Search results

Wondering if I can save time and use the strainer i used to pour mash into my primary and screen out the yeast muck? So i would prep the priming sugar and pour into my bottling bucket, then pour the primary fermenter contents through my pro grade strainer mesh into the bottling bucket...

my dark brown bottles hard to see when get full during bottling leads to overfilling any quick/cheap/easy lighting tips? aside from a led lit bottling wand not sure

i think i have a good one fermenting its been going 2 days in primary and i actually smell hops aroma in the basement when i walk by the primary excited!

1st few batches submerged everything in gallons of water and appropriate mixing of IOStar sanitizer. Wouldn't it be easier, cost less, to mix up small batch and spray bottle everything instead? Pro's/Con's? Obviously Im a newb so give it to me straight! Thanks -need to make up my...

1st batch = IPA, very good 2nd batch = Lemon Weiss, I gave it a D grade 3rd batch ??? Leaning towards a double IPA. Any suggestions?

Drank my 1st 32 ounce bottle of Lemon Weiss http://www.midwestsupplies.com/lemon-coriander-weiss.html -left out the coriander -based on the comments i added zest of two lemons after 7 days fermenting -didn't use secondary I'm not sure what to think of the taste. It's like a spicy, dull -...

I made improvements during mash But this time around bottling was terrible At one point the bottling stick stuck i guess, thought is was stopped and it overflowed spilling a lot. 2nd issue bottles are so dark i can't see when it gets full lighting sucks. Bottling issues may be do to the...

I have 32 ounce big bottles Didn't like my purchase options for quantity and bigger bottles. Actually there were none. wtf So I made my own redneck version. This cost me $35 for a 50 pack of 10 inch nails. The wood I already had. In the pic I have 25 nails in, however it has the capacity...

First ever brew was Brewers Best IPA, not bad Round 2 = lemon coriander weiss http://www.midwestsupplies.com/lemon-coriander-weiss.html OG on box said 1.067 My OG reading was 1.051 -made improvements in my process over 1st run -paying more attention to things like why is my OG off? ...

finished drinking last 32 oz bottle of homebrew had been fridging for 24 hours then drinking any recommendations on fridge time and quality - does it matter?

You know it made me think, my farts have went from maybe 1-2 a day to over 10 since started drinking my first batch (32oz a night) every night. No belching though. 2 friends split a 32oz bottle last night and both got lots burps/farts. What I do wrong if anything? 2 week in primary, 3...

If any? i love shocktop lemon shandy and have a few home made recipes found here however for simplicity on my 2nd brew ever looking for a kit this time around exist?

Brewed my first homebrew IPA batch this month. I love IPA's. Used 32 oz bottles. My favorite IPA was Schlafly's Dry Hopped IPA. The kit I used was Brewers Best IPA. Pretty close in taste. However I learned something about myself. I love a few IPA's in any given night but more than 2 12...

Drank my first bottle of my first homemade batch tonight Grommet lid, nice pop when opening like bottle of wine - actually sprayed beer vapor on my face - had to go wash could smell it on my skin...good aroma coming from bottle First sips were great. I settled down midway thru my 32 oz...

Of course was 3 - 32 ounce bottles short during bottling - thought i may be so found 2 - half gallon bottles that i sanitized and filled them up - ideas to cap them off...country style? tin foil and duct tape? the opening is bigger than my bottles, and of course the caps i have won't fit

My first batch is 2 days from bottling day Brewers Best India Pale Ale Can i or have any of you experimented by adding ingredients just prior to bottling? Hops/Spices/Fruit/Fruit juice/Peelings/etc...?

says its a no rinse i bought a bottle rinser plastic pump thingy to to the job technical question: even though no rinse adding your beer to the bottle, letting it carbonate for 2 weeks or so... won't that residue of Iostar chemicals be consumed and i can't imagine that those chemical...

Which is better? 1-Wait for airlock activity to cease, then get 3 days of successive hydrometer reasons with no change AND THEN BOTTLE OR 2-Just let your wort ferment for 2 weeks, don't take any readings, AND THEN BOTTLE Option 1 may take less time Option 2 is less work, less...

Brewers Best India pale ale 24 hours after adding yeast no bubbles in Airlock thingy. Temperature reading on pale 64 degrees Stirred heavily and moved to slightly warmer area i think Anything else i can do? I bought the kit and left contents in room temp for 3 months - delayed project...

So I have this $1,000 new deep freeze with a fast freeze setting. Right now it is on setting 4 (6 is max aka fast freeze), setting 4 is -10 degrees. Just a guess, my thermometer only does -20, but I'm betting if I put in on the fast freeze setting it will get to -30 degrees or so. How long do...