Recent content by cstrom

Thank you!

I am just about ready to bottle a stout i whipped up and want to get the carbonation correct to the style. The packet of carb tabs i have list the amount of tabs to add to a 12 oz bottle to get high medium or low carb levels. So basically i want to know which level would a typical stout have

Used my mr beer fermenter tonight to make my first stout. Also with my first temperature rest, stressful the first time around but oh so satisfying. The recipe is called cactus milk stout if any one is interested ill post the recipe and or let you guys know how it taste

Well i believe my first non kit brew was a failure not really sure where i went wrong with it as it has a horribly metallic after taste and even taste a bit metallic going down the tube. I used all stainless steel equipment and sanitized everything before the cooled wort touched it. Any one have...

I really liked this name actually so i decided to roll with it and make up a mock label. Let me know what you guys think as this is the first time iv even used photoshop (i got the qr code from another guy on the forums actually i cant remember his user name but he gets all the credit for that haha)

I do like the sound of that. I also forgot to say that if i couldnt set on a storm themed name that i was also thinking about the name the drunken hatter wile going with a more alice in wonderland type theme. Any thoughts or comments as to witch would seem like a cooler/better idea out of the...

So i was thinking of using this picture as a label but other then that i haven't much of a clue. I came up with the name storm brewery as my last name is strom i figured it be a funny play on word type of thing. But as it turns out a strom brewery already exist. So any suggestions on the name...

Thanks for the advice guys. Was a little worried as this is my second brew and first without a kit. I took a gravity reading and it was lower then the og enough to be noticeable i guess the yeast attenuation just wasnt as vigorous as i assumed it to be as theres still isnt much to any signs of...

Provided that i scale the recipe correctly can i expect to have the same og and fg as the original recipe?

I sanatized with starsan and i saw some activity when i rehydrated i also let the wort cool down to 70 degrees before pitching the yeast. Thanks for the input guys. Ill wait a day or two and take another gravity reading to see if the extent of fermentation is visible

I just threw together a batch of hoppy red ale and im worried something might have gone wrong. I made sure to sanitize and airrate but its been less then 24 hours and there doesnt seem to be any signs of activity. I rehydrated the yeast as suggested in the book how to brew and its been at 65-68...

I found a recipe online for a red ale and want to give it a go. Im pretty sure iv scaled it down to fit the 2 gallon mr beer kit correctly (recipe is intended for 5 gallons) but would like some feed back from you helpfull folk. 2 pounds light liquid malt extract .33 pound carared malt, crushed...

So i made my first batch that came with the mr beer kit and have done some reading on home brewing and for my next batch id like to try and make some Irish red ale. I was wondering if any one had a recipe for it that would fit in a 2 gallon mr beer kit =]

Sweet man thanks for the tips

Random question, i only have a 2 gallon fermenter for my home brews as i just started but instead of trying to find 2 gallon recipes would it really be as easy to convert a say 5 gallon recipe by dividing each measurement by five then multiplying by two? Just a random thought that popped into my...