Recent content by ShutUpDave

Awesome, I will try this!

I took notes on this but I think I wrote it down wrong, because this doesn't seem to add up: Pre-Boil Volume: 1 gallon Pre-Boil Gravity: N/A Boil Duration: 30 minutes Post-Boil Volume: 1.5 gallons Top-up Water Volume: 1 gallon Going to pay more attention to volumes next time. The batch...

I see you live in Gurnee. I'm actually in Grayslake hahah.

Yeah, I posted this question on another forum and we came to the conclusion that oxidation is probably the cause here. I misread directions and swirled the tubing around in the bottling bucket as I was transferring, thinking I was mixing the priming sugar into it :( I actually live in the far...

Thanks! It came with this starter equipment so I didn't buy this recipe specifically, but I will go ahead and brew it as-is.

Hello, In a couple of days I'm going to be brewing my 2nd batch of beer. It's a kit from Northern Brewer called Block Party Amber Ale and it came with the Brew Share Enjoy starter pack: https://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/BlockParty.pdf Thing is, I kind of want to...

It's been conditioning for 12 days. The White IPA has been in bottles for 4 weeks now and still has the same bland/watery taste. They're almost like brown carbonated water with a malty taste.

Hello, I am new to home brewing and recently tried the ZAITH Weizen recipe located here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/zaith-weizen/ Along with the instructions located here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/beginner/how-to-make-beer/ I...