Recent content by JAXGuitar

tmmore52 Just because there are no visible signs of fermentation does not mean fermentation has stopped. Take gravity readings once every 3 days until the gravity stops changing. If it's not where you intended it to be, you can rouse up the yeast by sanitizing a ladle and stirring the wort...

Have you tried taking the bottle to a water supply store and have them install a spigot for you? I did this with my Arrowhead containers for my first bacth of brew-it was $5 for each installation, and just like that, I had two carboys ready to go (wasn't worried about oxidation for my first...

This is my first attempt at kegging. I was washing out my keg today-filled it with water/soap, put the lid on and began to shake. Water began to come out of the top. I held the keg upside-down and, sure enough, water was leaking. I replaced the O-ring with a new one but it did not solve the...

NewB here and I have a different question. After transfering my wort to the primary, it began to ferment roughly 5 hours after pitching the yeast. Within 24hrs, all signs of bubling stopped in the airlock and in the wort. I'm wondering if this is normal, or did the yeast run out of oxygen...

I'm pretty new to brewing myself, but from what I've read so far, you want to make sure all plastics you deal with are FOOD GRADE plastics so there is no chemical leeching into the beer. As for starter kits, there is a store in Los Angeles Ca named Culver City Home Brewing Supply Co. Culver...

Thanks for the advice. I have no clue what biphenol b is or that it was even present in my sparklets water....so, if I'm already drinking biphenol b, I'm not gonna mind it being present in whatever beer I brew! (unless it screws up the flavor....?)

Hi, my name is John. I'm in the process of collecting material to start brewing from home. I'm on a budget and I can't buy a kit at the moment. I'm brainstorming on what will work as a fermentor/carboy and I've decided I'm gonna try using the plastic 5-gallon Sparklets jugs I get my drinking...