Recent content by StevenR

I'm getting conflicting information, which is part of my problem. The homebrew books I have say one thing and the instructions I received from my homebrew store says another. The simple fact is I don't have enough experience to be know which is right and which isn't. The instructions I got...

I put a batch in the secondary fermenter on Sunday. There was still activity in the primary fermeter, albeit slow activity. I checked it this morning and nothing. Airlock isn't doing anything, there a very thin layer of bubbles on top in the center and that's it. Is this something I should...

I'd like to thanks everyone for their replies. Just a quick update on the beer I'm trying to brew (key word being try). I racked it to the secondary fermenter this morning. Again, following the unreliable instructions from the homebrew store, I waited until the airlock had slowed to about...

No. The temperature of the primary fementer (according to the thermometer on the glass) was 73 degrees and I got a specific gravity of 1.020.

I was shooting for a 5 gallon batch. I got the yeast going I soaked the grain in the bag in 2 quarts 150 degree water for 30 minutes I sparged the grain bag with two quarts of 170 degree over about 15 minutes I had roughly 1 gallon in the brew pot and I added in 3 pounds of Light DME...

Thanks for the replies. The instructionc that came with the kit called for 2 quarts of water for soaking the grains, two quarts for the sparging, then add the dry extract and liquid extract the bittering hops and boil for an hour (finishing hops in the last five minutes), for just about a...

Hi, I brewed my first batch of beer this evening, but I'm not entirely certain I did it right and just want to get some feedback. I brewed an Irish Red Ale. The homebrew supply store sold me the dry malt extract, a can od Crystal Amber malt, bittering hops, finishing hops, grain and bag...