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yes, I found out too late about the temp for Kolsh. Hopefully I don't like it too much (won't be tempted to make it again :D ). I am using a soaking towel and freezer packs to keep the temp down. temp is about 60 - 64 so far. The weather is cooperating, so it will stay around that temp for the...

totally normal. (like I'm an expert). looks just like mine though, and my beer tastes awesome.

I don't strain, but I dump my wort into my botling bucket and let it sit for 2-3 hours before transferring to my fermenting vessel. Much of the larger particulate matter will settle down to below the spigot an will hence stay out of my fermenter. Just a thought.

I have a spigot on the bottom of my fermenting bucket. Is it still a good idea to put the whole shebang in a tub?

bubbling happily now... really struggling to keep the temps below 78... :(

Need to use the 40oz bottles with the real screw caps (like the malt liquor ones hehe)!!! Not so many bottles to fill, plus you can always say "I just had one!"

ok, I got a killer cold break. I let it sit for 3 hours in a settling tank before transferring to my fermenter. OG is right on at 1.046. I am using Wyeast Kolsh yeast, and I have to say it smells nowhere near as good as the Wyeast American Ale yeast I used for my first batch. The American Ale...

oh, and boilovers suck...

Am boiling my second Wort (Koelsch this time). What's odd is there aren't big snot-looking particles precipitating out like on the first one. what could I be doing wrong? I even used a lil Irish Moss...

Ok, I am half in the bag form my first ever batch. yay!!! The beer tastes so marvelous that I have totally lost repect for all the microbrewers in my area charging 4 bucks a pint for their boatmans swill.... My beer has such a good aroma (little tiny bit on the sweet side) and a tastes like...

when siphoning time comes you'll be happy you have bucket (if it is spigoted, that is...)

I am talking about the Sam Adams lager like beers, that have that distinctive brown beer flavor. I want to know becasue I am not a fan of the flavor, and want to avoid it (I like Hefeweizens, Kolsh, Pilsener, even some Pale ales (not too hoppy). Is it a certain grain that is steeped to...

Maybe your spelling made your beer bitter? I know mine sure turned my English teacher bitter... LOL no offense intended. just having a good time. :D

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

OMFG it tastes awesome! I am so excited about this I had to start a separate thread (noone looks at my otherone anymore anyways). It has been 5 full days since brew day. The airlock has stopped bubbling, and tall the krausen has settled back into the liquid. There's about a 1/4 inch layer of...

fermantation seems to have completed after 5 full days. Krausen has collapsed back into the wort. I drew a beaker to measure the specific gravity, and it was 1.003 (down from 1.040 initially). it smelled really good, so I drank it. It was VERY tasty. it was sort of carbonated too, which really...

ok it is now day 4 of my ferment, and the bubbling of the airlock has all but stopped. The smells coming from the airlock are not really banana-ey anymore, and much more beer-like. temp has stayed right around 70-72 for the whole fermentation. I have high hopes for this first batch ever. I...

It's been a couple of days now, and the airlock is still bubbling happily. my fermentation closet smells pretty. Lately it smells like bananas when I sniff at the airlock. Yesterday it smelled better; More like beer and less like bananas, but I hear that the banana smell is pretty standard...

My primary is not a carboy, but a food grade bucket with a spigot near the bottom. Would it be ok to have the spigot submerged in ice water and then when fermentation is done pull the bucket up and out (potentially shaking up the trub)? How do I sanitize the spigot before transferring the...

not for drinking, but for brewing?? My fermentation closet gets kinda warm (mid 70's to 80). Fermenting elsewhere is not an option. I hear Wheat beers don't do so well in high temps (which stinks, because Hefweizen is one of the only beers I really like). Are there any that do well...