Recent content by Jamesfromdogriver

I am doing just that, I got a brew demon oatmeat stout werking right now.

UPDATE: I had 3 beers left from the batch, tried one just now, to my surprise it ain't bad, I guess you gotta let em sit a minute and mature. This one cleared up nice and mellowed out fine! Very nice much nicer than a month ago! I can't believe how much a month or 2 does!

Nawsir it was saf05 its spose be purty good I got 5 packs of it off ebay for $10 free shipping.

I am no troll. I can make some excellent wine. My beer skills is lacking tho, I will admit that. I was told you could make a gallon of beer with grain water hops and yeast and this is what I tried to do. I even added a bit of liquid malt extract to it. It looked and smelled nice and it tasted...

Can someone give me an easy 1 gal recipe? Is their such a thang? beginning to think not.

I figured it was a bad batch. It never did act right. Someone suggested the seal on the bucket wasnt tight so I moved it to a glass jug, Still nothing. i am going into the 6th day 4 yeasts later and nothing. Not even a sign, shaking and hoping ...nothing. At somr point you say you done monkeyed...

Thanks guys for all the nice information. I wrote this batch off and poured it down the sink. Lesson learned.

This wort is registering sugar content but it aint studying starting to work. Its dead. I never seen anything like it.

I used pre-ground up stuff I bought in a 5 pound bag.

I am wondering if this stuff is junk aint no sign of any fermentation today 3 days into it. 1st time using a 2 gallon plastic bucket. I have a nice wort and no action, even added some bread yeast to it yesterday.

OK so I checked the brix level just now 8 and did a hydro measurement 1030 around 5% Added a fresh pack of S05. Assuming I killed the other yeast pitching too high. Nearly 6pm gonna see how long this packet takes to get kickin.

Thats good to know. If it dont start soon I probably killed it. My next batch i may do aussy style just place the wort in bucket and let it sit overnight and get room temperature.

I have always pitch my wine yeast at around 95 and I have made some very nice wine and ciders. I know my way around wine. I just figured on doing beer like I do my wine. I will give it another day to see if she ramps up. I made the mistake of adding in more last batch and had a messy blow-off

Guys I added in half a pack of S05 9 o'clock last night temp of wort 95. Its 12 noon now and I got no action in the bubbler. Should I be worried?

I semi cooled it down and strained it into plastic bucket fermenter gonna let it sit a bit then check it with my new toy and give it a taste before adding the yeast. It was reading about 5 brix after the 90 min mash so I added a cup of Pilsen LME that bumped it up to 10. Gave it a nice dark...