Recent content by mr2step

I took SG in the tube the hydrometer comes in. I've used it before wushu no issues. I made sure it wasn't touching sides or have any bubbles on it. I still think it was a case of bad yeast. Liquid yeast seems really tempermental. Will be using dry from now on. Would there be any harm in using 2...

Yeah I was following a recipe however it did not state how long to let sit. I figured 13 days was more then enough time. I was just afraid that the high ambient temp would do more harm. I dunno. Guess we'll wait and see what happens.

One thing I just thought of. This whole bottle bomb thing would only apply IF there were still yeast active. If so, it would debunk the bad yeast theory, no? If there were not enough yeast cells to ferment the initial batch then how could there be enough to do a secondary in the bottle.

Thanks everyone. I have the swivel tops. So the suggestions is to crack open and see what is going on then every couple of days. I will do that and see what happens. Stay tuned...We had a bottle of kombucha explode in our pantry few months back. What a mess that was.

Excellent. So I can look forward to exploding bottles of beer. Sweet. Better take up precautions then! Just for spit and giggles I did a little experiment to see how well calibrated my hydrometer is. I used an erlenmeyer flask and chilled water down to 60 degrees the same temp as the hydrometer...

Thanks for the input you guys. I did use a hydrometer and this one is calibrated to 60 degrees. I did use a hydrometer calculator to adjust for temp differences. The starting OG was in the right ballpark of 1.060. Recipe said 1.050. I did oxygenate thoroughly before pitching yeast at 69 degrees...

Hey guys- I'm looking for some newbie advice for future batch. I made made a New Belgium Fat Tire Clone following the recipe to a "T". This is my second batch I've made but first of this recipe. Everything was going great. At yeast pitching wort temp was down to 69 degrees and the OSG was...

Wow. So much info. If I can recall, I think I took OG AFTER adding my water to the wort after cool down. I knew I had to adjust the OG measurement according to temp so made that calculation beforehand. I did not mix it up though with a stirrer which might be a big reason. I did not think about...

Hello everyone. I've been trolling this forum for awhile now gaining info on the in's/out's of beer making 101 and i've learned a lot. I however, after searching various other forums and google have a question that is stumping me. I just today bottled my very first batch of beer. It was made...