Recent content by MagicTurtle

Thank you all for the feedback! Papazian ( i think thats spelled right) said "relax, don't worry, and have a home brew" I think I will go with that and if the beer isnt what I want I get to drink that plus brew some more to drink....

I had exactly 5 gallons of water added in both batches. I mentioned in my question that I purchased five one gallon bottles from Wal-Mart for each batch. Whatever I lost in the boil would be a volume reduction and thus an OG increase right?? I did not add any additional water to "top off" the...

I have bought and brewed two Brewers Best kits that are made for a 5 gallon batch with a 2.5 gallon boil. Both times I bought five 1 gallon jugs of filtered water at wal-mart and added 2.5 to the kettle and the remaining 2.5 to the primary prior to adding the wort to the primary. In the first...

New home brewer. Have just bottled my third batch ever with the fourth in primary now. I have lots of little questions I am hoping to get you all to help speed my hombrew education along.