Recent content by rob270

I have there porter going at the moment. Bottled for one week now. I will be trying there irish red very soon. :fro:

Thanks for the recipe, I will see about piecing that recipe together from my LHBS. The bottling process went very well last night for my Porter. It has a very nutty aroma to it. I yeilded about 48 12oz bottles. Could have gotten a little more but I wanted this batch to be cleared well and...

Well, at home now with a glass from my first brew (a pale ale), sanitizing everything for the bottling process of my porter. Already got the corn sugar/water boiled and am ready for the transfer. :) Yeah, its not really a question of having the coin. It's convincing the girl that I will continue...

Just an update, Today is bottling day for my second batch. I popped a few beer in the fridge a few days ago from the first batch just for the occasion. The porter fermented in a primary for 21 days. I will be letting it sit in the bottles for 2 weeks before I put a few in the fridge for a...

Thank you. I have bookmarked the newell recipe and will wait until I get a kegging system. I'm not quite at that stage just yet but assume I will be soon. Today is bottling day for my porter. Then Saturday am going to start a irish red. The advice you gave is great. Thank you again.

Today is bottling day for me, its a very exciting day!!!!!!!!

I have not started anything yet. But I do agree that pressing my own pears would be a PITA and am hoping to avoid that. That newell recipe looks very good. I have not dived into making cider yet. But love the concept. I think the pear juice to back sweeten is a great idea. On a side note--I do...

I am new to bewing and this forum. So far I have finished one pale ale malt extract brew (come out great) I have one porter (extract with steep grains) that is about to be bottled. (3 weeks primary fermentation) I will be adding vanilla to it at bottle along with the corn sugar mixture to...

Welcome

Welcome from Raleigh too. I just finished my first batch as well. Two weeks into carbonation and is very well. Its a pale ale. I have my second batch almost ready to bottle. A vanilla porter. I also have a green apple reisling that we just started yesterday.

Awww yes a 5 gallon batch and in a glass carboy. I did install a blowoff tube. I am fermenting at around 70 degrees. It is current bubbling away like crazy. About a bubble every second. There has been some overflow. Not beer overflow but foam. Someone advised me of the blowoff tube to start with...

I received a Mr Beer kit for Christmas. I started a west coast pale ale that came with the kit. This has been fermenting in the keg for 2 weeks. I plan on doing the 2,2,2 method with it. I will be bottling it tomorrow. This is my first batch. For my second batch I went out and purchased the...