Recent content by elmer88

I am getting ready to bottle my first brew an Autumn Ale kit. The kit came with the 5oz of priming sugar to prime the entire batch in the bottling bucket prior to bottling can I prime the entire batch and then just fill the Pig or must I prime the pig itself, if i have to prime the pig itself...

You just use the OxyClean Powder from the store and if so do you just use as the directions say, and do you know if it is safe to use on better bottles?

Thanks for the information what type of cleaner to you recommend that can be used in the brewing of beer as well as the wine making?

I just received my new wine making kit from Midwest along with an Island Mist wine kit that I have bought for my wife. I was reading the instructions and it says to clean and sanitize your equipment with a metabisulphite solution. The two types of sanitizer that I have are Easy Clean that i...

Thanks for the advice. Thought something might have been wrong but I'll just ride it out.

I am currently brewing by first home brew, it is a kit from Midwest Autumn Amber Ale with a Munton's 6gm dry Yeast. I did my boil on Thursday afternoon and had the beer in fermenting by 5:00pm by 3:00am on Friday morning I was starting to see bubbles from my airlock. All day Friday the airlock...