I'm not sure if I'm now a genius, or an idiot for not figuring this out sooner. But who reads the directions that come with a little bottle filler, anyway?
In my shortish time of homebrewing (and selling the freaking equipment!) it just occurred to me after struggling to get the filler on and...
First All Grain Brewing Mistake:
My first all grain brewing day was yesterday - Northern Brewer's "Summer Squeeze Lemon Shandy" (9.5 pounds of grain)
I misunderstood the instructions from Northern Brewer and instead of pouring 1 gallon of 170F water into the mash tun for batch sparging, I...
Just bought first kegerator & hookedup Dual 1/4 barrel slims. Co2 tank in the kegerstor set up. Got it going fine per instructions. Had about 10 beers poured off it today. Thought it was all good.
Then no beer. Opened kegerator to investigate and co2 is frosted over, regulator frosted over and...
I recently brewed a batch of Strawberry Wine. I was hoping to end up with a nice dessert wine flavor. OG 1.08
I knew it hadn't turn out as I had hoped when my FG reading was 0.90. Somehow it became very dry and had a very strong alcohol flavor to it.
I had let it ferment for 4 months (I've...
Hi all
I'm in a little bit of a pickle. Yesterday was brew day and the first time I did 5 gallons (as opposed to 2.5). I thought my fermentation bucket was 5.5 gallons but its actually literally exactly 5.05, so when I poured the wort and pitched the yeast, the level was almost flush with the...