Recent content by homedrinker

i have the exact same thing happening with my double ipa. New to brewing but certainly not too worried about it after everything i have read on this site. my guess is it will turn out just fine

thanks a lot. I will let ya know how it turns out

from what i have read it seems like a smack pack doesnt use a starter kit. So this is where my confusion lies

so the kit gives me a smack pack of safale us-05 yeast. directions say to take out a few days before brewing. I plan on brewing friday so i am going to take it out tomorrow. it says to "smack". which i assume literally means to smack. ok no prob, but then the directions say to prepare a...

opened my first bottle of my first batch tonight with the wife and it was incredible. Even she was impressed. It was a blonde ale that i opened about 4 days before recommended in terms of bottle conditioning/carbonating. thanks to those who answered some of my questions worrying about...

sweet....thanks folks

cool thanks. I got a racking cane/auto siphon with my kit, now i just need to figure out how in the hell to use it!!

thanks for your answers to my last question. Tried searching for a previous thread to find this answer but could not find it. I am wondering how to transfer my beer from my carboy (in a week from now) into my bottling bucket with the spigot. I read all this stuff about not letting oxygen into...

whats that?? does it stop my rubber stopper from blowing off??

i didnt sanitize the stopper but I did run it through scolding hot water on my insta-hot faucet on the sink. Thanks guys. I got confused becuase the directions said to bottle after 7 days of fermentation but it felt like everything else I had read said that I should be waiting atleast 2 weeks...

Hey guys, i finally made the step to homebrewing after 5 years of wanting to do it. I am very excited about it. I do have a question. My first carboy that I have fermenting with a blonde ale started out a nice rich caramel color. Now after 8 full days of fermenting it has turned dark (very...