The "one week ago" shot was the night before the temp dropped. I brewed up a 5 gallon batch the day that picture was taken. That one did have a slow start due to the temp drop but fermented fine. It has been 70ish in the room for the last week. The Full Photo is below from tonight.
Both reasons...
So a little over two weeks ago I Brewed up a Brooklyn Brew Shop-Everyday IPA All grain kit. Fermentation went great, hooked up a blow off tube into some star-san. 3-4 days later I swapped the blow off for a normal 3pc air lock. Everything looked to be settling fine. Today I was thinking of...
Check out louisvillebeer.com/louisville-breweries This has a list Louisville and Lexington breweries.
I haven't had them all but I do really enjoy Bluegrass Brewing Co (Bourbon Barrel Stout), New Albanian, and West 6th.
My Old Kentucky Homebrew is a smallish home-brew shop in Louisville. I...
The lid was sanitized but there was a 5inch ring between the lid and the 5 gallon mark that was not wetted or soaked for the most part. Pouring out the starsan maybe sanitized half of that area. I have since moved to better bottles. Mainly because I was to see the fermentation :)
I have had a few brands of honey bourbon, wild turkey honey bourbon mixed with Ale8 (regional ginger and citrus flavored soft drink) is dangerously good. I'm sure most people don't have access to the soda but a ginger ale would do.