Recent content by obi1ne

cool with me, a lot of knowledgeable people here who I am sure can come up with some quick 1-liners of knowledge!! (not counting myself, cause Im a n00bie too!!) but I will help if I can.

HA!! Thanks man greatly...thx for the great work you guys have done with the Brewer's Friend tools very helpful stuff!!!

Followed up this past weekend with another brew day (which took way too long to get here!!). This time around we did a darker brew (porter) and were aiming to really improve our OG compared to the last go around. The brew went well, we shaved 1 and a 1/2 hours off our last attempt and did much...

This is certainly going to be in my plans this next go around, we have a few things planned to make this process a little more efficient next recipe. It is an extremely in depth program a little overwhelming at first glance.

Is it ok to add sugar at this point? If so do I have to worry about using a special kind of sugar or use just standard sugar? Also is sanitizing an issue when adding something like that at this point??

Well, fermentation is slowed down, no where near the amount of action that was previously when I posted the pics. I have been giving it a swirl every few days just to make sure everything that can get eaten up by all the yeasties does!! I took a hydrometer reading today and it came out to...

Again good info, I am starting to get a good grasp of understanding some of the science behind the whole yeast element of the recipes (not to say I still have quite a bit to learn). The other reason I am hopeful this will turn out is this is a Purple Haze clone recipe and upon bottling calls...

true that...I'll certainly have my detailed checklist next time!!! I was glad we took the time to keep notes on improvements and things NOT to do.

Dude this is very good info!! With this information is it safe to assume that I will most certainly have to wait a little longer than the given 14 day primary fermentation period?? Either way this turns out this will certainly be my new standard practice for yeast that is beyond its peak (or...

HA, duly noted... :mug:

WOW!! Awesome feedback....with brew knowledge like this who needs BREW DAY HELP?!?!?! As to the hydrometer reading there were quite a bit of bubbles we actually had to wait for the bubbles to go down until we could read it and even then it was a rough guess at best (from what we could read)...

IT took WAY longer than I ever expected!!! First off we did start with an AG recipe. Honestly it went well it just took so damn long for a number of reasons I am guessing: first time doing the process, inefficient boiling schedule and trying to learn how to regulate mash temps, the burner was...

yeh, she is rocking and rolling I pitched Tuesday like we originally planned (decant the beer and pitched all the yeasty goodness). Weds morning she acted like the pink slime in ghost busters II bubbling and quite foamy. Needless to say I may go back and purchase a bunch more of these...

N00B DISCLAIMER: THIS IS MY FIRST BREWING EXPERIENCE!! First off I did not realize until after I purchased my liquid yeast that it was past its ideal use date. I purchased WLP011: European Ale Yeast and to my surpise it was on sale (little did I know) because the to use date was Jan 2012...

Really new to this, happily married and father of one. Work at the local university and are stoked about this new hobby that has caught my attention!! My friend got me all HOPPED up on brewing talk!! (sorry for the pun I couldnt help myself). A few bucks dropped already and my first official...