Recent content by InAthensGa

Awesome...thanks for the lesson. I was freaking out and thought I screwed up a nice batch o beer. Thanks for the encouragement brother. :)

I brewed a batch of stout the other day and pitched my yeast starter as it is a higher grav beer and unfortunately has experienced a weak fermentation. Fermentation started about 12 hours in to it and has quit already 48 hours later. Is this very normal? The CO2 coming out of the airlock was...

THanks for the advice!

Cool...I guess I can also stick a sanitized knife or something of the sort to loosen up the yeast if it sticks to the bottom. :)

Made the starter last night. Don't have a stir plate but I'm shaking it up at least once an hour to keep things going. Stupid question: what's the best way to get the yeast slurry from the bottom of my starter jar? I have a feeling its not gonna flow freely when i pitch it in the wort.

Yeah -- I was thinking the same thing. So I should punch the pack righht and make the starter later tonight. Give the yeast starter 3 days before pitching.

Hey there everyone. I'm gonna be doing a nice 5 gallon batch of stout (chocolate, black and roasted malts with Cascade and Willamette) on Sunday and I'm wondering if it's necessary to do a yeast starter? I bought some Wyeast British Ale II today and its only 2 days old. Do you think that's...

About how much brown sugar for priming should I use for a 5 gallon batch of IPA? I'm thinking this will result in a nice balance to the brew. Thanks! :mug:

I just siphoned my beer to a secondary on top of 1 ounce of whole leaf Chinook hops. Yumbo. They are floating on top. I'm gonna see in the next couple of days if all of the hops get saturated. If not, no big deal. I'm reading a lot of people put the hops in a mesh bag with a marble and have some...

Yeah, that's what many are saying but I just couldn't resist trying out my shiny new carboy. I also threw in an ounce of whole leaf Chinook for some dry hoppin. I took a little taste and it was nice and hopalicious. :) 2 weeks in the secondary and then bottling time.

Cool beans. I was starting to freak out a little bit. Ahhhh...you learn something everyday. :mug:

Hey there everybody. I just transferred my beer to the secondary and I think I may have siphoned it a bit too quickly resulting in a 1/2 layer of sediment at the bottom. The beer is a little cloudy, I'm assuming this is normal? The sediment will settle back to the bottom? Thanks! :)

Yes...I have an ounce of whole Chinook hops for dry-hopping I plan to throw in the secondary for the last seven days. After that in the bottle for two weeks.

Interesting - I'm "trying" to follow the recipe the beer kit came with but coming from a chef background I'm using it as a guideline :rockin: and maybe improvise a little. The recipe calls for secondary fermentation and I really wanna try out my shiny new carboy. :) I'm thinking that I'll just...

Hey all! I just did a beer kit batch of American IPA with malt extract etc. The beer has been in the primary for about 6 days and fermentation was strong for about 4 days. Bubbling has ceased almost completely. How long should I wait in your opinion to rack to the secondary? I want to avoid off...