Recent content by RnQBrew

Doesn't sound like you have too much to be worried about... Everyone on here will tell you that bubbling is not a reliable sign of anything. Some fermentations bubble for a day, some for 2 weeks, some not at all... You mentioned your "cup of sanitized water"- is that what your blow-off...

Thanks for the advice- I think I'll take it :mug:

Good info, thanks guys. I did some more searching (probably should have done it PRIOR to my post :rolleyes: and it sounds like a lot of people are saying if you want honey taste (which I do) you should use honey malt instead of actual honey. So I think for the first attempt I'm going to keep...

I've got a recipe for a Cinnamon Honey Ale- it's as follows: 6 lbs Amber DME .75 lbs Caramel/Crystal 40L 3 lbs honey 1 oz Northern Brewer (60 mins) .5 oz Cascade (60 mins) 1.5 oz Tettnang (20 mins) 1 Tbsp Cinnamon at flameout Wyeast American Ale Do I add the honey at the same...

That almost EXACTLY mirrors what happened with me. Brewing an IPA, OG was 1.066, though I used Wyeast American Ale yeast. I tried cleaning and re-sanitizing my airlock; but after doing that 3 times in the course of about an hour, I said to hell with it and put the blow-off tube on. no...

at what point in the process do you use the fermcaps?

Definitely will be starting with the blow-off from now on. It's good to be re-assured that nothing probably made it's way in there, tho! I will tell you it was a pretty hectic process when I first put the airlock onto the IPA: 1) See that krausen is bubbling into airlock :eek: 2) Wash...

Last weekend I started 2 new batches, an IPA on friday night, and a wheat on saturday morning :ban: Both are fermenting in better bottle carboys. On Sunday when I checked on them, the IPA had krausen in the airlock- so I took the rubber stopper out, cleaned it and the airlock, sanitized...

Wow am I getting excited to try this one. Doesn't sound too complicated at all! Glad to hear it worked out for you- and as much as I love Gumballhead (it's easily in my top 3 beers) I really like the sound of the changes that you made to it. I'm starting a batch of a Mulberry Cream...

I'd be looking for extract. I'll be starting my third batch this friday, and haven't graduated from the basics just yet. Excited to hear how everything turns out for you! :tank:

Is there a link to the recipe? That's one of my favorite beers, too... I'd love to give it a go

I was reading some other threads that are similar to mine, and I know that I'm going to hear "wait" and "give it time", so I know that is what I have to do... I guess I'm just wondering how flavor is affected the longer it sits in the bottle? Does it lose bitterness? does a longer wait in...

Firstly, I know that I definitely jumped the gun a bit on this one, I was just so damn anxious I had to give it a try! So, I brewed up a batch of Brewers Best Pale Ale. Boiled 3 weeks ago Two weeks in fermentation. Gravity readings were steady at 1.014 for about 3 days straight, so I...

Yep, the kit was from Perfect Brewing Supply. So far those guys have been an amazing resource for me. I'll have to try that Ober-Easy kit in the near future.

I waited a while to let it cool before pitching the yeast. Everything else was done exactly to spec, only problem in this batch was that I deformed my carboy! OG was fine, just a tiny bit off what I was expecting. I'll let it be though. Hell I like strong beer... Thanks for the help all!