Recent content by mikelarkin44

Ok, so 15 days ago i brewed my 2nd brew. A caramel wit kit from brewers best. My question is this. Its been in primary for 15 days. I have no secondary. My brothers asked to try my beer on a family vacation we leave for 22 days from now. My plan was to do 3 weeks fermenting, then 3 weeks bottle...

So i brewed my second brew and i am afraid the fermentation has slowed-stopped too quickly. First brew i did all extract american wheat. This one was a partial mash belgian caramel wheat. I pitched my yeast at 8pm monday night. I checked it out at 6am and it was bubbling really well. When i got...

Ok so im going to do my first partial mash. Going to use the oven. It has a 170 setting. I have read to heat it to 170, put the pot in and turn the oven off and sit for an hour. 2 things. Is this method good? Should i heat the pot and water to 160 before putting in oven? Thanks

So I just bottled my first brew 5 days ago and dont hear any bottles busting yet... knock on wood... Went to the home brew shop today since I have an empty bucket and figured i would try again! I got a Belgian Caramel Wit Kit from Brewers best... Was wondering if you guys would buy the...

Awesome. Thanks guys.... Let me ask the bottle question a different way... At what point MUST i get them in the fridge be it because of aging on a wheat beer, or over carb?

So i just bottled my first brew. An american wheat ale. I was unclear in the beginning about the usefulness of the hydrometer. I realize now that was a mistake. So i never took an original gravity reading. I know i know. I will next time. So it sit dark for 3 full weeks at 69-70 degrees. I...

So I brewed for the first time 12-13 days ago and I feel like all in all it went pretty well. I was just psyched to see bubbles.... They stopped like 5-6 days in... So in any case here is where i am at... I brewed an american wheat. Very easy starter kit. It has been sitting in 70 degrees...

will do... thanks fellas...

Just wanted to introduce myself! I have been reading a lot of what you guys have written here and it inspired me to brew my first batch a couple of weeks ago. While I am a huge beer fan, I dont really know much. And I dont know how to verbalize it properly because I dont know what I am...