Recent content by FlemingsFinest

Alright thanks. I figured either would be fine to use, or else they wouldn't be selling them both. Much appreciated!

I'm about to bottle a beer, and I stopped by a local co-op today to pick up some caps. The container had bags of "Oxygen absorbing" caps and "regular crown caps"...I've never seen bottlecaps with distinctions before, so I bought a bag of both to be safe. Can someone tell me what the difference...

6 days into fermentation and bubbling has stopped, took first hydro reading. Was at 1.010, and tasted great. Letting it sit for 4 more days, then bottling.

I am also fermenting a Hefe with 3068 and getting a noticeable (nothing too strong) sulfur smell, mixed with major banana aroma. My question is, I am moving into a new apartment on the 12th day of primary fermentation and will really need this thing to be bottle on that day. Will any remaining...

Brewed this up last night with new all-grain equipment. Hit the mash temp right on the money, boil went well. Came in a hair above Target OG, though, and I'm pretty sure it's because I didn't account properly for the dead space at the bottom of my MLT, so my volume when everything was said and...

I ordered the ingredients from Northern Brewer yesterday. They had a few german wheat options but I went with their pale german wheat (weyerman's). That oughta be fine right?

Would I be safe using C-Brite sanitizer on my aluminum pot?

Thanks Marrissa! I will be back in Albany shortly, can't wait to check you guys out.

Wow, that's some wicked fermentation! Just a newbie question: I've never used the blowoff tube before, but can it be just jammed through the small hole in the top of your fermentation bucket or does it really only work with a carboy? Thanks in advance.

Hi all- Haven't been on this site in forever! Had to take a hiatus from brewing for a while (college, what a drag right?). Anyways, I've always brewed pale ales and a couple brown ales, but I want to try Ed Wort's Bee Cave Hefe. I've never needed a blowoff tube, but I here hefe's can be a...

Please do! I'm excited to try this recipe, just want to hear your thoughts on it first.

Trust me, it's baffling me too lol. This is definitely a first. What's worse is that my hydrometer broke and I haven't replaced it, so I couldn't add water based on any gravity readings, simply did it blind.

The other day I brewed an IPA up, and after sparging I achieved my desired pre-boil volume of 6.5 gal. I boiled for 60 minutes as usual, but unexpectedly came out wayyy below my usual 5.5 gal post-boil volume. I was all the way to just above 3 gallons! I added enough water to bring it up to...

Let's focus on the important part here.....YOU DISLIKE HENNEPIN!?!?!

Your mash temp seems to me to be a bit low. Bumping it up to anywhere from 152-155 would bring out sweeter aspects of the malts, perhaps toning down the bitterness a bit. Just an idea, others may disagree.