Recent content by JayEff

Thank you very much for your response! Glad to hear my thoughts aren't completely off.

Hey guys, I've been playing with the thought of making a stout for once, after I made some hop heavy pale ales, for a change. I've had a lovely stout which had a nice, dark color, a hint of smoke and a fair amount of chocolate/coffee aroma. So my plan is to create something somewhat similar...

I only boil a very small amount, 5-6 out of 12 liters, and only for a short time, 15 minutes. Others claim to have success with this so I figure that's not my problem. For steeping, I keep about a liter or so at the recommended temperature, I believe I kept it between 150F and 170F the last...

Thanks for your many replies! I don't think so. I've already tried adding some sugar to my first stalled beer to give the yeast a little kick, and they fermented it out (Bubbling started, gravity came to rest at the same number as before). I did watch a bunch of videos and I can't see what I'm...

Hello, I seem to have encountered my second stuck fermentation in a row. My first beer started at 1.060, I used 2kg of extra light DME and steeping 150g CaraMunich I on 12 liters. I also used Irish Moss. Using Notty, it was calculated to end at 1.014 and is now stuck at 1.034 (Has been stuck...

Thank you for taking the trouble to convert to C for me! ...I really really wish I had a fermentation chamber but I'm not ready after 2 brews to make such an investment. I don't think I'll be able to buy a cheap one on ebay and collecting it from the seller, I'm not willing to drive for hours...

Thanks! Wow, my homebrewing online store is completely wrong on this one, it says: fermentation temperature: 12-25°C (53.6-77°F) ideally 15-22°C (59-71.6°F) So since Safale recommends 18-28°C, I presume the right approach would be starting low, 18°C for 2-3 days, then moving to a warmer...

Nope, not doing a secondary, that's why I asked if it's necessary when reusing a yeast cake. I do have yeast nutrient. Why should I need to oxigenate the beer? I thought oxigen is only needed for reproduction, and since I'd already have a huge cell count I should be fine, right? I figured...

Got my new yeast today but after searching the forum a little for repitching, people say simply repitching almost never works, which makes sense to me because you're pitching into beer, not wort, there's alcohol present. Instead I read it would be smarter to brew a beer and once that's done...

Well, I know of two shops, both of which were recommended to me by another brewer from near me. But I'll probably have a look around on google next time a store runs out of ingredients before purchasing something that's not what I wanted, hoping it'd be fine. Part of this is definitely...

Yup, you're definitely right with that. I wasn't gonna experiment at first but he suggested trying something new, and I didn't really think about it... I'll definitely make it clear to him, don't worry.

My first batch was a brewferm kit, came as hopped LME, a can of 1.5kg and I had to add another 600g of sugar. It's alright but I wanted to move on to trying simple extract recipes right away. My second batch was one of those, but it unfortunately stalled and soon I'll be pitching extra yeast ...

Nope, brewersfriend can be switched to metric, I've been using it a lot, but thank you :) I was actually going to use extra light DME and change the color with steeping grains but unfortunately, they were out of light and I didn't know the dark would impart so much flavor. I figured it wouldn't...

Hehehe :) Well it's just that it's not my batch of beer :D And I'm going to have to put off my batch of beer in favor of this one, if I sacrifice my extra light DME. Mh. I'd be left with 1kg dark DME and .5kg wheat DME. I was planning to make a hop heavy citra IPA with the light and wheat DME...

There's not many alternatives to that shop, but there is one other online shop I found... Might've been a good idea to check that one first, before ordering. The other problem is the 6 Euros shipping cost, I don't want to place another order for only 1kg of malt extract, when the shipping cost...