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yeah the thing about brewing as a hobby is...it's mostly a hobby of killing time doing other things. unfortunately, the yeast gets to do all the work. reading about brewing during fermentation is about all you can/should do. i got charlie papazian's joy of homebrewing out of the library...

awesome thanks. i'll do that next time

Question: I used dry ale yeast on my last batch. I rehydrated it at the very beginning of my brew by mixing the yeast in with a cup of boiled water that had cooled. It just sat covered with foil for an hour, and when I went to pitch it in the wort, i noticed there was a cake of yeast on the...

thanks zehbaron for the useful response

I was reading Papazian's Joy of Homebrewing and in several sections he references "closed fermentation" and "open fermentation." One brief and rather crpytic section is called "Open versus Closed Fermentation." What, exactly and in one sentence, is "closed fermentation." Likewise, in one...

oh ok thanks for the tip. the directions i used said to siphon. i guess that's probably not b/c of aeration but as a way to keep the trub from getting into the fermenter, maybe (just a guess). there must be some reason the directions said to siphon it instead of just pouring it. anyway it's...

thanks guys. i feel slightly less bad about my batch after reading some encouraging posts on here. i noticed, when i went to siphon from the kettle to the primary fermenter, that the hops didn't all sit at the top of the wort. they seemed to be mixed throughout the wort. could this be...

Hi- I brewed my second batch of beer I've ever made last night. I made an American Wheat beer about a year and ahalf ago from a kit and it turned out fine. This time, I went for a regular Pale Ale. I also didn't use a kit but got a recipe and got my own ingredients. It was more...

Hi, I'd like to take my second shot at brewing. I successfully brewed my first homebrew about a year and a half ago. I'd like to try again. It's not September 10 and I'm in Massachusetts, about 30 miles west of Boston. I do not have central A/C. I'd like to brew a pale ale, and I...

right, let's refrain from talking about anything that requires a brain.

if you have data to back up the contention that comercial beer consumers are more likely to stick to one brand, and craft beer drinkers are more likely to switch between brands, i would love to see it. the only way you can make that claim is with a survey or poll to support it. otherwise it's...

i should revise my earlier comment about craft beers being overpriced. as i think about what i said i don't think i agree...with myself. what i meant to say was, for me personally, the prices just aren't worth it. i should have been more articulate.

good points. one thing that i think is interesting about the prices of craft beers, that i didn't mention earlier, but is related to what you say and this conversation in general, is the idea of exclusivity. what i mean by that is, certain products and types of products are believed to be...

glohoppa. you are correct about economies of scale in the beer industry, to some extent. that's the competitive advantage firms like df head and southern tier have over the "big 4" commercial brewers- they can't compete with the big guys on scale, so they have to compete on quality and unique...

agreed. moderately cooler temps for wheats- around 60 degrees F to ferment. i am in the conditioning phase of my wheat batch now. fermentation was perfect at about 57-63 degrees

yeah df head is good stuff but the craft beer market is filled up with overpriced beer and half the time you don't know what you are getting. i prefer to make my own specialty beer if i'm paying more, and buy the cheap stuff when mine aint available. once in a while DF head is worth it but...

thanks blue...kinda disappointed i'm not getting any guidance here...maybe time to find a new forum? hope not...

thanks to revvy and some other experts my first batch is turning out great so far. i bottled yesterday after 2 weeks fermenting (though my kit directions said 1 week, i took the advice in here and left it in another week). tasted better and better as i've sampled throughout the fermentation...

right on fellas thanks

i think it's cool you're coming up with your own design, but personally, i feel the skull and crossbones is really, really, really unoriginal and kind oif insipid. it's kind of like being one of these white guys in america getting a "tribal" tattoo. they aren't original or relevant in most...