Recent content by Thurstday

How has your hops growing on the apartment balcony been? I am in the same situation, looking into planting some Cascade hops.

I am going to be brewing a high gravity beer this weekend (my second brew ever), with an original gravity of 1062. Reading in my "How To Brew" book on yeast starters it states that, "For more moderate strength beers (1.060 gravity) a 1 quart starter is sufficient." My two questions are... 1...

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I hate to be that guy, but I'm curious about the health concerns with using O2 bottles to oxygenate your wort. I am looking at purchasing the "Oxygenation Kit 2.0" from Northern Brewer and it says to use a disposable oxygen tank from a hardware store. When i went to Lowe's tonight, I noticed the...

grrickar, does this mean my batch is possibly ruined, or what do the current readings of the batch mean at this point? Do I let it sit for another week or two before transfer to its second carboy and follow the recipe instructions, or what would you recommend? thanks!

current temperature is 77°F / 25°C current gravity is 1.0121 as for the yeast, I'm not sure. I used the yeast that came with the American Wheat recipe kit.

:confused:I just brewed my first batch of American Wheat beer 3 days ago and after the first 12 hours i had about an inch or so of krausen forming and a consistent burp. Tonight when I checked it i noticed the burping had slowed down and the krausen is as close to gone. I wasn't able to make a...