Recent content by rjwerb

Made a pretty quick cider 6 weeks ago with 4 gallons Apple Juice and 6 pounds honey. Fermented for 2 weeks, then racked to where it sits now. I've encountered a few questions as I get ready to bottle it. 1) Since its a juice & honey mixture, the honey has obviously settled to the...

Thanks everyone! I just opened a bottle (10 days after I botted) to see how carbonated it was. There was a nice little "gasp" when I popped it open...not sure if this is what I should expect at this point, but it tasted pretty carbonated, with a fair amount of head. If I do have impending...

Just bought a 4lb can of Muntons Bock Beer. It recommended adding malt extract, but didn't say how much, to make a 5 gallon batch. So, I bought 3lbs Amber Dry Malt Extract. My questions: How much Amber DME do I add, and how do you know this? How can I estimate the O.G. based on these...

OK, I had it wrong. I made my beer with 4lbs Alexanders Liquid Unhopped Wheat Extract (60/40). I did not add a "kicker", which it suggested. And I made 5 gallons. Given these changes to the info I've provided you, is my beer still a hopeless cause (still <1% alcohol) or is it still worth my time?

Crap... I might have discovered my problem..... I used ONE 3.3# can of Muntons (or a 4# can of Alexander's Wheat, I can't fully remember) and I made a 5 gallon batch. Herein lies my problem, I think I should have used TWO cans. Is this true? If so, I have some beer tasting water bottled in my...

It's a Muntons Wheat kit. Looks like 55% wheat.... does that help?

Here's my #s. OG: 1.025 @ 71F....FG 1.019 @ 64F .....adjusted for temperature, I got OG= 1.027 FG 1.021 I used a yeast called an "Ale Yeast" Thanks for the help, but I have a few general questions: 1) do you take the FG before you prime? 2) Should I have figured out what the estimated FG...

I just brewed my first beer ever, a Wheat Beer. I let it ferment in a carboy about 9 days, and bottled it when it appeared all fermentation stopped. As I was bottling, and before I primed it, I took a FG reading, and calculated my potential alcohol. LESS THAN 1% !!!! Did I do something wrong...