Recent content by It_Hurts_When_IPA

All I can think is that you may be getting stuck fermentations and your bottling process is churning your brew just enough to bring the leftover yeast back into activity, if that's even possible. If not then you may have something airborne lurking in your home; 3 in a row is more than a...

Thanks for the reassurance! Recipe was this one: https://www.homebrewsupply.com/little-red-riding-ipa-extract-recipe-kit.html I did the partial mash at 3gal/160* and made efforts to break dough balls. I was able to add the initial 2lbs DME but just forgot the final 3lbs after flame-out. I'm...

TIFU by forgetting to add 3lbs light DME to my beer. Recipe called for it to be added after flame-out at the end of the boil. I measured after cooling, pitching, and stirring and realised I was barely at 1.030. Recipe OG target is 1.063. My heart sank. Cant re-heat without killing the yeast...

Thanks! The yeast is BRY-97.

Once I got it under 170, I let it drop to about the mid 150's and kept it there for the remainder of the 20mins. I'm fermenting between 66-74, depending on time of day. I have five frozen 12oz bottles of water that I add to the water surrounding my bucket three times per day and it keeps it...

Good evening! Just joined the forum today, thought i'd drop a post containing the standard FNG stuff, here goes: Brewed my second-ever batch of beer a couple nights ago (A Rye IPA) and my steep got to 170 for a good two minutes, because Facebook :drunk:. I quickly killed the flame added a few...