Recent content by nlk22

Ok so we were wrong: There was a large krausen developed within the first 12 hours, causing a bit of overflow out of the airlock, but it has since subsided. When dillonkc posted earlier today saying that we did have a krausen we were confusing residue stuck to the sides of the fermentor for an...

I don't know about the temperature of the room. Maybe about 60 on average?. After the first day we wrapped it in a blanked so it wouldn't get to cold overnight (sometimes it gets really cold in our house because we live in NorCal and don't have very good windows). This was probably misguided, as...

Hey, I'm friends with the OP. I had previously posted about this brew in this thread. The reason we are putting it in a secondary is to do some dry hopping and to (hopefully) let more sediment settle out (our strainer wasn't that good) We are just worried because the bubbles have almost...

Would it be bad to try to introduce additional oxgen with a whisk now that it has started fermenting?

Thanks for the advice everyone! This is what we ended up doing: -Steeped 8 oz roasted barely @165 for 30 min -strained out barely and brought the wort to a boil -immediately added 6lbs DME and 1/2 oz each nugget and mangum hops -added 1 oz crystal hops @ 45 minutes -added 1 oz each of crystal...

Letting it sit would let some of the bitterness mellow out right? Also, I'm a bit confused by this Sorry, I'm still new to this. So 148.7 is with all the hops at the times you listed? Where did 75 come from? What IBU do you think we should aim for based on the grains we're using? Also...

Thanks guys! two-one-seven: we have a 33 quart kettle, a 5 gallon glass carboy, and a brewing kit we bought (2 x 5 gallon buckets w/ lids, airlock, hydrometer, fermometer, thermometer siphon w/ 'siphon holder', capping thingy-magig, a tap/spigot, a bottle filler, some brushes, a spoon, and some...

My friends and I recently bought brewing equipment. We aren't really sure what we are doing, so we went to the store and just bought some random ingredients that looked good. We're wondering if this combination of ingredients will produce something remotely palatable Grains: 6 lbs dark...