Recent content by lewisaurus

Haven't been around for a while, and this is my first time in the Mead forum. I was inspired to start brewing mead after a recent homebrew club meeting. I can see this becoming my new obsession. My first batch's, both are traditional, with 3lbs local honey and Lalvin D-47. As soon as...

Well, it's in the cellar...... totally topless. I've brewed this recipe several times so I'm pretty familiar with what to expect from the normal airlock/carboy combo. That's one of the reasons I chose this batch to try. It should make any differences really stand out. @knightbeer39, I hope...

This should probably be in the "Fermentation and yeast" section if a mod would like to move it...... To many homebrews while brewing I guess.

I just brewed a 6 gallon batch of KingBrianI's Common Room ESB and split it between a 5 gal carboy and a 6.5 gal bucket. Part of me wants to try an open ferm on the bucket half. I'm not sure this is the best beer to try this technique on.... Thoughts?. And oh yeah I ferment in a cellar with a...

I've got this boiling right now... It smells great.

it usually takes my brews at least 24 hrs to really get cooking. That being said, I brewed a batch of Hefeweizen today (my usual recipe). The only difference being I made a 500ml starter from a batch of WLP380 yeast I washed from a Dunkelweizen last week. Beer went into the fermentor at 1:00 pm...

I buy most of my stuff at Belmont. Unfortunately I'm committed to the Yellow Springs street fair this Saturday.

Hey there, My name is Travis, I'm a professional artist from Yellow Springs Ohio. At least that's where I spent the first 38 years of my life. I've been living in downtown Dayton for the last few. I've been brewing for quite a while now, but just discovered this site in the last few...