Recent content by fuelie

If I were to add fruit to the secondary, at approximately at what month would I add sour cherries. Thank You for your responses.

My son has given me the ingredients to brew him a sour based upon Jamil's Flanders Red Ale. The yeasts include a WLP-001 which I assume will go in the primary and a Wyeast 3763 that I believe goes in the secondary. If these assumptions are correct, how long should I let the primary run...

Thanks for your reply. As I am currently away from home, do you think that I can wait until tomorrow a.m. to pitch? This would put the culture at 72 hours. Perhaps I am just a bit too cautious, but this batch is will a Bears Republic Hop Rod Rye that my son wants for his birthday so am...

48 hours ago I attempted to make my first starter. The yeast I pitched was California ALE 051. Unfortunately, I opened the cap too quickly and I lost about 25% of the vial. This is a two liter starter with 7 ounces of DME. I also added a Yeast Fuel as a booster during the boil Room temp...

Thanks for your responses and lesson learned. MeatyPortio---The recipe called for 8oz of Crystal 40 and 7lbs of Muntons Extra Light DME. I used WLP-001 for the yeast. Fuelie

This is my first post. I recently retired and needed something to keep me busy in the winter so I decided I would attempt to brew some beer as my sons really enjoy coming to my home and testing my attempts at brewing and it makes for good family fun. I recently brewed up a batch of Amarillo...