Recent content by spatown

I'm new to home brewing but I experienced the same thing with US-05 and US-04. I just pitched the dry yeast on top of my cooled wort and had action in the airlock in under 4-5 hours. It's now 7 days later and there is still some action in the airlock although it's now one bubble every minute...

I'm in the same boat. Brewed my first 2 batches this weekend. I cant stop watching the air locks bubble. And all I want to do is buy another kit and ale pale to ferment it in!!

Brewed my first batch yesterday. Now I can't stop watching the primary bubble!:ban: Beautiful! Welcome to the hobby.

All done! Finished the brew with relative ease. I put the honey in at 5 mins left in boil along with finishing hops. Cooled it in a bathtub of ice water from boiling to 72 in about 15mins. Poured into primary and pitched the yeast. SG turned out a little low at 1.042 (instructions stated...

Grains steeped. Now trying to bring 5 gallons to a boil on the stove top... wish me luck.

Brew Day! I have the primary fermentor sprayed down with Iodine solution. I have 1 gallon boiled water in the freezer chilling to help cool down wart and add volume. It's time to start heating the water to steep the speciality grains...It going to be a great day. No worries, relax, have a...

Sounds like my wife, Ultra light and amaretto sours. I'll put a creme ale on the want list. BTW, where do most of you buy your kits?

I've officially taken to the hobby of home brewing. I plan to brew Honey Brew Ale from midwest supply tomorrow as my FIRST official brew. I'm starting with this one because my wife and friends are "light" beer drinkers. So, I want my wife and friends to enjoy the first batch before I start...