Recent content by TC4Tay

So, update on my first batch. Wort has been sitting at 17c(62.6F) for 10 days now, bubbling in air lock is very,very slow and it still had a very little bit of what looked like yeas floating on top. Checked the gravity and got 1.01. I think target should be around 1.01-1.004 so i'm gonna check...

Thanks guys. I guess I'm just being over critical. As for the temp, i used danstar nottingham dry yeast. Calls for a pretty wide range of 56-70c so i guess I'm good. Again, I'm probably just being over critical since its my first batch. Thanks for the replies though.

So, I brewed my first batch yesterday night, a Irish Red kit from northern brewer. It's sitting fermenting now with bubbles in the airlock every couple second. I have the A419 set at 16c(60.8F) with the probe attached to the fermenting bucket. Probe is reading 17C(62.6F) with air temp in...

Appreciate the welcome and yea, I've been up and down the beginners forum for about two weeks trying to note things down. I haven't posted anything because most of the questions I've had have been answered before. As for the clubs, I've been looking into them. Might join one later on.

I'm a lab tech for a small chemical company so I find the the process and science/chemistry of brewing interesting. That said, i do love drinking beer. About to start my first batch today after work.

Hi everyone, I'm Oscar and I'm from the Houston, TX, Richmond to be exact. I'm completely new to home brewing and plan to start to brew my very first batch this weekend. It's gonna be a Red Irish Ale extract kit from Northern Brewer. I'm looking forward to learn as much as I can from the forum...