Recent content by ducksfan

I pitched the yeast at about 6 last night, and when I went down into my basement to check the wort this morning at 8, the airlock was bubblin' away and there is a nice looking krausen (sp) head on top! I hope it isn't wild yeasts that are fermenting in there...but I'm hoping for the best! I...

Well, I took your advice. I dumped the boiled water and started over. Kinda sucked because I had to cool that water too (glass carboy) but I got everything done. I shoulda mentioned, I'm making Nut brown ale using Nottingham yeast, Willamete finishing hops, and Nugget boiling hops. I tried as...

So I've commited my first brewin mistake. Well maybe and maybe not. When I was siphoning my first boil water (no wort), I had sanitized my racking can and siphon tube with StarSan (1 oz to 5 gal). I filled the racking cane and siphon hose with the solution from a bucket, and started...

Well this is my first post in this forum. I'm new to homebrewing...I just bought a kit today, and will be making my first batch of Nut Brown Ale as soon as I tie up a few lingering questions about the process. I've read both the Palmer book, as well as The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. I thought...