Recent content by DtownRiot

Hello all! I just did my first all-grain brew about ten days ago and decided to have a look see into m fermenter. I tasted and boy it is way watery. I know this is the point when I will be asked about my hydrometer readings by those who are more advanced then me. The truth is, I dont know...

Hey all. I was hoping that someone could help me out with a strange recipe request. This might be disgusting but I think a small gallon batch would be fun to try out. I am looking for a candy cane/peppermint flavored ale. how would I get that taste into my beer? Extract? Candy Kanes? Also...

Thanks guys. I'm going to the lhbs for a hydrometer.

On Monday I made a three gallon batch of pumpkin ale using safale s-04 yeast. The airlock was going crazy for two days. Then...nothing. absolutely no airlock movement. I figured that b/c my apartment is soooo effing cold right now that the temperature was too low for the yeast. SO i filled my...

I don't see why some people are ripping on him and calling his party beer hooch. So what if he wants to make cheap beer in large quantities to give out a college party. In my opinion four great possibilities will come of him doing this. 1...He's not giving money to BMC. 2. More people will have...

thanks for the research davis. Do u think this should mellow out with time in bottles?

just to clarify. I have drank many batches of my beer while it was still green. Probably at least 80 percent of them. They were all done in a 5 gallon ale pail. No taste of rubber once until now.

I have been doing smaller batches in one gallon fermenters lately. All of my gallon jugs I have been using rubber stoppers in. I have not bottled anything yet, they are all in about the 3rd week of aging. I have tried two ales and two of my meads. They all taste and smell of the rubber...

I was bottling in my apartment kitchen. I had the bottling bucket by the sink and my bottles on the floor. I must've been on my haunches crouched over for a really long time because both my legs fell asleep. When I stood up to grab my caps for the bottles my legs buckled and I stumbled into...

One important thing to think about here that has been mentioned is this. If this move to more efficient production lowers production costs, why won't the price decrease? I hate to think that these companies who go energy efficient will actually raise there prices in the next few years despite...

revvy you have been good to me tonight.

Today I racked a gallon of honey water must onto apples and cherries. I had to take a sample. It's only been fermenting for about a month. I used a pound and a half of honey with one gallon of water. Most people have said that in the early stages, mead is just straight nastiness. Mine was...

yeah yeah mom. I heed your warnings. haha I am already feeling it. I guess it did ferment after all! The taste is pretty much awful, but it's very young. I'm going to be a trooper and get through it. I need a new hydro for sure

I thought of doing an experiment. Since I have no hydrometer readings (it broke) I'm going to drink a half gallon tonight and see if I can feel any of the lovely side effects pertaining to fermented beverages... As far as I can tell its the only way to know

Ok, I mixed up the ingredients for a three gallon batch of apfelwein. It has been in the primary for three weeks in a six gallon ale pail. The air lock never moved once during the whole time. I chalked it up to too much headspace in the bucket. I transferred last week to a 3 gallon glass car...