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It's been two weeks, definetly not krausen.

I am a little bit worried. I just brought out my Nut Brown to keg, and it looks really wierd. There is stuff floating on the top that looks kind of like a trub colored sponge. Should I be worried? Is this an infection?:confused:

I am a little bit worried. I just brought out my Nut Brown to keg, and it looks really wierd. There is stuff floating on the top that looks kind of like a trub colored sponge. Should I be worried? Is this an infection? :confused:

Why avoid boiling juice? be patient I'm just a noob. I am looking to make a sweeter cider kind of like Wyders. This may be a silly question, but has anyone ever tried to hop a cider?

I've heard the Don't squeeze the grain bag bit before. Can anyne tell me why? It seems to me that sqeezing it would just release more flavor and get more of the liquid back in before adding to the boil.

I am new to brewing and want to make a good hard cider. I noticed that there is not an abundance of information online on how to actually make hard cider. I thought it would be good to start a How To thread for those us of who want to delve into making a cider for the first time, but have...

Well I tried my LHBS's version of Whirl Flock, it's called Breack Bright. It seemed to work pretty well. I Brewed up a nut brown on Saturday and a Honey Wheat on Sunday. Both looked very clear when transfering to the fermentor. Now I just have to wait and see how they finish up. Cheers:mug:

I just checked my ingrediens that I bought last weekend, and one of the bags of extract was not properly sealed and leaked al over the inside of the box where I store my ingredients. I called my LHBS, and told them about what had happened. I was bummed because the LHBS is about an hour away...

I tried using Irish moss in my first two batches which did not come out as clear as I would like. A friend of mine who used to brew recomended Whirl Flock. What do you all think of Whirl Flock? What is your experience with Irish Moss Vs. Whirl Flock? Cheers:mug:

forgot to mention, my band is very into beer. We sing alot of songs about beer. If anyone is interested here is a a link to the website.http://www.poxyboggards.com/news.php

Well, I took the first keg which was my first batch ever to my band reherasal tonight. It was a huge success. My band mates all thought the beer was highly drinkable. I left with an empty keg if that is any indication. Can't wait to unleash my IPA this wekend which is my second batch...

Here it is... Cheers:mug:

Just had the first glass. I am pretty proud of my 1st batch. I dropped the pressure to 10 right before I put it into the ice. This seemed to work out pretty well. First I tried serving at 8 PSI and that was too much presure. Dropped it down to 4.5 PSI, and it came out perfect! I'm trying...

Ahh, but there is the rub. I was carbonating a room temps of 77 degrees, from everything I have read and learned from this forum, you need a higher PSI when carbing at higher temps. Cheers

I have been carbonating the beer at room temp of 77 degrees and 38 PSI in the keg for the last 10 days. I dropped the keg to 10 PSI and put the keg into a new trash can full of ice. Just wondering how long it will take the ice to cool the beer to serving temp. Cheers

Just iced my first kegged batch a few minutes ago. How long will it take to cool the beer to serving temperature? Cheers!

I would recomend closer to 6 gallons to begin.

What do you mean by "That will drop rapidly as you chill the beer"? Sorry for the excessive questions, just want to make sure that the first couple of batches come out as well as possible. Thanks again everyone for the helpful tips!:mug:

My plan was to carbonate the beer then on drinking day put it on ice. I know my friends will drink it in one sitting. I may try to get a free fridge as there seems to one or two freebee fridges up there everyday. For now I have decided to bleed off the presure to about 10 PSI until a week...

Unfortunatley, I do not have the ability to cool them. Maybe in the future, but for now, can anyone give me some advise on how long it will take to carbonate at higher temps of almost 80 degrees?