Recent content by RichardJay

I have never done anything with my yeast fancier than pouring a vial or smack pack, so I wanted to expand my horizons a bit and planned my most recent batch and my upcoming batch together (first one low gravity, low hops, second a bigger IPA, both using the same yeast-WLP001) with the intention...

So, I am a new homebrewer and am going to be going the keg route soon. When I do, I also plan on having a keg of carbed water on hand with a selection of syrups made up. I have also just started getting into ciders and through that have looked into other homemade malt beverages like hard...

Thank you to everyone for your replies

Hello. [All temps are F ] I'm a new homebrewer and I currently ferment in a fridge with a temp controller in my uninsulated garage. I started in August and am only on my second batch. Everything was fine in the summer as the controller kept a good temperature. My problem now is that as...

Most of the online kits I found were similar in content and price when I was in the market a couple of months ago. I started pricing out the individual components to build the perfect kit for myself. In the end it was just too much time and effort with minimal gains and I went with an Austin...

Thanks for the quick replies, and the good advice. I will keep in mind the tip about getting a couple of SGs a couple of days apart. I knew that the fermentation would produce some heat, but not to that degree. Yeast are impressive little buggers. My temp controller probe is just inside...

My big ol bucket of beer was my first thought too. In retrospect, I should not have told this to my wife, as my response of "She probably loved it" to her concern for our 7 year old summer-camp-going daughter went over like a lead balloon.

Hello First post here, first home brew (extract). And I am not really freaking out. I just racked to secondary today, 7 days after boil, and tasted my beer for the first time and it was not terribly good. I realize it's not meant to be ready for prime time but I wanted to get the...