Recent content by JackieTreehorn77

Depending on your setup. Getting the lids off my buckets is very, very difficult and while I'm attempting to get them off I'm worried that I'm either going to knock the whole bucket over or end up shaking/oxygenating it. I've only done a few brews so far, so I'm not expert, but I just wait at...

Took advantage of the Midwest Supplies $17.76 deal, and these arrived yesterday. :p

I just did my first batch and had a similar experience. Pale ale that was great for the first 12-14 days and then they suddenly got bitter and lost most of their hop aroma/flavor. I use buckets and bottles, I can't pinpoint any major mistakes in the process but I might have got some oxidation...

At first they tasted great, but now they all taste different. I've had a few more and I guess it's not so much a medicine taste, but more that they've just got really bitter. At first there was just a bit of bitterness and a good hop flavor/aroma, now they're really bitter with just a hint of...

Indiana brewer here too, just north of Indy! I've been buying water, but I only have a couple brews under my belt so for now I figure that's one less thing I'll have to worry about. Once I get everything else figured out I'll start looking into my water options.

I just had a similar thing happen with my first batch. It's a pale ale extract kit, let it ferment for about 2.5 weeks and then bottled. Let them sit in the bottles for about 10 days and then popped a few in the fridge overnight, tasted good. I've been putting 3-6 in the fridge at a time and...

I'm only about 25 minutes north of downtown Indy, and I love to drink beer (especially at work) so I would say I'm very qualified!

So, I'll add my story to the pile. I did my first brew about 6 weeks ago, a pale ale that came out surprisingly well (two weeks in the fermenter, two weeks in the bottles). It took about two days to bubble, and only bubbled for about a day and a half, but all was well and I got several...

I figured ginger beer would lack soul, not body. :D I'll show myself out......