Recent content by ragreen123

Yea I was wondering how low it could go since I've never tried rousing it in the secondary but I imagine it won't be getting too much lower. I pretty much just do secondary for clarity and aroma purposes (as my instructions tend to recommend) because after the primary there's always so much...

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Took a reading this morning when I transferred the brew to the secondary. S.G. dropped to 1.014! and brew currently sits at 4.2 ABV! Smelled amazing too, almost like a Belgian ale thanks to the chocolatey coffee I added I'm guessing . Hoping to get a lil more out of it in the secondary and...

So I believe the yeast has finally started to kick into action as of this morning. I got the temp of the beer up to 66-68 by putting a small space heater in my brew room and that seems to keep the beer at a stable 68 degrees and it has held at that temperature all day so far without me needing...

Thanks for the advice. I have a feeling it was the temperature as well. I have yet to brew a batch when its this cold out so I'm guessing that's what made it inactive. We've had a mild winter here until this last couple weeks. I actually then got the bucket off the floor and put it on a...

I'm pretty sure I aerated it correctly. I usually just pour the chilled wort into my bucket and that seems to always work. I believe it was right at 70 degrees when I pitched. I just use the dry yeast packets that come with the kits and I always just sprinkle it in and give it a good healthy...

Hi everyone, I have another question about fermentation for the experts. I just finished my 6th batch of beer on Sunday night (It was a brewers best english brown ale) and this morning (a little over 4 day later and approaching 5) I took a reading because it did not appear to be fermenting...