i couldnt tell you what temp it is now with out taking a sample as for some reason the thermo on the side of the carboy is/not working. though it was so im guessing over 82. I had placed it in a dark cool corner of my house. lol it shot 5 feet up to hit the ceiling
so yesterday was my brewday. i made a brew from northern brewer. everything went well got it into carboy. let it do its thing checked it before i went to bed. there was some yeasty activity. woke up this morning checked it sometime during the night the yeast had a serious party and had exploded...
1.6 ozs of brit black patent
1.6 oz maltodextrine
3.2 oz bairds chocolate malt
28.8 oz golden light lme
3.2 british crystal 50-60L
northern brewer hop
ale yeast wlp005
irish moss
bakers chocolate .8 oz
3.2 lactose
i steeped the grain for about 30 mins then removed from heat and added the LME...
iforgot to take og :(. The the recipe that i got was for a chocolate milk stout and was for 5 gallons. there was not a fermentation schedule with it as i was taken off of brewtoad. But from what i gather from all the comments its looking like my fermentation is stuck and that would mean that i...
So I'm pretty sure my fermentation has stopped though I wish it was higher I'll accept the 5% its at. Do I have to have a bottling bucket and or want or is it possible to make do with just the auto siphon?
Sunday I decided since my NFL team wasn't playing to do something constructive. So I tried a partial mash double chocolate milk stout. I'm positive I did all the steps right. Though I have not seen any bubbles in my fermenter/airlock.