Recent content by jscardami

ok so heres the update, Initially my OG was 1.035 at 95 degrees so roughly 1.040 at normal temp. After a week I popped the lid and grabbed a sample real quick and sealed it back up. It actually tastes decent and the SG is down to 1.010. So I will leave it there at least 2 more weeks and then...

Thanks, I think I will check in a week just to make sure fementation is occuring and then leave it there at least 2 more weeks before I touch it. I will of course taste it at both times. I usually do a secondary, but I think I will just leave it on the yeast cake longer and call it a day with...

Thanks and I will definitely do that. The great thing about making a mistake is wort temps will always be on my mind every time I am ready to pitch.

Ok so after 6 Months of carefully measuring everything and reading the threads and being patient with Primary, I finally made my first really bad mistake. Basically I would do an Ice bath to get the wort temp under 100 and then the cold sink water I added would always drop me to 70 to 75 degrees...

Three reasons to drink it 1) If you made 5 gallons of it, then you have 50 or so bottles. Drink one. 2) It's your beer and there will be plenty left in 2 more weeks. Drink one. 3) It has alcohol in it and it tastes good already. Drink one.

Well no. I think that is impossible isn't it? I did an Oktoberfest style ale. At least that's what the recipe said it was. Actually tastes better than all of the commercial Oktoberfest's I have tried.

I have finished my first home brew and would like to thank everyone on this site as every time I had a question and googled it, I was always directed to theses threads. I avoided posting before it was done because I see how newbies get initiated lol. My first one was ,not an american light like...