Recent content by lenind

well hahaha.. my language was a bit off. "I don't want the krausen clinging to the side of my fermenter to get into my beer" :)

Very few homebrewers here in India. I buy most ingredients abroad and get it delivered to friends, family, whoever agrees to get me stuff if they are travelling here :) I get malted barley and DME from my mentor homebrewer and soon to be microbrewer who buys it in bulk from North India...

I have resumed my manual temperature control. The readings have stabilised (I use a refractometer). I guess I'll wait for a couple of days more and recheck the reading. I'll take in some yeast while bottling. I guess stirring the priming sugar solution should also get the yeast into solution...

I always ferment in a temperature controlled refrigerator (I live in a HOT country). However, my controller gave up on me and I had to rely on manually maintaining the temperature by switching the fridge on and off to maintain the temperature at around 64F (18C). One day however I forgot to...