Recent content by Muskogeee

No thankfully I didn't have to drink the Fortune, my girlfriends grandfather did and saved the bottles for me. Since yesterday no more have exploded though, it was only two to begin with so maybe it was just a single bottle with a defect and then when that one blew it broke the second one...

5 Gallon batch. I'm pretty sure it was done fermenting, 2 and a half weeks in primary and gravity didn't move for at least the last 5 days, maybe longer but that's when I started checking. I have 12 16oz bottles, 24 12oz bottles, and a few growlers from my LHBS and they're holding up fine...

I bottled 12 of my batch in these bottles because I thought they looked nice. Some posters on this forum and others said they had trouble with the neck snapping while capping but I didn't HOWEVER Today they have started exploding. I only used 6oz priming sugar and my brewshop bottles...

Well the title basically says it all. Say you put a few bottles in the fridge and then when you crack one open it isn't as carbonated as you would hope. Can you take them all back out and let them get to room temperature and will they continue to carbonate if they sit for a while...

Yeah there was a hiss and some carbonation. I'll give it a good amount more time as you guys have suggested and report back later.

I bottled my first 5 gallon brew last Monday. Yesterday morning I put one bottle in the fridge to test and when I got home from work I poured it and there was very little carbonation and absolutely no head. I'm very disappointed because I love the flavor. Here is my recipe and process: 4.5...

Should I be worried about it? I can't really keep our bedroom any colder than that or the gf and I will freeze. I think the yeast upper temperature range was 75 :-/

I guess I'm probably answering my own question here, but since fermentation is a metabolic process I'm assuming it generates a small amount of heat right? I pitched my yeast at 71 degrees and since then my bucket has been kept in a 68 degree room. If I use my infrared thermometer to check...

So my question is, when you see a recipe list that includes specialty grains like: Chocolate Malt Caramel 90L Special Roast Carafa I Are those all barley?? If so what are the differences? What does the 90L mean? I've seen other Caramel with a different number I think... Can I...

Alright so this weekend is time to attempt my first 5 gallon brew, and I just had a few questions about equipment and the process. 1. Will an aluminum pot be ok for the boil? I have one of those giant IMUSA pots for steaming crabs and if I can use that I'd rather not go out and buy a big...

Forgive me if this is a newbie question, but as the topic says, do you have to go through the process of washing the yeast in order to re use it? Could I just siphon out the carboy leaving the yeast cake at the bottom, and just refill with new wort and agitate it? Only reason I ask is that...

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm not really looking for exact clones as I want to branch out and try different things. But at the same time I don't want to venture too far into unknown bitter territory. Some microbrew IPA's are just way too strong flavored for me for example.:beard:

Good Morning, I'm gonna be ordering a 5 gallon recipe kit from Midwest Supplies and I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations based on the kind of commercial beers I like which are, (please keep the laughter to a minimum): Yeungling Heineken Estrella Damm (one of my...

This is the exact kit: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/superior-strong-ale-kit.html I'm not that concerned about making a not so good tasting batch, I just didn't want to make something that was gonna kill me when I took a sip to test it :cross: If the hops and grains have lost some potency...

Hello, My friend gave me a nice brewing kit that he was given but never used and didn't want. I know all of the equipment is fine, however I'm not sure about the ingredients and I wanted your opinions. This whole kit was kept in a garage, in Florida for about a year, so humidity can get...