Recent content by Rkuhns

I had posted awhile back about a beer that I probably oxidized. I have no clue if it's oxidized because I have never tried an oxidized beer. It the off the topper double ipa extract kit from NB. I just popped my first bottle. It has almost a tart fruit taste to it. So my question Is what does an...

What would be causing my OG to be so high? My last two brews have been significantly higher than they should be. The extract kit I just brewed today was gaarden hoe. Projected og 1.049 my og 1.060. my last batch off the topper double ipa projected og 1.070 actual og 1.090. now i was only...

Do I add more priming sugar??

Ok ppl boiled my corn sugar sanitized everything . started my siphon a quarter of the the way through my siphon started sucking air. Yes it was fully submerged. I stopped siphoning and just dumped the rest of the beer into my bottling bucket. There was to much hops sediment for it to flow...

I brewed the off the topper double IPA kit from nb about a month ago. Tomorrow is supposed to be bottling day. This kit call for two dry hop sessions. All of the hops have formed what I would call a cake on the top. Should I wait until this falls or Just go ahead and bottle tomorrow?

So I posted in this thread because I'm unsure as what's considered a beginner lol. I have 7 or 8 homebrews under my belt it's alittle fuzzy from drinking homebrew as I brew lol. My question is how do I go about making my own recipes instead of brewing kits? I mean do I just make ****ty beer...

I ordered the off the topper extract kit from NB. It is a 5 gallon kit. I am reading the directions and it says to compensate for wort loss due to the amount of hops added that it actually yeilds 6 gallons. My problem being I only have 5 gallon buckets and a 5 gallon glass carboy and a 5 gallon...

I've read things like 5 weeks in secondary. I don't think I'm going to go that long. I don't want That over powering oak flavor.

Bottle condition 6 months? Surely not sit in my secondary that long?

So I brewed a bourbon barrel porter. My wood chunks are soaking in makers Mark. Refrigerate or don't refrigerate the wood chunks and bourbon?

What happened!!! Is the beer ruined?

I personally don't think so but looking for opinions. I have an IPA fermenting in my primary right now. I am still getting bubbles through my airlock about every 30 seconds. The recipe says to move to secondary after 2 weeks but I think it should stay in the primary a bit longer. I know I don't...

and we have fermentation going on 😀😀😀

Got home from work today, and my airlock is bubbling like crazy. This is my third brew and this is the first time I've gotten any bubbling.

The package only suggested a starter for beers with an OG of 1.060 or higher. Mine OG was supposed to be 1.048 but only came out to 1.040. How long will that yeast slurry keep for in the fridge?