Recent content by poorfatjames

You registered just to tell these lies? BTW there's a ninja outside your window.

sigh...... well, anyone know where I can get some EU champagne plastic corks, then? thanks

I have an assortment of 750ml champagne bottles, including chimays, saison, corsendonk, some goofy looking monk guy, etc. The plastic corks I purchased (the same ones all over the world, I'm sure) are all just slightly too small for the bottle opennings. They is virtually no seal. Is this...

video of fermentation. I can't believe how much activity there is. (10 seconds, 5 MB!! sorry; I tried to compress it more, but then you couldn't see inside the carboy!) forget it. link deleted. video sucks, anyway. (didn't see a way to kill post outright). I'll make a good one when...

Yes, I sanitized the bowl, but now I'm freaking out because I don't remember if I sanitized down the neck of the carboy. And yeah, besides the fun of spending as little as possible (but without skimping on the important stuff) I knew I wanted to use my dad's carboys despite being only 5 gallons...

The beer has been at 72 F the last few hours. The water bath went well, but I need to figure out how to keep it steady. Do you keep the beer at the same temperature for secondary brewing? Pictures! why I gave up on an overflow tube. mouth of my carboy is 2 1/4 inches, and there was no...

I ran out of sanitized water when transferring to primary and only have about 4.5 gallons of beer. Is it too late to add water? Would that mess up the beer? Would it make a difference at all?

Come to think of it, there was tons of movement. Something has to be doing that! Guess I'm nervous. I know, I know, don't worry have a homebrew, or somesuch. Good advice! How I learned to stop worrying and love the brew. James

Now that I'm at work, uh...working...I can reflect on my beer. Am I getting ahead of myself thinking that I have krausen in just 5 hours? Is it more likely to be just leftover who knows what from the cooking/wort transfer into primary? All I know is it wasn't there when I fell asleep...

Yeah, well, that was kind of an issue due to the equipment I've inherited, but... you'll see. It's sort of an... what do the call it? Open firmentation? But yeah, it's covered. Which is harder on the ...what is the mixture called at this point? It's no longer wort, is it? Anyway, which...

No I'm not! We've got KRAUSEN-SIGN! At 6:15 AM on the last day of summer of the year 2006 James made his first...well, we'll find out in a few weeks what it is. But I know it's going to be alcoholic! I woke up 15 minutes ago and I have some krausen. Temperature's at about 78 F, so I but...

I'm working on a homemade wort chiller right now and sanitizing my equipment. Soon I'll begin boiling waters (like in two hours). I made my first purchases today. De Falco's was great. Man, I was excited in there, even though I haven't slept for 36 hours. Ah well, maybe tomorrow night...

My name is Ito Morihara. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Yeah, I understand that. I'm not actually trying to clone Belhaven. I'll be ecstatic if the beer is just enjoyable. Belhaven is just my ballpark target so I have more to ask for than "I wat a beer kit, medium brown, please." James

I'm going to try a Belhaven clone for my first homebrew. I have two recipes I need to choose from: http://www.hbd.org/hbd/archive/2437.html#2437-6 and https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=5418 I'll be at the mercy of my LHBS, since this is my first attempt at brewing, but if you...