Recent content by mhsisk

So I was brewing a stout this afternoon and rehydrated a packet of Nottingham. I primed it with a bit of sugar and this is what it looked like by the time I was ready to pitch! I was excited to have such healthy yeast, but slightly worried it was going to overflow and make a huge mess. It...

Update-- I bottled the porter after about 4 weeks in primary. I just tried the first bottle today and it was delicious! Even better than the ones I bottled after only two weeks.

Thanks for all the input! My porter is now a few days into fermentation and looks to be going along great. I'll be leaving tomorrow and bottling when I get back.

It seems many brewers on this forum recommend leaving one's beer in the primary fermenter for 3-4 weeks, or even months in some cases. My main concern with this is that it seems contrary to John Palmer's advice on the subject, who seems to think that longer than 3 weeks opens up risk for...

I've brewed a couple extract batches and am now considering moving on to something more complex... planning on doing a porter for my next one. Before I've just fermented in primary for 2 weeks, then bottled and let it sit for 2 more weeks before drinking. Both batches turned out great, but I've...

That's definitely a possibility. Last time the wort was still quite warm when I pitched. This time it was closer to room temp. Anyway, it's been about 42 hours and the bubbling's completely stopped. Thanks for the input! :mug:

Hello, Just got started on my second batch; put it in the fermentor yesterday afternoon. My first batch seemed to take quite a while for the airlock to start bubbling steadily, maybe about 24 hours. I'm a bit curious as to what's going on this time around, though, because my process was...

Hello, beginning brewer here, first time on the forum and all that. I've got a rather unusual question that I couldn't seem to find addressed anywhere from a web search. I just completed my first brew yesterday, an amber ale, which is now happily fermenting in a closet. I stuck the...