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Yeah it is kinda fun. The best thing about it is its totally "barbaric". Being a programmer in a large company is all about the politics and conentrating on intricate details of a project. So on the weekend I do the Viking thing, brew beer and weild an axe. All I need now is a long boat...

8 months ago I wieghed 255 and at 5'9" that was way too much, so far I have lost 20 Lbs(I still have quite a ways to go). For me it was all about lifestyle. I work with computers which basically means I sit on my @$$ for a living. 8 months ago I was working in suburbia, parked 30 feet from...

Happy St. Patty's day(officially this time) from the great commonwealth of Kentucky:mug:

Happy St. Patty's day. Still got 4 more hours here, but I decided to have a green beer anyway(the beer is not green colored its just a little young... what you mean thats not what they meant by "green beer" on St. Patty's Day?:drunk: ).

Unfortunately this was my first beer and my natural inpatients got the best of me. It only made it about 3 1/2 weeks. It was good but I can see where it would have benefited from more time. Maybe once I build up a store of homebrew I will make it again and let it age longer.

ok I'm back. Here is the Belgian Ale that I made about a month ago. It has a fruity clove like flavor and is very easy drinking. It still needs to be aged another week (only been bottled 2 weeks) but its shaping up nicely: 3.3 lbs Light Liquid Malt Extract 3.3 lbs Wheat Liquid Malt...

Did you use a secondary? If so how long did you leave it in there? Also it depends on the Flocculation of the yeast. Some yeast drop out of suspension quickly (high flocculation) others take a while and some beers (like a hefeweizen) are suppose to stay cloudy. Chances are it needed a little...

oh the torcher I'm still at work (for another half hour at least). I gotta stop reading this forum at work, makes me too thirsty:drunk:

Mead made with just honey does have a unique, but good, taste. Closest I could come to discribing it would be kinda like a white wine... but not. Personally I really like mead made with fruit(Melomel). I haven't brewed any yet but I had some at a SCA event a few years ago and loved it.

I did the Oktoberfest from Brewer's Best as my first beer and it is actually does come with Ale yeast, so yeah technically it isn't a "true" Oktoberfest, but its pretty tasty.

If you have a local store that has a lot of different beers and wines chances are they might also have some mead. Chaucer's Mead is fairly common and should give you a good idea as to whether you like mead or not.

From what I have read those water bottles are no good because they are oxygen permiable. Glass carboys or Better Bottles are preferable.

My hydrometer broke so I couldn't get an acurate alcohol reading but its got a kick to it. I used the Belgian Amber rock candy to boost the sugar and thus the ABV. I will post the recipe this weekend.

I really like the Belgian Ales too. White Labs has a Trappist Ale liquid yeast that works well IMO, its lends a fruity, spicey clove taste to the beer. Also steeping some Belgian Biscut malt gives it a great flavor. I brewed a Belgian Ale a few weeks ago. It is currently bottle conditioning...

Make sure you have the same gravity reading from your hydrometer two days in a row. That will let you know that your fermentations is done. But if you rack it to a secondary for a week it will allow the beer to clear much better.

I'm a n00b, the "Stupid Questions" are the only ones I can answer.:drunk:

Well the "potato chip ale" (so named because of all the starch) didn't make it :( I came home from work today and looked into the secondary and saw these strange large white bubbles that had spiderweb hair looking stuff on it, I took the airlock out and it smelled horrible, very sour, so I...

Thanks for the info, I will sleep better knowing my beer is safe.:D

wow four people answered at the same time. What are the odds.:drunk:

The original gravity is the full volume of the wort, with the water, cooled. Actually I think hydrometers are calibrated at 60 F so if the reading is taken at room temp you will need to do a temp adjustment.