Recent content by monkz

I am a Lutheran pastor.

I am brewing this kit right now. I asked around for lots of advice and many folks said to not even rack to secondary; just leave it in the primary. I am relatively new to brewing, so I am relying on experience from these threads. Do a search on the threads for no secondary fermentation. There...

I haven't looked at the temp in the beer yet. I will do that and get back to you. I have figured out a spot the doesn't seem to fluctuate much with the outside temps, so I have put it there. It's about 62 degrees all the time. BTW, the weather changed from 65 degrees outside to 10 degrees and...

Thanks for the personal preference insights; and I will do a little poking around on the other threads on this topic.

Thanks everyone. She's bubbling like crazy today at noon. Had to move the fermenter to a cooler spot because our 55 degree January days here in SW MN are making the basement almost too warm! But I think the yeast are doing their job now! Here's another question: Thinking about racking to...

Thanks for the advice! I will be sure to do that. Brewing went really well. When should I expect some airlock activity? I just put the lid on my primary fermenter last night at about 5pm.

An autumn amber ale that I got for Christmas. An extract kit from Midwest.

An autumn amber ale that I got for Christmas. An extract kit from Midwest.

It's my first time...brewing that is!