Recent content by rsfc

So, I had a blowoff tube going into a bowl with correctly diluted starsan. Basically I set it and forgot about it for a couple weeks (was out of town much of this time. Came back and the bowl was dry with a good amount of nasty mold in the bowl and on the outside bottom of the blow off tube...

The sweetness really mellowed out. I guess it just needed another week of bottle conditioning. Turned out pretty good.

I did notice a lack of hop flavor. Could partial boil have not utilized enough hops?

Hi Ray, As it happens, I just moved back to the US from Germany, where I drank plenty. I also drove up to Belgium multiple times, visiting Trappist monasteries, breweries and bringing home cases of beer. The Czech Republic showed me that a Pilsner could actually taste decent. Before and after...

It wasn't my intention to upset people. All I was getting at is that I include time in my estimation of value. Your time is worth something. Of course we brew because we enjoy it but some of us have more time to spend on this hobby than others. Now I want to understand this BIAB in a small...

Depends, doesn't it? I mean it's an investment in more equipment and it seems to me like AG takes a lot more time. So if your time is of no value...

A bit off topic but rauchbier has a distinctive bacon taste.

I will wait longer. I should get a hydrometer and test a bottle for final gravity.

My first brew is a NB caribou slobber extract kit. I let it go in the fermenter for about a month. Visible fermentation started and ended quickly (3 days?). It's been in bottles for 2 weeks. It tastes like beer but it has a bit of a sweet taste and smell. Could it be stuck fermentation? Does it...

Cool, thanks!

I've got a NB Bavarian Hefeweizen kit with wyeast 3068 I plan on brewing soon. At any rate a work friend gave me a >year old hefe kit from a local store that has 6lbs wheat DME, unknown grains, 1oz Liberty hops. I want to follow the standard NB kit with something a little different so I am...