Recent content by jpb3

Yeah, I guess the ingredient part is next on the list. My two batches have been extracts and the only ingredients have been the syrup and three bags of pellets. Oh, and water. Still trying to figure out how to read the beer recipes and what I need exactly. Next on the list.

That's what I figured. Better to be satisfied than greedy. On a different note--your pic beneath your name is darn near identical to the view we have from our dock here at home. Cheers.

Ok, my first batch yielded 42 bottles, as did the second. I was under the impression that a single five gallon batch would be around fifty. Now, of course, eight less may be seen as nitpicky, but come on---eight beers is eight beers. I understand the mathematics of it, and the displacement from...

Alright, brewed my second batch of beer--a munich amber something or other--and things got busy so it sat in the primary for three weeks. I bottled last night and now comes the waiting. By the way, I didn't do secondary because I don't have a carboy yet. Anyway, I was wondering how long I...

Oh, I forgot to ask--what's wrong with having too much headspace?

So I should get a carboy for the secondary? Alright. Glad you mentioned that because I was going to have to get another food grade six and a half gallon bucket.

Ok, I've had a batch sitting in bottles roughly three weeks. I may not have enough room in the fridge for all of them, but I assume it is ok to leave bottles at room temp for a while? Also, as mentioned in a another thread of mine, I will be using a secondary for the next batch. When I...

All good news--thanks for the replies. I am a worrier by nature, and it is good to know that this whole homebrew thing is more laid back than I imagined. And, yes, i know . . . . . RDWHAHB. Cheers.

I am just getting into all this--my second batch is fermenting now--but I have a question about secondary. According to the book, secondary should begin two or three days after visible signs of fermenting have stopped. I of course, decided this weekend--six days after putting second batch into...

Ok, good to know. But I was under the impression that I could tell fermentation was complete when the airlock stopped that little bubbling action for a few days. Gee, can you tell I'm a noob?--"Bubbling thing." Thanks.

Ok, I bottled my first batch two weeks ago yesterday and had a few last weekend--a week and a half after a bottling. They were really good, so I am pleased. More on that in another thread. But I have a question about fermenting. The guy I bough the stuff from told me to let it ferment NO MORE...

Ah, a fair and true reply. I'll let you know how wide the brew gods' smiles are when I open the first bottle next week. Cheers

Sorry for the delayed reply--it was a Pale Ale--some sort of Sierra Nevada Clone.

Damn, I'm excited enough to taste my first batch--I doubt I'll have to worry about this at all. Appreciate the help and advice, though. And by the way, there's a famous (infamous?) mental hospital in my town, so I believe I'll call it Straightjacket Ale. Nice.

I'm new at this, bottled my first batch today (woo-hoo!). Anyhoo, I have a question. Now, this is not to say that I will have any problems drinking my brew and sharing it with friends, but I have already ordered a new recipe and can already for see a fridge full of beer, swapping one taste of...