Recent content by okieeagle

Here are some of my "tips" I have learned from the first batch of beer I'm brewing. 1. Be very detail oriented and thorough with your sanitation. I had no problems with the sanitation part, but this is where the first beer making mistake can happen. My mistake was being to eager to add...

BrewerBear, thanks for the words of encouragement. I hope to see some fermentation going on in the next day or so. I think the best part of the whole process was how well the starter reacted. I started with about an inch high yeast layer, and ended up with about a 3 inch yeast layer. I would...

Wow, everything was moving so well. Starter yeast was growing like gangbusters. The boil went great and the cool down process took a little more than 10 minutes. Unfortunately I missed the detail part while adding water and checking the specific gravity. I was adding water after each gravity...

Hi all, My name is Frank. I'm brewing my first batch of beer tomorrow. It's going to be a Belgian Trappist ale. I got the Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey yeast and what I've been told is a great Belgian partial extract kit from Brewer's Best. I'm making my starter tonight, and hope to have the...