Recent content by Heffy

Hey, I brewed a batch with this kit before. I am drinking the beer from it right now. All I used was the extract and a kilo of glucose or whatever. It turned out fairly well. Mind you it has a bit of an after taste due to me using tap water which contains many minerals. I am making a...

I get distilled. I used to use my own tap water but due to the minerals in it, my beer has a funny aftertaste. I was told this by my local HBS and was recommended to get distilled.

You should start with extract brewing. You can get kits for around 60$ that will give you everything you need. From there its only around 20$ for every batch which will do a bit over 60 beers.

Well I really did learn a lot. I just finished my new batch. I bough distilled water and put it outside so it would be cold. I boiled other water so I had warm water if I needed it. I mixed everything together in freshly boiled water and brought the wort to a boil then put it in my primary...

Welll thanks for the advise everyone, I am going to dump all my beer and start a fresh batch of coopers lager I picked up today. I have learned a lot and will be using only boiled water and distilled water.

Well I took a hydrometer reading, my og was 1.042 and my reading now is 1.022. I also made the mistake of trying it even though the smell makes me want to gage. It is semi carbonated and is really sour and tastes like someone pour vinegar into my batch. I cant see this **** turnin out. Is...

Ya wouldnt think so eh. It should be like a normal 2 litre pop. It does go flat over time but not that fast. I have a few brews bottled in 2 litre pop bottles so I guess I will find out unless I drink them all at once.

Oh wow, thats one of the reasons that I havent hydrometer tested it yet because I just cant imagine drinking it when it smells the way it does. Very hard smell to identify, definatly not the same as my last brew.

I moved my beer away from the heater so it would frement at cooler temps, I have read a lot that its better to frement at a lower temp. It still smells funky and when I put my nose close to smell it, it was almost like I sniffed pepper or something because it burned my nose. Very disturbing...

Hey, my brew smells like dirty feet/rotten eggs/fruit!?/wort and its really disturbing. I have mine frementing beside a heat grate to keep its temps up, as that was the impression I was supposed to do. Its around 80-81 at all times. Would it be better to put it somewhere where it will cool down...

I am not sure on the yeast I used, just what came with the setup. I know I cant get the very unpleasent smell out of my nose. I could take pics but I dont think I can upload them to this site or post them. The top looks like foam with little brown blotchs.

Ya, I boiled 2 litres of water and added the ingredients to that. The rest of the water came straight from the tap. I did this before and my beer turned out fine. Well its bubbling now... and also smells terrible. The bubbler thing at the top is filled with yellow? and some bubbles are...

sorry for the double post, but I just opened up the lid and I could smell the yeast and see it starting to form at the top. It still isnt bubbling and its sealed really tight. I think I will hold off on getting more yeast and see what happens.

I live in the country and have well water. We just tested it and its perfect or I would of never used it. This is my second batch and I used the same water and everything for the first batch and it turned out fine. It still isnt bubbling today and it still smells like wort, not like my other...

Well I just had my first beer from my first batch I have ever made. I am still going to let it age a bit longer, but I am fairly satisfied. It is coopers pilsner, so fairly light. It had a nice head when I poured it into my glass. The smell was strong and sweet, and it seems to be a light...