Recent content by Thazo79

I took one from the conditioning fridge and put it in the kitchen fridge for most of the day yesterday. I drank it last night. Taste is pretty good. It is a little more bitey than I normally like but it was still enjoyable. I split it with another person and they liked it more than me. But, I'm...

Ironically the issue I am having is more on the chiller coil. I clamp the hose down tight and yet it still leaks. But not enough to cause trouble to the brew, but it sure makes a mess on the flor outside the anvil. I had to put a towel under neathe to capture the drips. Also it doesn't chill it...

Thank you! I will put one bottle in my regular grocery fridge tonight and try it later. And then I plan another set to chill the following week etc. I appreciate your tip!

OK. I finished my first brew, an Irish Dry Stout, a while back. It has been bottled with the appropriate sugar and has been sitting in a fridge at 70*F for the last two weeks. Should I go ahead and drop the temp of the fridge to 45*F, or should I wait a little longer to make sure the bottles...

I was wondering what that little device was for. It didn't list its function or placement on the assembly, so I just put it aside. Ive been just using the lever, but it makes more sense to use that after the pump. Will be doing that next time. Thank you SO much for your advice!

It’s just the plastic kind. I will do what you suggest! Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it.

Hey everyone. I have been fermenting my first beer in a plastic fermentor bucket with a nozzle. My initial plan was to bypass the need for a siphon by using the nozzle and tubing to transfer the beer from the fermentor to a bottling bucket, where it will mix with boiled sugar water. However, I...

Ok. I haven’t checked the gravity yet. What I did was time it, this morning. I stared at the airlock until I saw the airlock lift, then started the stopwatch and waited until the next lift. I got one bubble through the airlock every 39 seconds. I guess I wasn’t staring and waiting long enough...

Hmmm. Well, the morning after the brew (last friday), the airlock was busy, now I don’t see much of any activity. My brew fridge is reading somewhere between 63-66F which is within the range for Wyeast1084(60-72F), I added nutrient during the boil too. Does fermentation activity start out...

Sadly, I did make what I thought was a thorough cheat sheet, but alas there are always unforeseeable issues. So I suppose I will tweak the list from what I learned in this experiment. And thank you on the congratulations. And yeah, the quarter opened valve seemed to be the speed which didn’t...

Thank you for all the advise! I appreciate it!

Alright, I did it. I brewed my first beer. There were a few bumps but nothing serious: 1. The rice hulls did not want to sink to the bottom and floated even when putting in the grain. I tried soaking the rice hulls before I put it into the pipe, but I am guessing that they need more time to...

Too late. I already used them and the result wasn't great, but that might have been operator error. I'm going to do a quick little write-up in in a minute

You answered my questions perfectly! Thank you so much!

Ah ok! I'm making a stout. Its an all-grain kit that I got from Austin Homebrew. It is supposed to be a Beamish-ish clone and result in 5 gallon. Grainbill: 6 and 1/4 lb Pale Ale malt, 1/2 lb flaked wheat, 13 oz roasted barley, and 6 oz black malt. It also includes additive sugar to add during...