Recent content by ken914

My wort has 2.5 weeks of aging in the primary... I'm starting to get impatient. Considering moving it into a glass carboy... but maybe that's just my desire to mess with it. Is there any value in re-racking it off of the lees? I still need to get/make a bottling bucket.

It sounds like a plan... but can you describe the "then siphon (not pour or dump) the beer on top of it creating a little whirlpool to mix it all together nicely" a bit more? thanks!

Good morning, Frazier! Relax... got it. ;-) I have a hydrometer from my wine making kit... in fact, a good part of my gear is scavenged from my wine stuff. I jotted down the SG when I started the process... it went into my notebook. Thanks for the reassurances!

Yessir... I boiled the water for the malt & the dry malt extract. Somehow, I didn't make the connection between the malt powder and malted milk balls until I opened the bag and smelled it! LOL

Good morning, all. My original intent was to use the "crash course" recipe in Palmer's book, but the staff in the brew store steered me away from that. They said I needed to start simple. On Monday, I started my first brew, a Coopers Australian Pale Ale. It's a pre-hopped mix. The...

Welcome from a fellow newbie in Alabama!

Good morning! New member here in Alabama... just starting my first brew... a pre-hopped kit of Cooper's Australian Pale Ale. Just wanted to check in and say hi! -Ken