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I guess the proof is in the pudding. So hope for the best and keep your fingers crossed for me. :)

I guess I overreacted a bit because of the color. Like I said it tastes OK, but of course it's not finished yet. I'm still going to finish the project and I'll post the results here. I do have a vacuum pump. Maybe next time I'll evacuate the chamber if it's necessary.

A minute or two of oxygenation at what pressure and temperature?

Oh... woops. Wrong kit instructions. Actually made with a 5 gal pale ale kit.

Fermenter is 25 gal double wall stainless steel vessel with valve at bottom and large Viton rubber gasket at top cap. When the vessel is in storage I have it filled to top with clean water and sealed. Interior and cap were cleaned and sanitized prior to adding the wort.

Personally I love the flavor of pepper and just sort of put up with the bite. I put it on everything mostly, but never thought of adding it to batch of homebrew. Thanks for the post and GL with the batch. I hope it mellows for you. I may have to try the peppercorns, but I think I'll stay...

It tastes OK. I did use a 0.5 Micron diffusion stone and a tank of O2 to oxygenate the wort after I put it in the fermenter. Would that do it?

It's "ON" drugs I guess.

Here is a pic and copy of the kit instructions: No, it did not start out black, and actually it's dark brown, not black. It was an amber color when I put it in the fermenter.

My pale Ale has been on for about 5 weeks now and it's still black. Why is my pale ale black?

Hmmm. You may be right about that. I really can't speak from experience. So, maybe the screw cap can be replaced and then the Heat Shrinkable Seal Cover can be applied. I may try a few with this batch of pale ale just to see. I'll post my results here in a few weeks.

It was cooled before adding to the fermenter.

I saw these for sale on eBay and it got me thinking that maybe they would seal a screw cap beer bottle. Maybe if not by them selves then with a cork that could be added to the bottle opening and then apply the Heat Shrinkable Seal Cover. I have a lot of screw cap bottles that I can't use for...

My 5 gallon batch of pale ale seems to have stopped fermentation. There were bubbles coming through my air lock slowly for the first couple of days, but now there is nothing. This batch of wort is 6 days old. I have not done anything to try and restart it, but have considered a couple of...

Bigfoot ale is a great choice for ANY reason. My favorite brew from SN is Old Chico. I live about 12 miles from the brewery in Chico. Right now they are getting ready to grow their hops in the field next to the brewery. I'd love to sneak in there some night and grab a few samples!!

I will enjoy sharing what I have learned and what I am about to learn. I am hopeful there will be many things to learn on this forum about brewing lagers and ales. I already have a pretty good idea how to drink them, so I just need more education on how to brew them.

Thanks! Glad to have found this forum. I will likely have a lot of questions about brewing beer. It's been many years since I was last brewing on a regular basis. I hope to get good enough to select and purchase my ingredients according to my taste.

Thanks for the warm welcome. It took a little while but I think I finally figured out how to reply to a thread. I think there's another on that I need to reply to. Lemme see if I can figure out how to get to that one.

I love to watch Moonshiners on TV and always look forward to the day when I will try that.

I have begun my second round of homebrewing after having hung up my bottle capper about 20+ years ago. I look forward to learning a few tips and tricks from the group. I can always use more insight from others than I can gather on my own. I will likely have questions and may even ask a couple...