Recent content by jjl4536

As a newbie myself, its my understanding that you really want to stick with a same type of yeast. Adding two different types cause them to compete and your result is less than desirable. However I am sure there are exceptions to this. For me I am still sticking to the keep it simple rule until i...

OF COURSE I DID!!! Enjoy the carnage.....

So yesterday I made a milk chocolate stout kit from AHS. placed my beer in a 6 gallon bucket, put the airlock on and placed in a nice cool dry spot. checked on it this morning and the lid has been dislodged by the force of fermentation and the mess is quite large. So aside from the clean up...

Thanks for the tips. hope it turns out ok. :mug:

Yes, its a cherry wheat from Midwest. I checked the numbers for two days straight after the first week and if i read it right is was 1.010. I am very new to this (my second kit) so now you have me second guessing my techniques. Since I am cleaning bottles and setting up for bottling I will re...

So i made a kit of wheat beer. Followed the recipe and put it in the fermentor. Its now bottling day and I noticed i have a little over 4 gallons. I simply didn't add enough on brew day :drunk:! Observations, The beer smells and tastes ok. Its darker than it should be. The FG was spot on. Is it...

Thank You for the prompt replies. :mug:

So I am new to this hobby with one successful kit completed and consumed :rockin:. My question(s) is/are on the apparent discrepancies in some of the kits readily available on the internet. Example Brewers Best kits seem to conform to the,.... all kits are ready in 4-6 weeks (Belgian Tripels...

Signed up about a month ago. So Hello, (a bit late). Been using this forum to do my homework on how to make beer. Since this site is so complete I haven't had many questions that aren't already posted. Made the first brew yesterday, and its in the bucket bubbling away (Yeah!). As I continue down...