Recent content by wstcstwil

The guy at Midwest recommended I buy a new packet of yeast and throw it in there. Any danger in doing that?

Well that will do it. I guess my over confidence after a few batches got to me. Well I will let this one sit for 3-4 weeks before bottling. Maybe it will even clean itself up.

Congrats. I also did a brown ale for my first brew. Its gonna go quicker than you think possible.....

I am not sure about the OG, but temp is about in my place at brew time was about 67-68 degrees. The yeast was from this kit: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/blonde-ale.html I believe it was Safbrew T-58. Temp in the fermenter right now is 73 though. Two other things to note is that I added...

So I brewed a blonde ale kit that I had been waiting on during the northeast snow storm yesterday. This was only my fourth home brew experience and I felt great about all my sanitation and procedure. I pitched my yeast about half an hour before and aerated my wort nicely. Then about six...

I rehydrated in a pyrex glass measuring cup that i had sanatized and rinsed an hour or so earlier. I guess I was just nervous because I literally dunked the spoon in there directly after having it in the sanitizer.

Okay thank you all for the quick responses. Didn't have backup yeast either so it was going in either way but your reassurances mean a lot.

So I making a batch as i write this and just realized I stirred my yeast (rehydrating) with a spoon I just dipped in a starsan solution. Being its no rinse I didn't and just put it in. Did I just kill my yeast?

So I just racked to secondary a few hours ago. This was my first home brew so I was kinda nervous about it. I had a pretty good fermentation going for about two-three days. Today (7th day in primary) I decide it was time to rack to secondary, more because I was antsy than anything. My...

Hahahahaha....okay fair enough. I thought I was coming down with something as the weather has been all over the place. But since you brought it up why would you leave it in the primary for 3-4 weeks rather than rack to secondary. As I have never done this before I would love to use my carboy...

So i did my first batch of beer last night. Think it turned out okay. I rehydrated the yeast about an hour before and cooled my wort as quickly as possible. I poured it into my primary fermenter, added the yeast, and closed. I then shook it up for maybe 10 seconds. After reading a bit...

Not sure why as im a noob. But the two books i have read say stainless is clearly the way to go. My guy at my local home brew store also said the same thing. I am sure some other ppl on here will know specifically why.

i bought this pot on amazon.....not the cheapest but its stainless of good quality. dont buy aluminum unless you are real hard up. Amazon

This is immensely helpful. Thanks so much. Gotta go pick up that Star San asap!

Noob question but bare with me. Everything I read from "How to Brew" on down talks about the importance of sterlization and proper sanitization when dealing with home brewing. I completely understand this. Whats frustrating is that there isn't really talk of how to practically do this. I...