Recent content by vpvinci01

I'll be in the Mt. Snow area this weekend. I'm not able to make the drive to the Waterbury region but if you happen to be in Southern VT I'll have some Ghandi Bot to trade. PM me.

Update - just finished bottling the Stout. Was an adventure for sure. Will let you know how it turns out.

I'm getting giddy. Almost 1 week in. Did a gravity check and taste test. Gravity hasn't changed much at all from where it was after day 3, maybe .01 points or so, but I have to say the beer tastes much better already. Still flat and warm of course, but the flavor is as good as any Stout I've...

johnnyspade - do you recall the FG reading you got on it?

Again, thanks for all your responses and suggestions. I'd like to keep it simple for this first batch and maximize my chances for success, so I think I'll forego the secondary and just let it be for another couple of weeks, maybe do some more reading in the mean time.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will take your advice. But just to be clear, I shouldn't worry about the gravity being nearly at it's expected final value after only 2.5 days, with still another 2.5 weeks to go in the primary? Thanks again. You guys rock.

Hi all. Excellent forum you have here. I just started my first ever home brew. I went and got my equipment and a ready-to-go Festa Brew wort (Double Oatmeal Stout) in order to get my feet under me and go through the process. So I started fermenting in the primary bucket about 56 hours...