Recent content by scottiebrown

Thanks darkbrood. I will take all of that into mind and act accordingly. I think I might leave it a day or two more to allow at least a decent of amount of carbonation to build back in the bottles before chilling them. Wednesday is supposed to be the end of the 3 week bottle conditioning period...

Cheers mate. The first was a bit of an experiment that my father came up with (he has been brewing for years). It came out as a sweet porter. I unfortunately had a problem with it though. He forgot to tell me that the ingredients he had given me for it were rather old, like 3 years old, so...

Sounds like a great recipe. I'm definitely going to try this out. Thanks for sharing!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I'm a fairly new brewer but have been reading and studying up on the hobby for about a year now. Brewed my first batch 2 months ago and am nearly through with my second. Looking forward to trading tips, tricks, experiences, and brews with everyone. All...

Great advice. Thanks a mill!

Sorry mate. Serious mistake on my part. I was looking at the info I had copied down into Beersmith and realized it was wrong. It was only 4.5oz of priming sugar not 1lb. I've edited the original post to quell any further confusion. Appreciate the reply though. Given the change in...

Right, sorry mate. Wasn't trying to be vague, just wasn't sure how much info would be pertinent. I'm using a mix of regular glass bottles with capped lids. No flip tops unfortunately. I've already vented each bottle by slightly lifting an edge the cap and then re-capping when the foam rose too...

Right, so I made a 5g batch of Honey Wheat Ale and I (unwittingly) decided to add 2lbs of honey instead of 1lb to the wort. I am still a fairly new brewer so I didn't think about the implications of that decision until now. It has bottle conditioned now for 2 weeks and still needs one more...