Recent content by Redcrossx76

Need some suggestions here. Brewed Midwest's Red Lager with Wyeast Bohemian yeast. Stuck it in the fridge (that I have used successfully before for lagers) on what I thought was the highest temp setting. Turns out, the fridge was off and my beer has been fermenting at perfect ale temps for 2...

Infected?

Racked my Oktoberfest to secondary carboy today for lagering and when I took the lid off the primary bucket there were a few clumps of "mold" floating on top. I feel like I do a relatively good job of sanitizing with star san. Now the bucket I was using was a bottling bucket (When ordering I...

Ok. Thanks. What I had read said to use the same stuff you were gonna brew with so the yeast would be used to it. I assumed that meant the EXACT same stuff. I guess a pale DME is generic enough that it can be used for most anything. 2 more questions. What is the thread with instructions and...

2 batches into my career (both with dry yeast) and now I've got some liquid yeast (and I think my first starter.) Got a Belgian wheat kit from Midwest with the activator pack. I know it says I can pitch it right in but the kit sat for a couple days before the pack got put in the fridge. So I'm...

I read about that set up and I sorta figured that would be the result. I'll probably give it a try just to see. Worst that happens is I waste a little money on the cartridges (not so bad) and possibly waste a little beer (that's gonna be a lot tougher to stomach).

Brand new to brewing (2nd batch in bottles) and would like to keg my beer in the future. No room for a real system now (and no consent yet from the wife)so my dad gave a party star and some minikegs for Christmas. As I was searching the Internet for CO2 cartridges, I found some nitrogen...

Very new to this whole thing. Second batch is in the fermenter now. Been reading a lot on the extract forum about adding extract late in the boil. Can you do this for dry as well as liquid? Does this affect the hot break at all? Pros and Cons of doing this? Thanks.