Recent content by kevinrobinson

I've been moving from primary to secondary after the air lock bubbling slows down to more than 90 second intervals. I pitched two packs of dry yeast (Safale US-05 American Ale Yeast) and it really went bananas for about a day or so. Our master bedroom smelled like a distillery for a couple...

In the excitement of brewing my first original double IPA recipe (my hop schedule, a little help on the malts from the brew store guy) I totally brain-farted the Whirlfloc. I racked it and just moved it to the secondary after five days of fermenting. It's a cloudy mo-fo. Will this impact the...

I did the same thing on my first batch. I'm sure your beer will be fine.

ChessRockwell, that is a great article. Lots of good information in addition to the recipe. Thanks for replying.

Steber, I will repost if I find something. SilverZero, thanks for the information. I'll check out your suggestions and see what I come up with. I might just be into the black IPA recipe.

I'm hooked on Double IPAs after trying a few really good ones recently. Oddly, I haven't been able to find a straightforward enough extract recipe to try brewing one. Any suggestions on places to get such a recipe are much appreciated. I've been told that double IPAs are basically just...

It is an amber ale...I think. At least that's what the brewing store's expert said when he reviewed the ingredients that the store owner sold me.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll let it ride I guess. Any recommendations on how much longer it will need to sit before I bottle or keg it?

I had just siphoned my beer from the primary bucket to the glass carboy after about five days of fermentation. Everything went well until inexplicably I shoved the rubber stopper through the opening and into the carboy-- kerrrrrplunk! I immediately cleaned and sanitized the bucket and siphoned...