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anyone else just use the "tbsp bleach + gallon cold water" mix for sanitizing? i use around that and havent had any issues (yet)

nice. yah i will watch this from now on. such a simple thing. just my rushing caused the whole issue. the brew bubbled like crazy for like 2 days straight. bubbiling at a steady pace. it slowed this am. im checking the gravity later today. ill let you guys know. rawkin

nice. some good idears. i have a combination of pellets and fukkin flower hops, so a bag was needed. i wasnt sure about putting anything metal in. didnt know if it would be a problem. thanks everyone

welp. anyone have a good alternative to using marbles to get the hop bag to sink down?

some sorta miracle. FERMENTATION. its about 70 degrees in the room the beer is in. its been in there since last night n all day. i come home to about 3 inches of foam on top and the airlock bubbiling every 2 or 3 seconds. good stuff my problems are : im impatient and a pessimist...

its a smaller batch. 3 gal. all of the wort was boiled. i stated earlier, i did not aerate enough at all prior to putting the yeast into the batch. i let the wort go into the carboy rough to let it bubble etc. but i forgot to shake it up or anything like that. cant believe I forgot that. i...

yep, this was within minutes before i put the yeast in. i was what id refer to as high : 1070-1080 prior to adding nutrients and temp change, the gravity was still at the same spot, as if nothing happened at all it 'looked' exactly the smae last night and this am. i will get anothe...

hey. the sg compared to the reading i got like 2 days later was pretty much identical. ill try another reading tonight and see if its moved at all. otherwise i may pitch thanks for your help!

not sure what is good bad, did some stuff cause im hella impatient ... heres whats goin on : on the eve of the 3rd night (stil without seeing any activity) .... shook the fukker up a bit. stirred up the yeast and sediment at the bottom. added about 1tsp nutrient and 2 tsp (or so) of...

the water that i rehydrated the yeast in I am not really sure about the exact temp. when it heated up, it did not get to boiling, it got to steaming but i let it cool down before putting the yeast in. i could touch the outsides of the bowl and even touch the water with no trouble. i was keeping...

it was 2 days as of about 5 pm er so. no signs on top at all. teh whole top surface of the wort is clear. not eeing any bubbiling out of the airlock watching in a few minutes time span the temp is right around 64 degrees. its stays near that temp too. id say 62-66 is the range. id say...

alright. i was making an ipa and all looked great so far. i used safale us 56 / aka 05. i rehydrated the yeast, let it sit about 20 mins maybe less and then proofed it with some sugar. after another 15 mins or so i stirred and added tothe carboy. its been just about 2 days. i have a...