Recent content by Tom5151

Thanks everyone, So then basically I should probabaly bottle as soon as possible and finish conditioning in the bottle. I had 7 days in the primary and I won't be able to bottle until Sunday night which means it will have been in the secondary for 14 days. I'll bottle Sunday night and wait a...

I just came a cross this forum late last week. Just in time to read a lot of the threads about the benefits of long primary fermentation. I brewed a pumpkin ale this past Sunday night and it will be my first attempt at a long primary. However, when I brewed my prievious beer (a Hefe)a couple...

perfect....I can do that...lol....thank you sir....

Afetr reading a number of threads here, I am going to long primary for the first time. Trying it out on a pumkin ale I brewed last night. My question is, "do I need to "do" anything for the 3 or 4 weeks it will be in the primary?" Do I need to aggitate the wort at all? Or do I just let it sit...

Thanks for the help all, It was just a little slow. After about 16 hours my starter was off and running. Pitched it into my pumpkin ale last night and in less that 10 hours I am getting strong fermentation in the primary....after reading a lot of the threads here, I am not going to secondary...

Hello samc, Yes, you are correct. 1 cup of DME dissolved in 1 liter of water and boiled for about 20 minutes. Thanks

Hey guys, I am new to the forum and still pretty new to brewing. I just started doing yeast starters. Have done 2 of them so far. I may not have an issue at all but wanted to ask. Just last night I made a starter for a Pumkin Ale I am brewwing this coming Sunday afternoon. I used one...