a fellow beginner. It definitely makes sense looking at the airlock, as simply...an airlock. I'll keep waiting and hope for the best. It's hard to be patient on the first batch...I'm so damn curious. Cheers.

Yes I do! I recently took a specific gravity reading. But I'm gonna wait another week and test it 2-3 times after that. Thank you though.

This batch has been fermenting for about 8 days now and seems to have stopped showing signs of fermentation. For example, the water in the airlock only seems to bubble once ever minute and a half. All of the (head?) has gone away. There doesn't appear to be any movement within the beer. I...

So yesterday I began my first brew. I used the California Labs Liquid Ale Yeast. Unfortunately I didn't realize that I needed to remove the yeast from the fridge a couple hours prior to pitching it. I also didn't know I needed to shake it. So when I went to pitch the yeast, there was a layer...