Recent content by safemammal

I just used store bought spring water. Could using the wrong type of water really put a taste in my mouth for the rest of the night? That's what I really want to get to the bottom of...it's kind of like eating something garlicky or oniony, it just hangs there forever, no matter what I do.

Well, I washed my bottles by soaking them overnight in about 10 gallons of water and a couple of teaspoons of Oxyclean....my biggest fear is that I didn't rinse them out well enough, but from what I've read, it seems like if there was enough residue to leave the weird aftertaste, it would also...

Hey all, I put my first batch into bottles a few weeks ago, and have cracked them open at weekly intervals to find them improving in taste and carbonation, but each time I've had a weird, sweet and salty aftertaste that hangs around for literally hours, no matter what, and it's kind of...

I'd love to see Bjork again, without the drunk yuppie next to me singing along at the top of his lungs. :mad: Also the Dead Kennedys with Jello Biafra. Saw them with that ex-child star as the lead singer, and it just wasn't the same.

If you can get your hands on it, give Bell's Hopslam a try sometime....it's a real kick in the arse!!

The OG was 1.05, haven't taken a reading since then...I'm not even sure what the FG should be to be honest...

Hey guys, I poured my first brew in the fermenting bucket 6 days ago, and put it in a cupboard which was room temp, and for the first couple of days, the thermometer on the bucket read in the mid 60's. Now, with this hideously cold weather, that cupboard and my brew have plunged into the mid...

Glad I saw this thread...I'm going through the exact same thing on the brew I started yesterday (my first ever!). Temp is stuck at 61 degrees, but about 20 hours later I'm getting bubbles in the airlock - I suppose we'll see what happens! If worse comes to worse, I may have to sleep next to...

Hey Stoutfan, I actually grew up in Wyoming...graduated from WHPS in 1999, and lived right down the street! Nice to meet ya. I've always been a huge fan of Siciliano's, but didn't check out their homebrew supply selection until a couple of days ago...I have to make a checklist of the stuff...

Hey everyone! Got a Mr. Beer for Christmas, started my first batch five days ago. Got me intrigued enough to look into brewing for real, and thanks in no small part to this fantastic site, I've been obsessed since - so much that I'm going to get a real setup going this weekend to make some...