Recent content by shnitzel

ok, so to update....... i saw that i asked a question that SEVERAL other newbies asked the same day... ha ha ha......... to apologize, this isn't my style at all! ha ha! ive built my own flatbed CNC router, soldered together my own EFI system for a turbo car, blah blah.... all from...

ahhh, sweeeet! thank you soo much... thats what i figured "relax, and have a home brew!" ha ha ha... so i am.... got about 1/2 a keg of bitter ale to finish before i dig into the "not so questionable" bottles.... ill try to post again in a few days, to summarize whether they pressured up...

i have been a kegger since day 1... kegging about 30 double batches so far. i recently tried bottling with great success! so i decided to try again.... and here's my dilema: i ran out of co2 for pressurizing my keg, and decided to bottle the batch that was presently in the carboy...

i am a bit confused why exaclty adding water later in the process will make watery beer... that is if the total water in the end is what the recipe required.... see, i am using 44L carboys (there abouts, maybe 46L).. there is a scale on the side so i know the size is correct, top of it says...

no no, your answers were great!!! even though im terrible at wording my questions.... as far as my bad mixing question goes, im only using the beginner style kits, that only have malt and yeast in the package... so im not boiling for 45min etc... just boiling the water, mixing with sugar...

im working on my 7th batch of beer... brewed about 5 years a go a bit and just started again... im allways learning, mostly from my mistakes... ha ha ha... ive ruined 2 batches so far, including my last... it's drinkable, but it overflowed in the primary bucket and lost its flavour...