Recent content by Gnarbacon

The gravity of the beer has nothing to do with the amount of priming sugar used. Neither does cold crashing. How much did you actually use? Higher ABV beers, however, will often take longer than the normal 3 weeks at 70-75*F to carbonate. I definitely should have done more research about...

I forgot to mention I did cold-crash it for a few days, although I'm not sure if it was cold enough. I cooled it down to about 60 degrees F. I added the correct amount of priming sugar that the instructions stated and I even double checked with a brewing calculator online. Maybe the amount of...

I recently brewed a honey ale from extract with an OG of 1.055 and an expected FG of 1.012 or lower. After about 2 1/2 weeks of fermentation the gravity had come to a halt at 1.019. I tasted the sample and it was still very thick and sweet/unfermented. I called my LHBS for advice and the guy...

Lol I like the edit on my post title. Sorry for cursing. Anyways, here is the exact recipe list and instructions I used for this beer http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/CaribouSlobber.pdf I followed the instructions exactly, except for topping the carboy off to 5 gallons of...

I used US goldings, liberty, and willamette hops. 1 ounce of each. My OG was 1.052 and my FG was 1.022 before I diluted it. The best way to describe the taste is like a thick, over sweetened black coffee with a weird bitterness to it(but not the good kind of bitterness that usually comes with...

I recently posted a thread about my first batch a beer(a moose drool clone) a few weeks ago. Long story short I screwed up on my measurements and ended up with about 3 1/2 gallons of beer instead of 5. A lot of people said that it's not a big deal and would just make the beer a bit stronger and...

I just racked my honey ale into the secondary fermenter about a week after brew day. The three days prior to racking it I had took a gravity reading each day, all coming in at 1.020(which is a lot higher than I was hoping for). So before I racked it, I boiled a few cups of water with about 8...

Thanks for all the advice, guys. I didn't realize I had so many options with what do with the honey! I had a successful brew and I ended up just using the honey as instructed by my recipe. I didn't want to compromise the flavor of the beer by not adding when I was supposed to. I do want to add...

Tomorrow I will be brewing the very popular White House honey ale. I realize that the honey added in this brew is nothing more than just a sugar for the fermentation, producing little to no honey flavor from using it. I've decided I want to try and give this beer a sweet/honey kick to it. The...

Tomorrow I will be brewing the very popular White House honey ale. I realize that the honey added in this brew is nothing more than just a sugar for the fermentation, producing little to no honey flavor from using it. I've decided I want to try and give this beer a sweet/honey kick to it. The...

Thanks, guys. I actually did try a sample the other day when did my final gravity reading and I thought it tasted great. I was just worried if the higher concentrated mixture would effect the bottling and conditioning phase. I guess I'll just have a stronger beer than I intended. Can't be mad...

Hello all. I'm new to the forum and I'm also a first time brewer. I look forward to becoming a part of the brewing community here and learning from you all. So...my problem. I recently just brewed my very first batch of beer(caribou slobber). My girlfriend bought me the deluxe brewing kit...