Recent content by KingC

Nope....gravity was ~1.020....maybe I should stop drinking my older homebrews and learn how to read my hydrometer/type.

Yeah, I contemplated off gassing, but didn't think that the basement had gotten that much warmer for that to happen. There is some head forming on the beer, I don't necessarily think it's krausen, it just looks like the head you get after pouring a beer/soda. I would be willing to bet the beer...

Hey all, I have a Cherry Stout that I'm currently brewing/getting ready to bottle (why I chose to brew a stout near summer is a different topic altogether). Brew day went fine, initial fermentation looked good, ~2 weeks following primary fermenter I transferred to a secondary. At this...

I wouldn't worry about it. Granted I'm not an expert brewer by any means, but if it tastes good I wouldn't be too concerned. Drink it up!

Thanks guys. I guess my main concern was not that the dry yeast wouldn't work, but that it would take longer for them to activate and begin replication thus increasing the chances of a bacterial infection occurring. But I do have a tendency to over-analyze things often and maybe the best...

Hey all, I'm planning on starting up a brew of NB's Cherry Stout extract kit. Anyone ever done that kit? My main question is: the kit came with a pack of dried yeast. All my other previous brews were done using smack pack cultures of yeast, so I've never done a starter culture before...

yeah I was going to have him give it a taste just to see if it is even palatable and still rack to secondary. I guess my next question is: even if its not contaminated could fermentation have even gone on well without the proper air lock? I would imagine the environment in the fermenter would...

I have a similar question to one posed earlier by talenos... My brother wanted to try out brewing so I lent him my equipment, went and got an extract kit with him and showed him the gist of brewing the wort, adding to primary ect.... Well I left him with some pretty simple instructions to finish...

i was hoping i could just steep them for a half hour to an hour......but then again, i am still a rookie and still don't know much.

I'm looking to get a new brew underway this weekend and I would like to try to get something like a blue moon. My buddy and I have come up with a little recipe and and I would like to run it by ya'll too see what you think. its a pretty basic, no frills recipe. any suggestions would be great...

Hello all. I am fairly new to brewing (have only brewed three batches in the last year) and would like to start up a witbier. I have only brewed extract batches from kits, but I would like to start getting away from kits (even though the last 3 kits I have done turned out excellent). I was...

Hey guys. I want to start my 4th brew within the next couple of weeks but have a quick question for y'all. I have a few wheat beer recipes that I want to try, and I was wondering if I can use the same amount of ingredients given for a 5 gallon boil and use them the same way (i.e same amounts...

Hi all. I posted this message in a different forum and didn't get a response so I thought I would try it here. I was just wondering if any of you have every brewed the NB spiced winter ale kit? I brewed it last week and just transferred it to secondary yesterday. I took a little sample to see...

thanks for the input guys. after posting my first message I realized that 60 degrees is probably a bit to low, so I moved the fermenter out of the room into one that should get up to 65-70. I live in an old house so keeping a warm temp can be tough. The yeast strain I am using is a Wyeast...

I just brewed a spiced ale last night and my brew has been sitting in the primary fermenter for about 12 hours now and there is very minimal/no activity going on in the airlock. Previous brews I have done have seen very vigorous fermentations withing the first 12-24 hours but I think there is...