Recent content by Jrm1443

I’m working hard on doing that!

I waited 4 days and the beer was a little carbonated but tasted good. I had another one today, almost 2 weeks later, and it actually tasted great! Now I’m sorry I gave so many away thinking I needed to get rid of them before they go bad! Thanks for all the input! I was ready to toss the whole...

I agree, I should have. But I thought I was being smart by racking out of the primary fermenting bucket, and leaving behind most of the sediment. My thought was that doing it a second time would result in an even clearer beer. Live and learn! I will test for carbonation after 5 days and update.

So, after 3 weeks in primary I bottled my summer shandy. I racked it on to a solution of priming sugar using a siphon. Then I added 1 dram of lemon flavor. In a moment of forgetfulness, I then POURED the entire five gallons into the bottling bucket! After bottling, I thought about what I just...

So today, after 3 weeks in primary I bottled my summer shandy. I racked it on to a solution of priming sugar using a siphon. Then I added 1 dram of lemon flavor. In a moment of forgetfulness, I then POURED the entire five gallons into the bottling bucket! After bottling, I thought about what I...

I’m hoping so, thank you !

So I took a couple years off from home brewing and just started up again. After I brewed an extract kit I put it in an ice bath to cool down to 100°. I then put it in my fermentation bucket and added about 3 gallons of water that I had in Individual gallons in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, I...

I would be interested in the 6.5 gallon carboys. I would be willing to take both.

So far the paint strainer bags have worked well. I initially thought I would strain the beer into the bag as it went from the primary to the secondary. However someone on this forum pointed out that the bag should be on the end of the racking cane that is placed into the primary. So now I...

So would I add say 1 oz of Saaz after a week in primary? Or maybe more? I don't normally do a secondary fermentation but my last batch was a little cloudy so I think I will rack it from the primary to the 1 oz of Saaz in a carboy after one week in primary. I also plan on using a paint...

I am using a kit to brew a backyard Pilsner. It contains 2 oz of Perle hops and 1 oz of Saaz hops. I have made several other types of beer kits that have come out very good after adding some hops after fermentation. I have an ounce of centennial hops I was thinking of adding at the one week...

So today I checked and the Gravity was .990 and no bubbles. I added chitosan and keiselsol and degassed. It actually tastes pretty good. I'm going to let it sit a couple weeks and then bottle.

No, no yeast nutrients. When I started fermentation it was October and it's possible that my basement got too cold for it to complete. Since I started the new round of yeast, it seems more active when the room is warm and less active when it is cool.

Still some bubbles coming up and I noticed that the warmer I keep the room the more bubbles I get. I checked the Gravity and it's now down to .998. Heading in the right direction.

OK, that's pretty easy to do. I will wait for the bubbles to stop (or 2 months) and then ask for help on what to do next. At least now its doing something instead of just sitting there with no change in gravity or any bubbles. Thanks for the advice!