Recent content by loafer74

Well the bad news , I dont have a hydrometer , I got one on order but the guy at the home brew shop was out and Im a Nub to all of this , Ive ruined 2 batches already because of poor yeast and temps , dont want to ruin a 3rd

I would say the temp didnt get below 62 to 64 degrees

I put it in the Fermenter on Wednesday and we left the house Thursday Morning it was working

Ok we had a family emergency and the temp on my brew dropped below 65 degrees and the air lock is at a dead stand still. If I put the brew in a warm water bath to bring it up to 70 degrees will fermentation start again?

Ok I got some Muntons Active Brewing Yeast in the Fridge that I bought last week. The kit Im making is supposed to be similiar to a heineken dark. If I use the Muntons with the kit what will it do to the flavor of the beer Here is the info on the kit , all I could find Continental Dark Beer...

ok the yeast it came with is Fermentis Dry Lager Yeast Saflager s 23

Sanitation should not be a problem , both the yeasts in both kits were no good and I figured it out a little too late , so I attribute age of the kit and me being a nub to the other to going south

Ok I've made one MR. Beer kit wich was a failure , sour beer , so I went to a homebrew shop and they sold me what was more or less the 5 gallon beer kit wich I made and it too turned out awful. Now not being one who knows when to quit , I was having to travle a bit on Saturday so I went to...