Recent content by WiscoProud

I just bottled a speckled heifer kit on Monday. I used the Wyeast Kolsch II yeast, so hopefully it worked well. The sample I had smelled right, and tasted relatively close. I guess we'll have to see though. This was the second partial-mash kit I have ever done, and I know my conversion...

You're not trolling at all. I plan on working up to all-grain. I hope to do a partial mash oatmeal stout next, and then switching to BIAB at some point. I would love to do traditional all-grain, but I have a hard enough time finding places to stash my existing equipment.

So I slightly modified a True Brew Irish Stout kit last month, and apparently I did something right, because I think its the best beer I've ever made. Basically I made the normal recipe, but made the following changes: 1. Split the hops so instead of 2 packs at 30 minutes, I did one at 30 and...

I am presently using a 6.5 gallon better bottle for primary and a 5 gallon glass carboy for secondary (used once). I can't justify the cost of a SS conical, but could justify the cost of the 6.5 gallon mini brew fermenter. I understand its harder to clean and harder to move than a better bottle...

I'm interest too. While I've never had an issue with the water, it would be good to know what's in it.

Sorry to hear about your loss. When my glass primary went glass and beer went flying everywhere in big shards. Although compared to some of the horror stories I've read about cuts and what not, it could have been much worse. I switched to better bottles right after, and have been very happy...

That was the kit I got when I first got into home brewing. Had the same thing you did with the heavy amount of krausen and the blow off tube going nuts. I however, put the glass carboy in my bathtub thinking that if anything happened it would be well contained. I tried to lift it out the next...

My pregnant wife would say the smell of liquid yeast is the worst. She can't even be in the room with an open package.

Most anything from New Glarus is amazing. I'm partial to the road slush and coffee stout. Staghorn is good too, but its currently out of season. Other than that I would try Lakefront Brewery out of Milwaukee and Finch's in Chicago. My buddy got married at Lakefront Brewery and had all their...

I found a relatively new Haier Brewmaster on my local Craigslist for $250. From what I read these can hold 3 corny kegs. Eventually I would like to upgrade the tower to two faucets, but one is fine for now. The problem is, the Amazon reviews for it are pretty negative and consistent about...

Hello everyone, I am relative newcomer to home brewing and certainly to this thread. Having grown up in Wisconsin and now living in Illinois, I am a huge fan of being able to brew my own. While I have only done extract kits so far, I am aware of the process to partial mash, and have everything I...

I had literally the exact same problem with the same kit two weeks ago. I went to my local brew store and got some Wyeast bohemian lager yeast. After pitching i saw activity within a few hours and everything went great. I just racked my to secondary today, and the FG was at 1.009. (Normally i...