Recent content by haupt93

I was wondering if anyone has ever bottled with brown sugar. I have brewed a brown ale and thought about giving it a differant twist with brown sugar. I know u can use it to up the abv but wasn't sure about for carbing.

So I warmed it up to about 72 and it took off in the middle of the night now it's bubbling like crazy and it's actually rolling in the carboy the sediment is being picked up off the bottom and floating around. Im still pretty new at this never seen that before.

I was wondering if I should have used a started the guy at the brew shop just said to warm the vial to room temp and shake and pour. It is also sitting at 62 deg. So I will warm it up I was worries about the temp. Would it hurt to repitch. I used 1 prepackaged white labs vial and it said that...

So I brewed a batch of pale ale Saturday I was giving it a shot at a higher abv beer my og is 1.080. I used Whitelabs American ale yeast 060. I gave always used dry yeast and rehydrated it's been 48hrs and no action yet. Don't now if I should be patient or go get some more yeast. With my...

Thank you all for the quick responses I was in freak out mode this is my first batch so I wasn't sure what to expect. That was a surprise when I got home from work.

this is a little crude but everything is cleaned and sanitized and it's bubbling in the jug like crazy!

That won't let the beer get contaminated by doing that process

So I brewed my fist batch of milk stout this weekend it has been fermenting for almost 48 hours and the foam has filled the void in the top of the carboy and has turned the water in the air lock the same color as the beer what should I do from here!