Recent content by olaf74

Mine was actually the Midwest Supplies Irish Stout kit. Glad you resolved your issue! I bottled half my batch last night, with the intention of trying to restart fermentation in the other half with a solution of turbinado sugar and champagne yeast (recommended by my local homebrew shop, as it...

What's the general consensus typically on letting it run for additional time in the fermenter, vs. bottling, and letting it sit extra time there? Or I guess option 3, let it sit in the fermenter another week or two, bottle and wait it out a month or two, and then hope for the best!

I went with keeping it in a warmer room, which got the temp up to a consistent 70 degrees F for the past week. Didn't notice too much activity or anything (which is expected), but the readings have changed. Tomorrow is the prescribed bottling day, per the calendar (it's been 2 weeks in the...

Didnt forget any ingredients, they're all in there! Probably a misread, if anything...

Thanks for the advice! I've polled a few friends who brew as well, and "leave it alone" seems to be the general consensus, so that's what I'm going to do! No clue why the OG was so low. It could be a bit of a misread, but I dont think i got it that far off. I boiled 3 gallons of wort (didnt...

Hello - I've got my first brew fermenting right now, an Irish Stout kit, that calls for an OG of 1.042-1.046 and a FG of 1.010-1.012. I used liquid White Labs Irish Ale yeast (WLP004) with the kit instead of the dried packet it contained. When I took my OG reading, it was right about...