Recent content by philmo418

Thank you. This clears things up for me. Philmo Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

OK I am confused. Is there a difference in these terms? When should you aerate...good thing. What should you do to prevent oxidation...bad thing?? Philmo.

Thanks everyone. I think I have the situation under control now. I have learned a good deal from my mess up and especially from everyone who gave me input. I am doing my first all grain this weekend and will pay much more attention to the fermentation process and my readings. Philmo.

Live and learn indeed. OK. It was a mini mash kit recipe from Austin Home Brew an American Ale. The cooking process was normal with no hitches. Cooled the wort to about 78 degrees and pitched Windsor British-Style yeast. The advice I received from the supplier was just to pitch the yeast...

OK, So what went wrong is I bottled *WAY* too early. This being only about my forth batch I am still in learning mode and I didn't realize that a fermentation would/could stall. I still have not learned to RTFM! I figured it was done fermenting after no movement in my readings for several days...

Thanks for everyone's input. I will configure a homemade blast suit and open the bottles to release some pressure. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I used the priming sugar provided in kit. The batch was just shy of 5 gallons. I didn't think it was short enough to make I difference in the carbonation. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi all, I fermented about 15 days. SG 1.050 FG 1.018. It is ~ 5 gallons. The bottle that blew was purchased from Austin HomeBrew. A standard 16.9 oz PET bottle. Would opening and resealing fix the bottle bomb issue? Will the batch turn out flat? Philmo. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi, I bottled a batch of ale about five days ago. I used about 2/3rds plastic and 1/3rd glass bottles. I noticed about two days in that the plastic bottles were already solid. I have been keeping an eye on these to make sure there were no bottle bombs. Today I found one of the plastic bottles...

I made a ton of mistakes with my first batch and it still made a darn fine beer.

In that case we just may need to succeed.

It looks like this may do the trick. Thanks.

Thanks, I may try the heat process on the seal; however, the issue at hand is trying to save the current batch. I think I have the seal issue fixed but the beer is flat due the the leak. I would like to try and jump start the carbonation process and reseal so.... do I add sugar, yeast, both to...

Hello, Another Newbie with another carbonation issue. For my first batch of brew I decided to use 1/2 glass bottles and 1/2 plastic. The glass bottles sealed and there were no issues and the beer was not bad. For the plastic bottles I saved up A&W Root Beer plastic ~16 oz bottles to...

I was one of those "one of these days" brewers. Well that day has come. I have two brews under my belt, both Ales. First one went so-so. The second one went much better and I am waiting for the result. I am not too far from AHS so I get most of my stuff there. Still doing the extract thing...