Recent content by immerzen

It'll be in my garage and i'd only need the aux heat in the winter as my garage isn't insulated and has reached temps into the negatives this year.

Currently building out my build list for a keezer and thought I'd take a stab at utilizing both serving and fermentation temps in the same freezer. Has anyone done this without too much effort? I was thinking about just having a small desk heater attached to a temp controller for keeping the...

Tried searching the thread but didn't see any similar questions... Can anyone tell me a good place to get the dutch cocoa this recipe calls for? As I understand it isn't the same as normal cocoa powder you typically find and was really hoping to brew this tomorrow. It's the last ingredient I need.

Nice. Mine got down to 1.012 but I had a broken hydrometer so never got OG. I'm just waiting for my kegging equipment to arrive and It'll sit in there a couple days before I get to try it out. The few samples I've taken are pretty good so far though. I just ordered this...

She got me the deluxe starter kit with big mouth bubbler from northern brewer. Also threw in a hydrometer, which I proceeded to break on brew day before I got a reading... Thanks for the luck!

Hey, cool! I'm a newbie to homebrew and eager to learn. I could use some local brew club recommendations if you have any. I'm just south of you in bellevue.

I guess it shows my inexperience. My guide stated that I should move it to secondary after 1-2 weeks but it wasn't too specific on when exactly to move it. It's a Caribou Brown Slobber Ale (american brown) extract kit from northern brewer, if that helps.

What's the minimum waiting time on fermentation? Should I switch as soon as the krausen lowers and the bubbles stop flowing, or should I wait a full week to two weeks before moving to the secondary fermentation? I'm promise I'm patient. :)

I just brewed my Caribou Slobber on Sunday -- smelled great! The smell along makes me want to brew more.

Just two days ago I lost my first hydrometer. I didn't even get to use it... I accidentally tipped over my sanitizing bucket and it fell out onto the concrete and busted in half. RIP

I just got my first brewing equipment this month as a gift from the wife and threw my first batch in my primary yesterday! It started fermenting pretty much immediately so I was really happy with that but it threw the sanitizer out of the airlock overnight so I switched it over to a blow off...