Recent content by russd32

Thanks for the advice everyone. I don't post much but I've got a lot of great info from this forum. It's been six days and I'm still sitting at 1.020. I think I'll bottle this stuff up the next time I get a chance and see how she turns out.

Right on, I think I'll keep checking the SG and once it levels out I'll bottle it up

ahhh, I see. The guy at the brew store did tell me to deviate from the recipe slightly so maybe that was his intent since I think that would give a sweeter flavor. The recipe called for 152 degrees and a 60 minute boil and he advised 160 with a 90 minute boil.

I pitched a WLP013 smack pack. I've been fermenting at around 71'ish. It was a little cooler when the carboy was in my downstairs room so I moved it upstairs and I think the cooler temp down there might have been the cause of the stuckage. When I brought it upstairs I did some swirling and put a...

I built a mash tun probably a year ago, bought a turkey fryer, aaaaand I didn't get to brew for quite sometime. So I'm a little rusty, I've done probably 6-8 partial mash and extract recipes and haven't ever really had a bad batch. So for my first AG batch I went to the brewstore that just...

I started a batch of this stuff this morning. I haven't even tasted it yet but I already like it because it was so easy to make!

Got a batch rollin this morning! 1670.5

Purple glue stick dogg....all day long.

Thanks fellas

Hello everyone. Just signed up to the forum and I've already found a good amount of info. I started brewing about a year ago and have only done a few extract batches so far. I've been picking up the gear to start doing AG before too long.

Still learning to brew. I don't label all of my beer but I usually make a label to do at least a few.