Recent content by elvisali

As a fellow newbie, who has only brewed one batch, but learned a lot from it, I can only recommend the following to someone about to do the same(I am no expert, I know this and happily embrace it! But this are the notes I jotted to myself after my first batch, so I hope they help!)): 1-...

Thanks guys...hopefully it will settle, beer has been in the secondary for about 3 days now and it still kind of flopping around, will let you know how it goes!

Hello all- Have what is probably going to be a ridiculous question: I have racked to my secondary. The beer is clearning a little whichis nice to see. But when I was racking(it was my first time), I definitly picked up some of the trub(sp?) and it flowed into the secondary. Now it looks...

Well, I racked it to the secondary, and I am not about to give up hope on this batch! It was a nice brownish shade, was able to get a lot of sediment out, and my gravity reading was 1.15-1.2. At least I can see the beer now, which already has me motivated to get a glass carboy primary! Thanks...

Its a fair point Mikey and one that had me confused, the beer kit itself says "american lager" but through my reading, I thought it would be more of ale because of the brewing instructions, etc

Hello all-hope everyone is enjoying their saturdays My plan today is to leave work around 3, get a much needed hair cut, then go play with my first batch of homebrew while watching some football.... not a bad little saturday I am doing a basic american lager, and as its my first batch, and...

Thanks for the responses guys, really appreciate it

Hello everyone...had a newbie question concerning bottling. I am still about 3 weeks away from having to bottle, but wanted to purchase my glassware sooner rather than later. I live in an apartment so size/space is always an issue. I figure that 5 gallons of beer is aproximately 640 ounces...

Thank you everyone for your responses!! Day two of the brew is making me feel better than day one. As I went to bed last night, I didnt really see much activity, but this morning, the airlock was bubbling at a really nice pace(about 25 to 30 bubbles a minute) and I ordered some new recipe kits...

Hello everyone, I have browsed your forum for a month or so, and decided it was time to join! I have been very impressed with not only the knowledge here, but the friendly nature as well, which is something you dont always see in interst/hobby forums like this. A little about myself......I...