Recent content by WortBurpFart

Thanks, Max. I appreciate your advice and deserve to be called out for jumping the gun. I don't have any experience so I have to just follow instructions (not in my native language) and hope for the best. I need to get some brewing education and will start with your link. I'm not giving up...

I was quite nervous doing my first too, made a few small errors but the final result was good, and keeps getting better as time passes, I have one bottle left and it will be some good stuff, it seems that time and patience are the key ingredients. Time heals all wounds and time fixes all brewing...

Great! Seems like I have not messed up too badly. If I leave it for another 3 or 4 weeks then leave it in bottles for a few more I will run out of beer before I get to drink it! I think I need to get a second fermentation tank to be sure of not running out of beer. Speaking of which, is it cool...

Dropped another notch down to 1011 giving me just over 5% , even though there is no sign of any activity . But I have a confession to make : I did give it a stir and probably shouldn't have done so. Since I did , regrettably , stir it should I still wait another week before bottling or would it...

If the gravity tomorrow is the same as today doesn't that mean time to bottle? What is the advantage of waiting another week or two? Can I get more ABV if I can hold myself back? Cheers and thanks again.

Thanks for the help. It has been in the fermentation container for 8 days now , just checked the gravity again and now it's 1013 (4.78%) , looks like I might get it to 1012 (4.92%) . I have some yeast packs left over from the last two batches, so I have another idea, how about I throw in half a...

I'm a total newbie so please forgive my silly question! Is stirring up the wort at the end of fermentation a terrible idea? The SG was 1050 and at the end of ferm. it is now 1014 which gives it about 4.5% alc. This recipe is supposed to be 6% so I was thinking to give it a gentle stir with...