Recent content by sclary18

What's sparge?

Makes sense. I'm very new to brewing so I'm still figuring it out. Any tips on steeping the grains?

Ok thanks!

Just picked up a new extract kit. Brewers best English pale ale. I plan on brewing in the next few days. I want to try out secondary fermentation on this one but I'm unsure how long to leave it in the primary carboy before transferring to my other carboy. I was wondering if someone with more...

I bottled my weiss beer 8 days ago and 1 of my bottles ended up half full. I decide to taste that one today and it simply tasted a little flat but still pretty good! I was already expecting that so I am happy with the results! I plan on letting it sit another week before trying another. So...

It has been 6 days since I took my last measurement. My specific gravity is at 1.021. Thats a .002 change. Do you think I'm still in good shape? Can I bottle even tho my recipe says I should be between 1.010-1.016?

I put the wort in my basement and that was the temp at the time. I have a vent there so I opened the vent which raised the basement to 67

You guys have been extremely helpful! I think I picked the right forum for brewing!

Wow. I'm glad I decided to post on here! Thanks for all the help! I will let it sit and check it on friday!

A couple more weeks?!? My recipe only said to ferment for 3-10 days? To a switch it to the secondary fermentor? Or do I just leave it?

I received a brew kit (with 2 glass carboys) as a gift. I also received an ingredient kit (coops Weiss beer). I did ALOT of research prior to starting my brew which most of which lead me to this website. I picked up a 30 quart stock pot (after reading on this forum that that size would be a good...