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I'm glad I asked. Thanks for the replies! It looks like my mead endeavor might have to be put on hold for a little bit...

So! I got a 5-gallon pickle bucket from work yesterday...and I thought I'd try my hand at brewing a mead. I don't have any pictures on me at the moment, but I thought I'd ask some general questions here to try and get my leg up on the pile. It came with a lid, which, at far as I can tell, has...

Yep, we took out the grains right before we hit 160.

Alright. Thanks for the help!

It was added right when we got the wort to a boil after removing the bag of grains, so I don't think it was late, unless that term means something else. I'll do a search. Thanks!

So, we brewed the Norther Brewer Cream Ale extract kit....Bottled earlier this week. We used a few clear bottles this time and noticed...It sure is a lot darker than it was advertised to be. My mom and dad tried some while I was at work last night (?! :mad: ) and told me it was much heavier and...

We just bottled our sencond batch, and I have to say, I kind of enjoyed it this time. our first bottling session was chaos, we lost 4+ bottles due to spilling, a stream of beer actually shot straight out of the spigot across the kitchen, and everything and everyone was sticky and wet afterwards...

I turned on some of the "D" section on itunes...dire straits and dinosaur jr.

i bottled my irish red (also my first brew) last thursday and popped one open today...certainly needs aging, but it still tasted great. i don't mean to toot my own proverbial horn, but for a first brew, the color, clarity, head, and aroma were all great...the taste, while it needs more time, was...

A question you all of you: I am pretty nervous about bottle bombs...Is it a good idea to store bottles in a metal trash can or something while they're conditioning? Or am I just being too worried? I would hate for anyone to get hurt, you know. EDIT CONCERNING THE DOG: thanks a lot, but she...

honestly, I forget what the yeast was...Whichever kind of dry yeast Northern Brewer recommends with thier Irish Red kit. We ordered their Cream Ale kit for our next brew too... We are bottling this Thursday (a little early, I know) and we're going to Bottle condition for about three...

here's a little update...one week in and we took our second hydrometer reading... it went from 1.042 to 1.011, and it tastes pretty great. Anybody have any idea how to figure abv from the hydrometer readings?

Another Charlestonian! Hoo-hah!

SC...the only charleston as far as I am concerned :o

Mr. Weenis is my real internet alias...they don't allow spaces in usernames 'round these parts

Oh man, I feel right at home! Some pictures of the first brew are at this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/first-brew-day-116163/ My dad texted me this morning (I live out of the house for now, and thus away from the beer) saying that the airlock was happily bubbling away!

Hey there everybody. I'm Dan from Charleston. I've been lurking around since last Sunday, when my dad and I got our first brewing kit...Today was our first brew! It went really well... Anyways, how is everybody today?

Hah, yeah, we have a pretty huge sink.

Today, my dad and I started on our first batch of beer, the Irish Red Ale kit from northernbrewer.com. I took some pictures to document our journey...join me: The supplies are all in order. Me with the bag of grains and our beer of choice for the day: Palmetto Amber Wort...