Recent content by jereme

in doing research to start my first batch i came across a gentleman called "bobbyj" or something like that who seems to have his ****down when it comes to brewing. his videos are on youtube. one thing he had shown to do, which he said was not necessary, but he does anyway to help the yeast...

wondering if after i add my first bittering hops to my brew and it boils over if this will effect the brew in any way by maybe losing some hop bittering qualities. just put them in my first batch and had a fairly large boil over and just wondering of this effect.

the yeast i am using is NOTTINGHAM brewing yeast manufactured by danstar. it calls for suspending the yeast for 15 minutes in 4oz of water at 86-92 degrees. then it says to add the wort to the yeast every 5 minutes until the wort and yeast are the same temp. Do i take the yeast to 70 degrees...

just wanted to thank everyone for their good, sound advice. i think i'm going to go ahead and do the 5 gallon boil. i'll be using a 7.5 gallon 18/0 stainless steel pot and a propane burner on a double burner stove top for canning. thanks again for the info

i'm doing my first brew tomorrow and i have purchased an american light kit made by brewers best. the directions call for boiling 2 gallons of water to begin and mix the ingredients. i've read that by boiling only small amounts you get a thicker boil and more chance of scorching i believe. i...

thank you for the info doing my first batch ever tomorrow and trying to get more info on the ins and outs

i've noticed on pictures of peoples carboys the cap they have on top is red and has a hose coming from it. My question is: if i'm using the carboy as a secondary fermenter would i use this red cap with the hose or a rubber plug cap and what would the difference be. thanks for your help

thanks for the advice........it is actually dried orange peels

if i'm going to add a dried sweet orange extract to my brew at what point would i apply it to the boil? thanks

thanks for everyone's advice tomorrow is first brew day so we'll see how it goes. if i'm going to add a sweet orange dried extract to the brew when should i do that?

KEEPING it cool!.......no that wasn't something i was aware to do. what would you suggest? would it work if the bucket and carboy were to just sit on the basement floor, which would naturally be cooler or would it work if i were to remove the back from the cabinet and used the basement wall as...

i've built a 4ft by 1 1/2 ft cabinet to place my primary fermenter (plastic bucket) and secondary (carboy) in. this is my first ever brew and i'm using a brewers best beer kit of (american light) doing brew in my basement that is a constant temp of about 69 degrees. inside the cabinet is a...

about to brew my first batch and have alot of unanswered questions built my own chiller and starting out with a basic beer kit (american light) from brewers best