Recent content by zendon71

brewed a milk stout and want to add cocoa nibs before kegging. This is my first time using them and was planning on soaking 4 oz of nibs in a cup of nice bourbon for a few days, then dropping that in the keg before I dump the beer in and let that sit a few days... Am I missing something? Am I...

So I recently completed my second brewing process and one thing I have noticed is that my OG's on both of them were a tiny bit low. Any quick ideas on why? they were both made from kits and followed the instructions pretty well both times, but the first batch was supposed to be .050 and it was...

"Anyway on the wall was this sign. People who drink light beer don't really like beer. They just like to piss a lot." Where is this quote from? I love it!

I do have a proper carboy, so that should be ok... That all makes sense to me... besides, if I carboy I can start another batch sooner =) Thanks for the help!!!

that's a good idea... if I were to follow the recipe, I would have moved it to the secondary after 4-6 days... that just seemed like way too short of a time...

so if I was going to secondary it... do that around the 2 week mark, then leave it in the secondary for 2 weeks, then bottle and let that sit for 2 more?

I brewed my first batch on Thursday August 22nd, a brewers best kit of smoked porter. The brewing went great and it's been in the primary fermenter since. I guess what I'm looking for now is opinions on what to do next. I have a secondary, but I'm reading a lot about people not thinking that is...

Started my first batch a few days ago and it's fermenting nicely now.... How do you guys stop yourselves from opening that bad boy up and taking readings every day!?!? Haha