Recent content by orchard1983

So I started fermenting a week ago friday, and within 24 hours my airlock was bubbling like crazy, all of the water in the one side of the s curve. Now the bubbling seems to have completely stopped, I watched for a good minute or so and nothing. Additionally, the water is still on the one side...

i had the packet of priming sugar, 5oz i guess, boiled it and mixed it in as instructed

yeah, i have bottles that have been sitting for about 5 months now, still not carbonated....definately hoping for better result now

My first brew failed, but it was also from a recipe that some guy at a brewstore just wrote down.....for this I bought a kit, so was hoping it would work out better. THe first brew tasted very bitter and didnt realyl carbonate in the bottle, but i'm hoping for some success using a kit rather...

I've been looking around and reading people say you do or don't have to strain your wort, doesnt make much difference. But these posts all referred to whether it was ok to leave the hop pellets. I will be brewing with corriander seeds and bitter orange peel, and was wondering the effects of...

Another question, the Wyeast site says that once the package is swollen it should be refridgerated again, is that true or should i leave it out in the 64-70 degree temp for the 24-48 hours.

Thanks for the quick replies. Seeing as this is the second person telling me to jsut do one fermentation for 3 weeks, ill go wtih that.... So I am brewing friday, so jsut smacked my smack pack. The instructions were saying to move the inner packet to a corner and give it a smack and make sure...

I have a question about secondary fermentation. I have a fermenting bucket and a bottling bucket. I don't want to go buy a carboy. Is there any reason that I cant do the first fermentation in the bottling bucket, transfer to the other bucket for the secondary fermentation, and then back to...