Recent content by jepputeacher

Thanks, great help.

Hello, I'm pretty new to this, and I'm sure I've been screwing up this last part. I am making an Irish stout. I calculated my ABV to be about 5% before bottling. I am working with 1 liter bottles and I need to know, in teaspoons, how much priming sugar I should add. If anyone could help me...

Thanks, I'll go back to the brown ale that I brewed on my first attempt. It was pretty tastey, but had a low percentage of alcohol. I'll try to make this one better by adding more sugars. Great Advice, seeing as the average temp here is in between the 70s and 80s. Thanks

Thank you Wyzazz. You have been more than helpful. I think I'll let this one go and chalk it up to a learning experience and will work to improve my next batch which is going to be a Bock beer. If you have any recommendations for that I would be really greatful. If you couldn't already tell...

Firstly, thank you for the quick replies. You guys are awesome. Secondly, to answer the first question, I used a 1.5kg can of muntons irish stout (Sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post). As to the second question, I boiled the first ten liters of water to sterilize it...

I just finished making my second batch of beer - Munton's Irish Stout. I was hoping this time around my OG would be a bit higher, but it turned out to be only 1.035. I added 1.5kg of Munton's light spray malt, and used the yeast that came with the can. I'm curious if the type of yeast (or if the...

I'm having a similar problem. I think I have just too much water. Next time I'm going to try boiling a bit longer and using less water before cooling. Also, I'm going to switch to a premium yeas. I'm curious... Will the type of yeast used have any impact on the OG? Also, any opinions on mixing...