Recent content by PedroTheLion

It's a pale ale that calls for 7 days in primary, 7 in secondary and 14 in bottles. Hopefully, that's pretty close to April 1, my team's opening day.

This stuff? http://www.fermentationtrap.com/2004b.html I have yet to clean/sanitize bottles. I have 48 new bottles (unused) and about 10 that I just finished and must clean. Can I just throw them in the dishwasher with some StarSan? With your other equipment, do you just wash/rinse...

Good to know. I mean, it's possible that I have a bit too much water in there, but no more than maybe 1/4 gallon. I have an unmarked glass carboy and I eyeballed it. Probably a bad move.

Thanks for the advice. RE: Sanitation -- The few folks I've spoken with regarding my first brewing adventure all have stressed sanitation. I've got all new equipment, and I washed it all with the cleaning solution provided with the brewing kit. Is there anything else I need to do going...

OK. I hope you're right. I do feel a bit like a dolt for buying the extract kit -- like a fake, really. But one must crawl before he walks. It's OK if I remove the stopper in 12 hours, then?

I got the Desert Pale Ale kit from Homebrew USA.

The recipe called for about 5 gallons, and I've got about 5 gallons in the glass carboy. I did top up with water, but I shook it around pretty vigorously before taking a sample. The actual reading I had was 1.052, but the temperature was about 80 degrees at the time, so I added .003, as...

Long-time drinker, first-time brewer. Threw my first batch in the fermenter tonight, and I'm not sure how it will turn out. But it better be ready for Opening Day. I'm a writer by day, father by night and beer drinker in-between.

My OG (store-bought kit) is supposed to be 1.069, but I'm only getting 1.55. What have I done wrong, and what can I do to repair my evident error? It's a Pale Ale.