Recent content by dan02

I am going to start AG brewing but had a question. I know that an 8 gal pot is recommended so your 5 gal wort will not boil over. However, I have found a 7.5gal pot on sale (it comes in a turkey deep fryer kit). I figure that way I'll get a burner as well! Will this do or should I stick with...

How long does the actual boiling take during the all-grain method? After the boiling of the stuff (what is the stuff??) will I end up with that syrupy stuff?? Will this stink up my house (thinking of doing it in my kitchen) I have a coleman stove that is about 20000BTU, is this hot enough...

One more question. I was thinking of switching to kegging my beer instead of bottling, just for ease and convenience. Are there any downsides to kegging? Do I have to use CO2? Will the beer taste the same, better, worse?? Will the CO2 effect the aging of the beer? Will it require less time...

What does ETOH mean???

Ok... I just tried a beer that was made like 2 months ago by the exact same process by which I made mine (it was made by a friend who told me how to do it, it used to have that gross cidery taste as well initially) after weeks of no improvement I pretty much wrote it off as a bad beer and...

Beerforbreakfast - Sorry... it has been in the bottles for about 2 1/2 weeks now...I will check out the sites you recommended. Thanks for your help.

Casebrew - what is the "wort"?? The beer tastes as though it is mixed with wjite wine (cidery)

The stuff I used came out of the can like a syrup?? Would this be an all malt kit??

fermented for 5 days in the plastic pail and then 5 days in the carbuoy. I will try an all-malt kit next time... what kind did I use this time??? (yes, i'm VERY new at this)

Thanks Boo Boo, I will check it out!

I'm not sure of the exact ingredients, however, I did mix 1kg of dextrose with the kit contents at the beginning. I added another 3/4 cup at the very end of the process before bottling?

I just started brewing my own beer at home. I bought the equipment from a Brew-Your-Own Wine Store (5 Gal Pail, Carbuoy, Siphon, SG Tester etc.) and I purchased my dextrose and beer kit from the wine store as well. Here's my problem, the beer has a really wierd taste, almost like a wine taste...