Recent content by punkrockbrew

No no no. The liquid crystal thermometer wich is stuck to the side of my bucket read 72....not the air temp...sampled today tastes good gravity down to .015. Planning on dropping 2oz of hops soon

Hmmmm still a krausen. Smells delicious. Smells like its still fermenting but no bubbles

Hi I'm on my second batch I just pitched the yeast 4 days ago check on it today and I went from .056 to .018 that fast. I still have krausen left but not as much as before...the beer is a black ipa and has been kept at 70-72 degress. Im wondering if that seems abronmally fast fermentation. Also...

So this will be my 2nd beer. Just finished the first it turned out good. I used a prepackaged ingredients kit and added a lil extra hops....i want to make a beer without a kit with ingredients bought seperatley. I have a good solid homebrew store i can get what i need. I would like to make an...

Wow its only been 6 days. Brew is carbonated. Taste has matured some but maybe will some more...thanx to anyone who gave advice on my first batch. Next i want to do a black ipa

Tested some out. Its definatley carbonating. The taste is ok but not as expected. Seems like it will be better once a little more mature/done carbonating ? The taste changes a little right or doi have my final beer?

What kind of adverse effects are possible? my fermentation was complete and I didn't hit my FG if that makes any difference

Uhoh just realized something...i used the priming sugar that came with the kit...it was premeasured for 5 galons i asume but i only had 4gallons. I hope my bottles dont explode

Well they didnt really finish the first job i could get the gravity as low as i wanted. I just wanted to see how strong the sludge at the bottom would get..this was my first batch i used a kit. I think next time i wanna do a recipe...imperial ipa perhaps

So i bottled my batch today was only able to get down to 0.018....i did a little science expiriment when i was done...there was a few ounces of beer leftover in the bottom or the carboy sittn on top of the trub i poured a good bit of sugar on it shook it up and sealed it just to see what happens

Heres my main fear. If my fermentation is stuck will that affect the carbonation process?

So is there a way i can jump start the existing yeast. I tried to shake the carboy gently swirling the brew and raise the temp a little...didnt do much

Im not home but i can post specifics later. Would pitching more yeast hurt anything if it turned out to be unesesary?

im new on here and i have a question. i believe i racked to a secondary too soon. this is my first batch and i was a little too excited. in hindsight i dont think i even need a secondary...im making a dunleweizen from a kit...my og was 1.052....my fina fg should be somewhere around .013...im...

im new on here and i have a question. i believe i racked to a secondary too soon. this is my first batch and i was a little too excited. in hindsight i dont think i even need a secondary...im making a dunleweizen from a kit...my og was 1.052....my fina fg should be somewhere around .013...im...