Recent content by Jobt32

Ok great thanks. I kegged mine at 11 days and now carbonating. Can't wait to try it in a few days! I'll pay extra attention to how it changes over time as only experience I have with aging/conditioning is 60-70 degrees, not cold, and really can't find info on the differences. (Though I'm sure...

Can someone give me a quick explanation of why people promote aging for 6-8 weeks in the keezer? Doesn't this form of aging only improve clarity? Or is my understanding incorrect? Many times on this thread I see people keg after 10 days, carb it for a week, then be told to wait, it'll even...

Edit: I ask this as a general information of medium atten. yeast compared to high atten. yeast -- not a request for how long I should let my beer condition. I can taste it and figure it out. I made a 10 gal batch of a blonde recipe and split it into 2 6.5 gal fermenting buckets. OG of...

I do not have a PH tester, I have not read anyone having that problem with strawberries, though it very well be the problem, I have not considered it. I did not thaw the berries, i racked right of them straight from the freezer. the temperature dropped to the low 50's. i expected a delay on...

Correct it is in a bucket, I dont have a big enough carboy to hold the strawberries and beer. During primary fermentation I can gently touch on the lid and see bubbles come out immediately. Right now I can push pretty hard before I see anything, definitely not a very accurate way of...

Made an extract blonde (about 5%abv) and after a week in primary racked it onto 7 lbs of frozen strawberries. I set it up with a blow off tube from what I've read, im going to need it. Its been a week and nothing has happened. No signs of any fermentation of the berries. This worries me that...

I did a 3 gal boil, no major burn marks on the bottom, a few small ones though. I used S-05 yeast and pitched dry. and yes it came from a vat from my LHBS in order to get 7lbs, I even asked he said it was a brand new bottle he just got in a few days ago. Ive made 2 batches since this...

oops I forgot to take out the stabilizer, that was for the AG version. I did not use it. The beer is way too sweet, and gives me heart burn after a beer or two from all the sugars. not sure why a stout or different high gravity beer doesn't do it but these beers do. The color isn't...

Trying to figure out what to do with a batch that I have that I accidentally over caramelized by adding extract at beginning of boil. From what I understand its the cause of my beer being stuck around 1.020 FG when I had a target of 1.010 (and very very dark). I've had the same problem with my...