Recent content by Wiezer

Congrats. I'll be a first time father too in the next week or two.

Irish Moss is a fining agent that helps to clarify your beer by causing small proteins and lipids to aggregate and fall out of suspension.

This is the first I've heard of someone being upset over early carbonation. I guess some people are just naturally angry.

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You're beer is still too young to make any type of determination of what the final flavor is going to be. Leave it in that bucket for another three weeks and let the yeast do their thing. Taste it again before you bottle it and you'll probably notice a significant difference in the flavor. Let...

Bacteria can't crawl up the side of your bucket and jump into your wort. AS long as it was covered to block anything falling into it, you'll be fine.

Skinflake Stout! Would probably sell better than skinflute stout.

At least you waited four hours before you panicked and decided your beer was ruined. haha just giving you a hard time. If your beer hasn't started fermenting in 3-4 days (72-96 hours), come back and ask the same question.

I think you're confused on what priming sugar is used for. If you're going to bottle your beer, you add the priming sugar to your bottling bucket and rack your your fermented beer on top of it. The yeast eat the priming sugar and produce enough co2 to naturally carb your beer in the bottles. No...

I did a quick Google search on '2 row' and the first three results referenced 2 row pale. Not one reference to 2 row pilsner...

Is it completely flat or only slightly carbonated? I've always used the formula of 2/3 cups of cane sugar or 3/4 cup of corn sugar. http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html

If you left the pot partially uncovered you should be ok. I think it's almost impossible to have the pot covered during the entire boil without having constant boilovers.

That could possibly be the Stairway to Heaven.

And what exactly is "sweet urine"?

Describe your brewing process if you can. Sounds like you're doing extract brewing. Generally, RO or distilled water is best when brewing from kits.