Recent content by travis2008

Ok got my beer bottled today now i have 50 bottles of beer sitting on my kitchen counter. My wife asks "what are u gonna do with all this beer" to which i say "get drunk!" But really is there some kind of case that i can store these bottles in until thet are ready? Preferably waterproof with lid...

Just looked at the northern brewer calculator these kits come with and suggest using 5 oz and according to this calculator i only need about 3 no wonder it has been so foamy appreciate all the input gonna get waylon going on pandora and put some beer in some bottles! Hells yea Sent from my...

Thanks im about to look at these calculators then get this beer bottled!! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I wash the heck out of these bottles bleach n dish soap then i soak in a sanitizer. I heat a small pot on the stove with little water and cane sugar and add to my bottling bucket then transfer beer from carboy Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Still pretty green at brewing im fixin to bottle my 6th batch of maple porter. all of my other batches have been wicked foamy to the point where if u take a drink it completly fills your belly lots of burping. Foams over my mug. I have been using kits so far with cane sugar should i just add...

Appreciate the advice guys wasnt sure if it should b a part of my boil or what this forum has been a great tool since i have taken up brewing

Im ready to start my third batch of beer was thinking about doing a vanilla porter one of my fav beers i have been using kits so far and would like to continue for the time being question is this the kits that ive been using only come in reg porter is there a way to infuse vanilla into their...

Ive been washing returnables like crazy looks like im gonna go that route.i am however gonna fill one growler to see what happens hopefully it doesnt blow if it leaks then ill just get a chance to drink sooner flat or not

I am finally ready to bottle ive got 12 16 oz bottles to cap but i have all of these growlers that i have been collecting and would like to use. the directions with my beer kit say to never use screw on type bottles. what does a guy do?

ive had a batch of irish stout going since wed night. when is the right time to move to the secondary fermenter and how long do I leave it in there?

Thanks for the advice everyone. I don't know any other brewers so this forum is very helpfull. I ran a blowoff tube as instructed and everything seems to b going fine now. I am using a 5 gallon Carboy. The fermometer reads 65 degrees. I was thinking Maybee i overfilled causing the thick foam to...

brewed my first batch of stout last night followed directions everything went well I thought. today the stuff was bubbling away then the foam started getting into the airlock. I went to turkey dinner and when I came home the stopper and air lock were laying on the floor with a mess. is this...