Recent content by Oclement

Thanks for your inputs all, you mostly confirmed what I was thinking I will be patient and wait, and see where it goes from here then. I do surely hope that the second batch (a Stout) will not turn out "as bad", it would pains me to have "scrapped" 10 gallons of beer. As for the yeast, I...

Hi all I bottled my second brew, from extract, about 3 weeks ago (A Nut Brown Ale) While my first brew was incredible, this one is not, at least not yet (?) As the title say, it has a scent and a bit of aftertaste that makes me think of paint thinner (Funny considering the fact that we...

Thanks for the replies, it clears things up. I wasn't really expecting actual fermentation in the secondary but I was thinking it would still release some more CO2. I didn't think it would reach this state that fast, I though it would take a full two weeks to complete fermentation. I'll let it...

Hey, I started my first homebrew out of a Brewferm Kit (Grand Cru) 2 weeks ago. I've been seeing mild activity (not a huge krausen but still present. No airlock on the bucket so I can't speak about CO2) for a while, but after about 1 to 1.5 week in the fermenting bucket, it looked like...

I guess it would make sense. Well we'll see how it turns out anyways. Also, I got myself a good Pauwel Kwak to relax ;)

Thanks for the infos! (I get "RDWHAHB", but "RDWHASBB"? :P) I was expecting at least some activity, as according to Palmer, about 30min should be enough to tell if the yeast is good or not. I'll pitch it then, and see how it goes tomorrow. I guess that if I see no activity after 16+ hours I'll...

Thanks for the infos As for what i was expecting, taken from http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6-5.html: So I guess that I should have seen "something" happening no? Is 30-40 Celsius (which is near the 95-105F stated above) really too hot? I guess I'll wait and go get...

Hey guys, first post here, first batch of beer in the making, using hopped extract (Brewferm). So I started making the wort from the extract, following the instructions partially but also using some recommendations/tips from howtobrew.com Not long before my wort was ready for yeast pitching, I...