Recent content by LargeNCharge

I've seen conflicting advice on this one and am curious to get some advice from experienced brewers. My understanding is that you want to open the fermenter as little as possible, and you also toss out precious liquid happiness every time you measure. So assuming I wasn't doing a secondary...

As a Michigander that has lived in GR, Detroit, and have family and friends in KZ, this is a great list, and I'm sad to say that many of these I still haven't been to. A couple additions you may want to consider if you have time or plan on making a return trip: Grand Rapids: Schmohz Brewery is...

Wow thanks for the quick replies, guys. I don't know the specific kind of yeast it was (I threw away the package after I pitched it) but is was dry yeast and following the instructions, I stirred the wort a bunch, pitched the yeast without rehydrating, and then stirred it a bunch more.

Hi all, First time brewer here, excited to finally have a topic for this board as I plan on brewing quite a bit. I figure you guys get at least one post per day like this, but to relieve my paranoia, I'd like some input. I'm brewing an American amber. I followed the instructions verbatim...