Recent content by RlzTheKringen

Graphic, and thank you.

Can someone point me to a good resource for how to spot infection? iPhone search is not helping me out. Is it easy to tell? Is it something a novice nose could spot? Thank you!

Agreed. I wanted to make sure it was still going and to see if the temp change made a difference. No more peaking until the 3 week mark.

Another reading and it looks as though the move to a few degrees warmer has helped! Also attached a picture to show the color. The time after fermentation helps clear this up as I understand, correct? Again this is an autumn amber ale - how's it looking?

Sorry - noob here and I used the yeast that they handed me at Northwest for my kit. Next time I brew I will be able to answer that question. I moved to an upstairs closet a few degrees warmer. Side note: never tasted flat-ish beer before but this sample was great! Everyone loves their own...

So it's been going siince last Wednesday and I took the reading attached today - am I running a little too cold? See attached thermometer reading. There is blue at 61 but also residual up to 64.

Has it been three weeks yet?

Is this normal? The water line was level before.

Yes - the chilling went very fast, plus the bottled spring water I used to top off was a little chilled. I'm from WI so I used a cooler to bring in snow from outside and put it in the bath tub with water - worked fast. If I'm doing a secondary ferment in a glass carboy I want to go roughly a...

Hello! Just put my first batch in the primary! Just picked up a kit from Midwest and got the Autumn Amber Ale to try out. I'm a little nervous that I got the wort too cold, it went way faster than I thought. But I'm sure it will be fine. Cheers!