Recent content by Wes

The smell seems okay, I mean it smells like yeast to me. Yea, the fact that it arrived swollen kind of concerned me too, but I figured I would put it to use since it was already activated and the weekend was coming up...perfect excuse to relax and brew :) On a side note, you know you're...

I pretty much followed the method for starters laid out by John Palmer. Here it is, step by step: Friday night: I made the starter by boiling a pint of water with 1/2 cup DME for 10 minutes. After cooling the covered solution in an ice bath, I poured it into a bottle I cleaned thoroughly...

Sorry about the blurry pic, my friend and I were having some problems...not only that, but I didn't have any photo editing software... check this photo out and see what you think. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=18696467&imageID=1479199844 You can...

Hi everyone, I just made my first starter with liquid yeast (Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager). I've done three batches before this and all I've used up until now was dry yeast, so I don't have much experience with liquid. Today is brew day, and when I checked the starter this morning, it appears...

Thanks for the reply :) I'll take your advice, no bittering hops and only a 10 minute boil.

Hello everybody, This is my first "real" post outside of introductions, and it's about my second ever batch of beer. I'm going to be brewing here real soon. I'm trying to make a wheat beer with a can of Morgan's Golden Sheaf Wheat Beer hopped LME. Here's the basic plan: 1.7 kgs (3.75lbs)...

Awesome! I've been touting homebrewing to a Canadian guy and a Korean guy that I work with...both are kind of interested on getting in on the hobby, and I was thinking about having them over for some homebrews and a "brew day" to introduce them to beer making as a hobby. Looks like November...

I have a few different reasons for getting into brewing... First of all, my brother was a brewer. Not just a homebrewer, he did it for a living, being the brewer at a brewpub. I went out to visit him around the time I was 19. At that time, I didn't drink at all, so my introduction to beer was...

Yea, ingredients are pretty scarce here. There are only about five homebrew suppliers, all Internet-based, and they sell only the most basic stuff. Like I said, only one of them actually sells malted grains, the others only deal in malt extracts (mostly LME kits...I can get Morgan's, Cooper's...

Welcome Mike! Actually, I'm new to this board also, but since you're a fellow Hoosier, I thought I should step out and say hi. Plus, I think that's really neat that you make biodiesal! I hope you have fun with your found-again hobby. I have only brewed one batch so far but have found it to be...

Hey everybody! My name is Wes. I'm an American expatriot (originally from Indianapolis, Indiana) living in Seoul, South Korea. I just got into homebrewing a few weeks ago, and just cracked open my first beer last night (An IPA made from a Morgan's kit & some DME) Not too shabby! I'm pretty...