Recent content by madegret

Define "slightly" for me - 5 gallon batch to a 4 gallon batch?

LOL! Thats what I was afraid of - easy = bad. Ok, i get the gist of this. Let me develop balanced thinking and I think I can do it. Flavor, body, ABV - good.

Ok guys, give me the "simple" answer to increasing the ABV of my beers. So far they have all tasted great but I don't want to "be able" to drink 12 of them. The whole point of homebrewing for me is to brew flavorful beers and just a couple fill me up (if you know what I mean). I've toyed...

Thanks guys! I smacked and pitched 2.75 hours later. A bit slow to start but I saw a small amount of activity at 6am this morning (9.5 hours later).

Well, if I smack it now can I pitch it tonight? Does it need to be room temp? If I can't I'm going to have to wait a while due to travel. It will be weeks before I can brew.

Little advise please guys, Just got home, bunch to do, but dying to get a whit started to be ready for my next beer club meeting. I can probably find the time to brew tonight but this is a first smack pack for me. I pulled it out of the fridge 30 minutes ago and need to know if I should...

Yes, it was overcarbonated actually - was almost like drinking pop. They will definately be in the bottle longer - just had to drink those first couple of beers. I'm ferming a porter right now that will be "hidden" for a good, long time.

First of all let me say . . . . "WHOOOOHOOOOO!!!":ban: I drank my first, second, and third brew yesterday. Its a North Rim Wheat. First two were outstanding. The third, that I drank late last night after putting the kids to bed, had a funny metallic finish and was uncomfortably dry. I had...

Ok, I don't want to publicly slam anyone but I need advise on a new vendor for equipment/ingredients. The company I'm using makes a 3-toed sloth look speedy. Would someone give me a lead on a site that can get me stuff quicker than 10 days!?!?!

Outstanding! Much thanks!

So, I got a book from Santa, read it, read How to Brew, purchased a digital magazine subscription on homebrewing . . . I'm definately obsessed and havent even gotten my starter kit in yet. I'm confident about every step EXCEPT one - how do I regulate temperature during fermintation? I'm in...