Search results

ok, im very strapped for cash at the moment, and have a full brew to bottle. i have been going to bars alot to get empties, and im getting some, but not enough. (i did two brews, after alot of trips i have almost enough for one brew) what are some cheap alternatives to bottles? would 2 litre...

can i use my ferment bucket (i used a primary for three weeks) as the bottling bucket? or do i need to pour it into another bucket? ideally id like to just add in the sugar into the primary fermenter

if anyone has bottles in the dallas/dfw area id be willing to pick them up

so im trying to cut costs, and went to a few bars to get empties instead of buying from lhbs. i dont care on color becuase im never drinking outside, there alwasy in dark pantry or fridge. But, mostly i got all twist tops. (now it seems all bud,miller ect escept corona is going twist) but i...

Instead of the normal two weeks should I maybe only do two? And I don't want it blowing in my fridge after, once there cold they won't blow because there done xarbonating right?

ok i have them all in a cardboard box and over that i put a rubbermaid big plastic container. like the huge ones to store stuff in. is that enough?

well since theres double hte yeast i was hoping that would counter the sugar. would it be safe to put them under my deck? obviously no light gets out there, but i think it gets to like 50 at night right now which i bets too cold.

ok i made a mistake. i bought an extract kit, but only wanted to do half the first time. i didnt think to cut the yeast in half, so when i first brewed it, i used double the yeast (ie used full amount of yeast and half of everything else) now, when i bottled it today, i added the full 3/4th...

Just realizes something. I did a half batch, but I used te whole little packet of yeast. So I have double the yeast in there. What's th side effects of that?

Ok I just did my first brew. I dd a half batch. I saw a few bubbles the third day, but after that glance I haven't seen any. The platic bucket isn't hot or anything. And I can't see if the kraussen formed ecause it's a platic bucket. After the secondary, can I taste it? I know it will be flat...

i have a secondary fermenter. i did a half batch for my first time tho, so theres a ton of air space in the thing (6 gallon carboy, 3 gallons of wort) should i do a week in the primary and two in the secondary? or what combo

ok, i followed the instructions in the beer kit i got (just read that this is not good) and want to see how bad they were so i dont make the mistake twice. Ok, i brought the water to a boil, took off the burner, added the liquid extract and corn sugar. then brought to a rolling boil, for ten...