Recent content by rstamler

Duly noted. Have been brewing succesfully without a hydrometer for a couple months but I guess its time to get a little more rigorous and take readings. However I think incomplete mixing of the priming sugar might be the cause as the beers have been very mixed on carbonation. Rio

I brewed up a 5 gallon batch of weizenbier from a kit recently and everything went smoothly during the wort boil, yeast was pitched at 70 degrees and I had active fermentation within 12 hours. Bubbling in the airlock had completely stopped by 3 days and I bottled on day seven. I use 5 ounces...