Recent content by MyNameIsMud

First, thanks for so much for the opinions/info. "..Unless your water is high in alkalinity [tannins].." I used distilled water for everything since I was using an extract kit, so I'm assuming I won't have a any ph issues, but also, I took no readings ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Dry yeast does not require alot...

cool, I didn't use a secondary! 3 weeks in the primary and was never opened up, had good bubbling from the airlock after about 20 hours...and after 2 weeks I felt it was still too active based on the airlock bubbling, so gave it another week. I made some mistakes that I know of so far, here's...

Hi all - I recently bottled up my first brew, Brewer's Best Pumpkin Porter; I let it ferment for 3 weeks at around 68 degrees using equipment from this beer brewing kit from Northern Brewer. I had to taste it while bottling, and it really didn't taste too great - it almost tasted more like...