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I realized last week when I made a my first batch of beer that I didn’t know what beer was. I mean, I have always loved beer, I just didn’t know why. It wasn’t until I stood above boiling malt and then added hops that I truly knew what it was. My wife and daughters had to leave the house...

You can not know good untill you know bad. Amen.

Temp is back up to 64 degrees. I will check it again in the morning.

This one's on me:mug:

Checked the temp this morning and it was down to 62 degrees so I moved it into the house to get it back to the mid 60's. I might have to go back and forth untill my beer room gets a little warmer.

My fermentation room has been at a solid 62 since brew day and fermentation reached 70 degrees at it’s peek. Right now things are pretty quiet and the temp of the beer is holding at around 66 degrees. I could bring it into the house (70 degrees,) but I’m not sure. Also, I need to...

Thanks BigFloyed! Yes it is in a bucket of StarSan. How long it Starsan good for once you mix it up?

7:30 and had to put together a blowoff tube. Never did one before, so I just sprayed everything with Starsan and stuck a tube on the airlock. The tube is not food grade, but I think it should be OK for the night. Tomorrow, if slowed, I will by a new airlock and replace what I have going on...

Just got home from work and here is where its at. I think I might need to rig a blowoff tube, but I want to wait as long as I can.

Day 3 at 6:00AM Seems to be going well.

Thanks for the link:mug:

Thanks sweetcell, it was Nottingham Ale Yeast (Danstar)

Thank you everyone for the info. This is a great site!

I started my first brew yesterday and pitches the yeast at around 3:00 PM when the wort was at 56/58 Degrees. The room have for fermentation is an ambient 60 degrees. I was not expecting to see anything as far as fermentation today but when I got home from work at around 6:00pm I see that...

I checked it at 60 degrees with water and it was at 1.000. I am still thinking that I took a sample of topoff water. I guess I could check it again in the morning, but I don't want to open it up any more than I have to.

Thanks BadDeacon. I used pellets on this. It called for 1oz Galena for 60 and 1/2 oz Columbus for the last 5. I have an oz of columbus to dry hop with as well.

Now that I think about it, I topped off the last bit of water and did not shake it up after that. I think my reading was deluted down.

I just fermented my first ale and think I may have either done something wrong. The recipe called for 7 pounds of light DME but the OG was only 46. The recipe said it would be around 70. Any thoughts?