Recent content by Goober

I live in the Bayou City (Houston). Most people haven't seen a basement here. And 'cool' here is the high 70's. The best I could probably do is 78 in one of my well insulated rooms. What about IPA's? They were designed for the long and hot voyages to India. Do you think they would do...

Does a stout have to be refrigerated while aging? I do not think I have the space to keep all those bottles of beer in the fridge, in addition to the beer I have there now. I was wondering if I could leave it in the secondary fermenter, but to do that would mean I would not be able to keep it...

So it might be the higher temps that are speeding up the process? I did a three gallon batch with a pack of yeast for five gallons. I pitched the yeast at 1500 yesterday it was cranking like crazy. This morning (0900) it's not doing anything. The foam fell as well. I live in Houston so it's...

I'm trying to be the great brew master that I long to be, but I am having problems with my yeast. I tried to make one batch using liquid yeast and it was bubbling for a whole day in the primary, but suddenly quit after that. Not even a slow bubble. I went through the process of bottling the...