Recent content by echosierra1

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Hey good luck on first all grain. I'm sure it'll go smooth. I'm enjoying my first bottle of all grain right now. Glug:)

Well shucks. Since I've just started brewing, I bought some pilsner urquell;) can't wait to know what I'm doing enough to make great beer like this.

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Hey thanks everyone. I appreciate the inputs. I'm a bit hard headed when comes to doing things the hard way. I'll learn from my mistakes fast and take more precaution next time. I'm gonna practice building starters with the cheap packs that come with the kit. Then I'll get a hydrometer;)

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It finally swelled a little. I took that as good sign and pitched the both of them. As for the hydrometer. Don't have one yet. Lots of stuff on wish list but I have to reign it after I took over the backup fridge and rigged a temp controller some other stuff. Happy wife happy life.

I started two batches at the same time. One kicked off perfectly. The other one nada. Zero krasen. What do you think about the non swelling packs? Are they toast or am I impatient?

I bought one to begin with and nothing happened, then bought two more and still nothing. What do you all think about just pitching the ale yeast that it came with now. Keep in mind there is one pack of wyeast American lager in there. Also of course I would let it warm to room temp before...

Ok here goes. I have a mr beer kit(fathers day!) and I'm trying to do a Mexican lager with wyeast American lager yeast. On the first try I followed directions of store guys and just smacked it waited for room temp then pitched it. Three days later not even a bubble. So today I went back for two...

Perfect response thanks for the help.

On monday I started my mr beer lagers, a Mexican and an American lager that I added a little blue berry to. I used the wyeast bohemian for the Mexican lager and wyeast American for the American lager. The Mexican batch kicked off as expected though a little on the weak side. The blue berry...

You read my mind. I just thought it might bring some off flavors. Thanks I'm working up the nerve to try it;)

Hey thanks for the quick reply!!! Put me at ease for the holiday:) I had the feeling the clerk was a little lax about it and I should have made a starter. Lesson learned. He also told me to ferment for two weeks then bring to room temp for two days then bottle and lager at 42 ish. That sound...

Hello all. Brand new to this hobby as my wife bought me a mr beer kit for a present. Its kind of a cheesy kit but I feel that I should use it for a bit to learn and also cause she bought it for me. Well here is the deal. I have a mr beer Mexican lager kit and an American lager kit. I didn't...