Recent content by soldiersbrew

Hello I am new to the world of all grain. I have done many extract brews and thought I would move up. I just recently did my first all grain batch and things went ALMOST perfect. My OG fell a little low. I was going for about 1.052 and it ended up around 1.048. Are there any tricks to bring it...

I bottle and at the moment wont be able to for another week or so because ill be out of town. I clean it with a cleaner i get from my local homebrew dealer I cant remember the name. But yes it smells and tastes fine. Thank you

That is exactly what I did. Racked it to a secondary keeping the layer in the first. It was fine for a few days then returned to the secondary. Im hoping it isnt a big deal because im looking forward to this one but I guess ill just keep an eye on it. Thank you for your input.

So I am on my fourth batch of homebrew. It is a Russian Imperial Stout. Every batch I have done so far has come out perfect. However, my stout seems to have grown something on top of it in the glass carboy. It is white and kind of film like. I wanted to take a picture but it didnt come out...

That is what I did and I think that could be it. It was the last little drops left over that couldnt be bottled so we will see in a couple weeks thank you.

Ok good thanks. I had a feeling but needed to hear it from someone more experienced.

Hey all. I just bottled my first batch of Northern Brewers Irish Red today and so far the whole process seemed to be going fine. After the last bottle was filled I got curious and tried a little bit of the beer. It tasted really bad. It was sour and not much beer flavor at all. Could this...

The temp has remained pretty steadily at about 68 degrees. Thank you for the reply I will do just that.

Hello all, Im new to the hobby and have my first batch of northern brewers irish red fermenting. Being my first batch I was careful with everything. My OG was perfect and everything went smooth however only 2 hours after i set my brew in its resting place it started fermenting and went...