Recent content by mikesmith813

SmokeyMcBong, I love the brewery name! Wish I had a brewery... with a real brewmaster. I'm obviously no longer qualified! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

IslandLizard, I punched a hole and then cocked around the airlock to get a good seal. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

40 mini fermenters indeed. Guess I'll wait till the airlock evens out and retest the gravity. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the assistance. Pic of the mini fermenters for your enjoyment (laughs). Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I know they were going to blow. The airlock I put on one of the bottles proved that. I have pulled the caps off the bottles. I don't have anyway to get more yeast until next week. Do you think I should still pour them back into a fermenter or just leave them in the bottle uncapped but...

The recipe was Midwest Redheaded Ryerish Ale. The temp was defiantly low, 58ish. Reading was taken with a hydrometer. This was certainly a learning experience but now I'd like to salvage if I can. I poked a hole in the cap of one bottle and placed an airlock on it. Just two hours later...

I brewed a Red Rye Ale and did 2 weeks in primary and 4 weeks in secondary. Today I bottled it. Before I bottled I pulled a sample but didn't actually take a reading of the final gravity until after I actually bottled everything. Wasn't thinking. Based on the numbers, it's not done. What...