Recent content by Will95gt

Ahhh, what a relieving answer. Thanks a lot!

I have a basic brew kit that i bought from midwest supplies. I've made two successful batches so far and am working on a third! I pitched the yeast around a month ago and its still sitting in my closet-- it should be ready for bottling. The problem is that I only have about 30 spare bottles...

Sorry, but not all of us have the luxury of a dedicated bottle cabinet! Some of us live in apartments that are the size of the average American's closet! lol But yeah, your right about cleaning them after drinking. Thats a habit i will definitely begin to develop.

Haha, touche... The truth is, as a college student, i'm surrounded by beer bottles but with my style of living, most of these bottles end up in random corners of my apartment and usually are sticky lol. Thanks for the input, i feel better now.

Ok, so I brew my beer and threw it into my fermenter. (I just use a single fermentation process) This is my second batch of beer, my first batch went smooth and tasted even smoother, but it seems I have made my first mistake. I planned to give myself three weeks to allow the beer to stay in...

Awesome! I feel much better, plus now I'll have myself a nice present around christmas... : -) Thanks guys, -Will

no no, This was a kit from Midwest supplies (which you guys recommended to me). Phew... So your telling me that as long as I let all the other beer sit in their bottles for the next two and a half weeks it should come out fine?

Ok, so for my first brew I decided to go with a wheat beer kit and followed the instructions that came with it. (Instructions - PDF format) I have a single stage fermentation setup and I let the wort ferment for exactly three weeks rather than two like the instructions say. I'm not sure what...

you can pop the lid while its fermenting without risking contamination? i was never sure when its ok to do that and when its a risk.

ahh ok, i feel more comforable now--thanks a lot guys.

Ok... u guys laughed at me on my last post so i went ahead and bought the basic kit at midwest supplies i followed all the directions and brewed the bivarian wheat beer and its been about three days now the air lock has come to pretty much a complete stop. Is this usually after just three...

OK...so, heres my new plan: buy this: Brewing Basics Equipment Kit (midwest supplies) and this: Bottles 12 oz. Amber (per 24) (midwest supplies) Now, I already have enough unhopped malt extract, hops, dextrose, and such to make about a four gallon batch. Heres my new question...

Well I was basically following this method: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sAJKWCdaPq4 But now that I'm reading much more I'm starting to wonder how that guys method even worked out--he seems to leave too much up to chance, especially in terms of sanitation. Anyways, I'm looking to ditch my...