Search results

It's wicked in here. Welcome to your new obsession!

I just decided to let it ride...it's been fermenting for 9 days now, quite happily, so hopefully all that yeast activity mixed things up nicely. I know my sugars were in there somewhere, so at this point I'll just be unhappy if I take a hydro sample in a few days and it's reading 1.03. It's...

I cold-crash for a couple days, at least one, before racking into the keg. I try to quick-carb without over-carbing, and even if the beer does feel and taste right a couple days after kegging, it doesn't seem to matter what style or strength it is, it just turns to absolute gold after 2 weeks...

I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere on here, but I really DO try to take advantage of the search feature before starting a new thread! I kegged a saison probably 2.5 or 3 weeks ago, I let it sit on 30 PSI for a couple days and then backed down to 12ish, and from the very first one I...

candelabra

What you've both said does make sense, mostly, but I have a really hard time believing 14 lbs of LME and a pound of Candi would end up sub-1.060 in less than 6 gallons, considering I've done many brews using only 7 lbs of LME in 5 gallon batches that were 1.054-1.057. When I topped off the...

Okay friends...I have a minor issue on my hands here. Today I brewed some kind of strong Belgian ale, and my OG came out to about half of what it should be. I used 14 lbs of light LME, a pound of home-made Candi sugar, and a couple specialty grains, but this isn't a recipe discussion. My...

Hello homebrewers...I've been lurking your community for a while, and I must say I am really, really impressed at the actual *community* here, and I am glad to join it. I've gleaned much knowledge from the threads within, I appreciate all of the knowledge and advice being exchanged here. I'm...