Recent content by Tale Of An Ale

no, i didn't not mean that i store my equipment when i'm "not" using it. But when i'm brewing i usually keep my equipment in the sanitized water and take out when i need it, rinse it, use it, rinse it again, and put back into the sanitized water .... when i am done brewing/racking/bottling i...

Ok i'm kinda new to homebrewing and have only brewed 3 batches, but i am very cautious when it comes to sanitizing. I hardly keep any of my equipment that i'll be using out of a sanitized solution (primarily 5 gallons of water with iodophor). What I was wondering was if i could ease off on...

thanks I might just have to find an old fridge at a yard sale or flea market and buy one of those thermostats.

ok i was wondering what was the prime temperature for fermenting a lager... i know its somewhere around 60 F or below. Also i would like to know a few tricks for keeping the brew at the temp. ( I live in florida and the only way it gets below 60 F is if the devil goes on vacation.... which...

I have had the same problem while my batch has been in primary. Well actually i didn't even fill my air lock with water the first time i ever brewed and my beer came out fine... must have been lucky. But that was using a carboy for primary but now i use a bucket and rack over to the carboy for...

hey thanks for the all replies and ideas it has been very helpful... sorry i couldn't reply sooner yesterday i was typing this post up in between bottling, racking and brewing (sundays are very busy days for me lol) and after i was done brewing my iron rat stout i had quite a few of my london...

well i was wondering if there was an easier way to sanitize the bottles besides using my ineffecient method of submerging them completely in my bucket of water with two cap fulls of iodopher sanitizer in it. This way was very tedious and time consuming especially when you have around 30 bottles...

thanks for the tip and believe me i'm not the kind of person thats willing to let beer age longer than it has to. When its done, its gone.... well not that fast but beer is meant to be consumed and enjoyed, not stared at while it grows old.

thanks for clearing that up for me... i'm always concerned about my beer and its quality lol. And i have heard of reusing yeast over and over for future batches but i know you need to use certain yeast for certain beers and i rather not risk using dead yeast for any future batches until i become...

ok this was the first time i racked from a primary fermenter to a secondary and as i was finishing siphoning over my "Wild Worthog Hefeweizen" i notice that the sediment at the bottom was very "chunky" and gritty. Sense this is my second batch that i've brewed and my first time racking over to a...

congradulations!! i myself was able to try my first brew last week and i was very impressed! man i love this hobby... more of an art really.

I just cracked open my first bottle last wednesday which was 10 days from when i bottled it and it tasted fine, a lil less carbonated then what i was use to but was very smooth and drinkable... and let me tell you it didn't take long for me to deplete most of my supply, a little help from some...

I have read the online sample of John Palmers "How to Brew" and have found it to be very helpful and informative. I haven't read any of the others but i know palmer's is great for explaining pretty much anything a beginning brew needs to know to get started (sense i just started as well...

well i just finished my first batch a few days ago and i only used primary frementation due mostly because i was totally clueless when i started this but now i feel i have a pretty decent knowledge about how everything works and my beer turned out fine. it was a london brown ale and i left it in...

wow it is funny how we all think alike lol. too bad the rest of the world can't be home brewers it would make life much easier i think... so anyways i started out with 20 22 oz. bottles 2 days ago.... i'm down to 14 and i only drink at night after work, i need to slow down a little or atleast...