Recent content by imustbrew

Hi everyone, just wanted to give you an update, the beer worked out, (phew). I did a "pale ale" for my second batch to share with friends this weekend camping. Thanks for all your help and I have taken your advice to get more training lol. Love the idea of not using cans soon. Be well

Yes I did, so I guess hopefully everything will be ok

That's exactly what I am making :) thank you

Yep lol

Thanks I get it :) that answered my final question

huh? Yes I am for real and I am not trolling. I told you I don't totally understand what you are saying. Oh well maybe I am in the wrong place. When I read talking about "boil" I was thinking that for some reason they are saying "boil" after the fermentation which seemed strange. James

ok you guys rock, thanks for your help. I still don't understand the "boil" part though. I boil water, add it to the can (I buy the syrup or pre bagged mix) and then add it to the fermenter. Is that what you mean lol. So it looks like this: 1. Open can and add it to the fermenter 2. Pour...

hi I had never heard of that, thank you :) What is the last 15 minutes of the boil mean?

Hi Rooster so even though it is flat at the moment (3 days later) and tastes strange, are you saying it may still carbonate and the taste improve?

thanks everyone, yep I will do better next time lol and I hope I did't destroy this one. It didn't tastes very nice when I opened one of the bottles last night to see what it was doing. I do have a cane that I use to take the beer from the fermenter to the bottles. I wanted to not get so much...

Hi I am very new to this so please don't shake your heads, well ok, just a few times lol. I completed the fermenting process of my batch only to realise that I forgot to put the tap into the fermenter. So I had to pour the beer into another one that had the tap. I have just bottled the beer 2...