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Just read somewhere that cooper's dry ale yeast tend to be "forgiving" on temp. I know I've done a lot of cooper's kit. I wonder if that was it ? Actually, kind of hoping :) This one I pitched w/o a starter too. Just right in carboy and shook up a bit. Not sure if that would make things...

Slow down.:D I've only been doing this part time for 7 years or so. Never said I was a fast learner Some of it could be that I like to drink and smoke when I brew, as it's usually the only time I have to do that. Must have been how I missed that pitching temp again. I could've gotten it down to...

I do know my beers all seem to take awhile longer to age up (some up to two months). Kind of wish I had stuck to the old ice crash method for cooling wort. In those cases I wound up pitching way below temp, and sometimes with ice literally in the wort. I do find what you guys are saying a bit...

I don't know if this helps any, but I am pretty sure the ambient temp was off with the cheap digital therm. I'm in florida, and keep my thermo at about 81 almost all the time (it has problems in different rooms keeping temp). The carboy happens to be within a few feet of the thermostat and near...

Really? oh man . This was a replacement for the last batch that was completely destroyed. Another $30, and a lot of work out the door. Wouldn't trying to cool it down now help, or has damage already been done?

Forgot to add, I pitched a fresh pack of cooper's ale yeast at about 72deg. I guess I should've gone lower on the pitch temp for this.

Well, it looks like it might be getting too warm :( Hope nothing is ruined so far. Put in my digital therm in the hole in the cork. Took awhile, but climbed up to 81. Ambient temp outside the carboy is about 67. Should I put this whole thing in my keg fridge?

Well, I know I should have one, but I don't have a longer probe thermometer. Just a cheap digital one with a probe a few inches long. Won't reach to the wort. I have some longer ones for grilling, but they aren't very accurate.

Thanks for the quick reply. It's going to take me a bit to locate something to use for a blowoff. (no narrow tubing around). I remember I had this problem before. There isn't foam coming out of the airlock yet, but it's only been on for about 1/2 hour. I don't really have an easy way to check...

Just finished getting my True Brew "Dark German Lager" kit together yesterday in the 6 gallon plastic carboy. Now, I've used this carboy once or twice before without much trouble. I've also had problems with foam during fermentation where I had to hook a length of hose from the airlock hole...

The OG appeared to be at the 30 mark on the hydro. I managed to get a kit from the local brew shop. True Brew Dark German. it was about 36, and they gave me a 30% discount due to the circumstances. It really seems like I should just dump this wort in the yard , and use the carboy for the new...

Interesting! I have a Cooper's "Real Ale" (expired a year ago) in the primary. I believe I just used a pound of sugar with it , and some safale yeast. I wonder if it will turn out or be too weak because I didn't pump it up with some DME?

After a bad sunburn, and with the little energy I had, I managed to start cleaning out the pot. The entire bottom was glued with about 1/4 inch+ of the black burned stuff. I manage to scrape most off with a plastic scraper and screwdriver. I now have it soaking with PBW. I'm still sort of...

Tried tasting via wooden spoon. Fermentation kicked in really fast , and it has been bubbling and foaming away for the past several hours. I wouldn't say the wort tasted good, but I don't know that it tasted like an ashtray either. Light in flavor, maybe sort of beer'y, and a light background of...

Hey all, I'm sure I'll take some insults on this one, but that's OK. :) I'm fairly new to partial mash brewing, and got mixed up on a recipe and ingredients I got from a local brew shop. Left with a batch that may be no good, and some major burn residue inside my previously clean stainless...

This one was a year expired cooper's "real ale" that I made pretty much to the letter :) hope it turns out "no chill". I had a spoiled batch last year, and unfortunately did not document very well. Forgot what it was. That was done using my usual chilled/ice chunk method, which often seems...

Yeah, the idea of having two coils, etc. just doesn't turn me on. I mean, if I've been doing it "wrong" all along just putting the gallon jugs in the fridge, dunking in santizer, and then cutting open to dump the icy chunks in ... then I guess I'll have to go with a full wort chill solution. One...

Thanks. I didn't even know this was an option, until a few days ago, when I had no other option :) I've since read a bunch of pros/cons to just letting it cool down at room temp, or in fridge. Short of an infection, is there anything else important to consider? Keeping in mind, I'm still not...

Hello everyone, I was trying to get my 2nd batch of halloween beer going today. It's a partial mash / extract brew. Realizing I had AGAIN forgot to buy water, freeze, etc. I made a quick decision to run over to home depot and pickup stuff to make an immersion chiller. I've watched some...

Thanks. Unfortunately, I stepped on and broke my hydrometer while brewing this time ... so I have no way to measure gravity on this one. I guess I'll go back and get another plastic bottle from the supply shop (and a new hydro). While it's true the buckets are relatively "cheap", they seem to...