Recent content by langer

i had this problem (not the crappy beer taste but the foam and bad pours...) try disconnecting the co2 from the keg and very slowly VERY SLOWLY bleed out the pressure inside the keg. it might just be over pressurized and that builds up and causes a phenomenon called extreme beer foaming... not...

this was my first attempt in AG does it normally take longer for AG than partial or simple extract brewing?

not skunky...more like rotten grain i think...like a barn with hay in it...

i used white labs german ale WLP029 I did not make a starter

so i did my first all grain on friday. the mash, sparge, and everything went well i think, the wort tasted sweet. boil went smooth, even cooled it with my new chiller. moved it into the fermenter friday evening pitched the yeast at about 70 degrees. maybe could've been a little more...

really? i'm kegging it into korny keg and thought that a secondary was ideal so it didn't sit on dead yeast??? oh well...guess i have to brew another batch

how much yeast if any should i carry over into the secondary fermentor... i was very careful to not bring over any... and my OG was 1.046 and the last was 1.016 both temps were 68-70f so will it gain any more ABV than 4.05% or what? this is 5 days into it. also the fermentation seems to have...

ok guess its a new castle clone... tastes good

this is my first brew, it tastes great but is not really as dark as i had hoped or thought... we did a grain and extract recipe, we followed all directions but it care out very light...should we call is something else or just drink it and stay with Irish stout?

yeah going to make a blow off tube today. about every min. or so it just goes crazy and bubbles a lot, then slows down so i think that a blow off tube should do the trick. hopefully i have remained sanitary enough... thanks jonah

i know lots is good but this is kinda ridiculous i can't keep any liquid in my airlock, it dried out during the night and i poured some Gin over the airlock and poured some into the bubbler chamber i=but it keeps blowing out any thouhgts jonah