[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How about a beer brewing thread? (since we don't have a dedicated forum) (Page 2 of 2)
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I noticed its been a while since this thread had any activity, but Im new to brewing I started my first batch lastnight, im brewing an American Style Light Beer. Its been 24 - 26 hours and the airlock doesnt have any fermentation bubbles in it but I found out I have a small leak in the lid cause I could smell the sweetness near the lid. I wiped the lid seal off and its fermenting cause I saw the foam on top so I guess I didnt kill it that badly. The store instructions said to ferment it for two weeks, rack to the carboy for two more weeks, rack to the ferminter, prime and bottle... is there any flaws with this or can I rack to the carboy in a week then back to the ferminter in another weeks time and standby? I try to let mine sit on the yeast for 2-3 weeks before racking to a brite tank for another couple of weeks or keg. Lighter beers finish pretty quickly though. I just like to let them get crystal clear first. Did you get a hydrometer with your kit? Hydrometer... negative. I did just notice that by first batch seems to have quit fermenting. I started it friday evening, here it is sunday night. Does this mean my light beer is ready to rack suddenly or did I manage to kill my poor yeast  
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Pretty safe to say 2 weeks in plastic, 2 weeks in glass, and bottle for two weeks. In reality, I'd go 1 week in plastic, 2 in glass, and bottle for 2. Just got back from my club's annual Beer-B-Que. Good times, GREAT beers and meads! Nice to have a mead maker in the club. B-Nectar in Ferndale, MI makes some GREAT meads! Last week they bottled a mead called "Strawberry Love" and its FANTASTIC! It will be released next month. K Thanks for that tip, I'm actually workin with two plastic 6gal buckets for now. Once I get the hang of it ill upgrade. Now out of curiosity, does home brewed beer generally turn out better then store bought or about the same? Whether a home brewed beer turns out better than store bought depends on a lot of variables. They write books about it. |
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Pretty safe to say 2 weeks in plastic, 2 weeks in glass, and bottle for two weeks. In reality, I'd go 1 week in plastic, 2 in glass, and bottle for 2. Just got back from my club's annual Beer-B-Que. Good times, GREAT beers and meads! Nice to have a mead maker in the club. B-Nectar in Ferndale, MI makes some GREAT meads! Last week they bottled a mead called "Strawberry Love" and its FANTASTIC! It will be released next month. K Thanks for that tip, I'm actually workin with two plastic 6gal buckets for now. Once I get the hang of it ill upgrade. Now out of curiosity, does home brewed beer generally turn out better then store bought or about the same? Whether a home brewed beer turns out better than store bought depends on a lot of variables. They write books about it. What he said! Making good beer is easy. Making GREAT beer is a the challenge! If you like "Good" beer (ie, not bud, miller, coors), you'll likely enjoy the brewing hobby. If you want BMC, then you may as well buy it, because it will be awhile before you can brew a beer as flavorless as those! I think home brewed beers are just as good or better than the FANTASTIC micro-brewed beers I can get in SE MI. However, I have a friend (certified beer judge, who I got into brewing) who's beer is consitantly mediocre. Being that he's a judge, I can't figure out why he can't taste the flaws in his own beers. Must be pride getting in his way! K |
| I just brewed an all grain Roggenbier yesterday. I've been brewing for 3 years. It took me all of 2 batches with extract to make the switch to all grain. I ain't never goin back! I've got my 5gal batch price down to $15-$20 depending on the brew. I've got a 7.5%ABV 50 IBU blonde IPA in the bottle. I've got a 5%ABV 18 IBU Dampfbier in the bottle conditioning and I just brewed the Roggen yesterday. Next is a Hefe. Not, If I just had room for a keggerator.....The Key is to buy in bulk. Hops are cheaper by the pound and grain is cheaper by the 50# sack. Northern brewer or Midwest supplies are goog to get stuff from. www.hopsdirect.com is where I get hops in bulk for cheap. |
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I take back the cornies. I knew that wasn't what I meant to say. It's carboys that I want to unload. I think I have 12 of them. How much you want to ship them? I could use a couple. What else you got? I already have a mash tun. I could use a 10gal pot too. |
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I take back the cornies. I knew that wasn't what I meant to say. It's carboys that I want to unload. I think I have 12 of them. How much you want to ship them? I could use a couple. What else you got? I already have a mash tun. I could use a 10gal pot too. If people are interested, I'll get some details worked out. I don't want to interrupt the flow of this thread so feel free to pm me if there's interest. |
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I take back the cornies. I knew that wasn't what I meant to say. It's carboys that I want to unload. I think I have 12 of them. How much you want to ship them? I could use a couple. What else you got? I already have a mash tun. I could use a 10gal pot too. If people are interested, I'll get some details worked out. I don't want to interrupt the flow of this thread so feel free to pm me if there's interest. Carboys are those buckets that look like 5gal water bottles right? |
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I take back the cornies. I knew that wasn't what I meant to say. It's carboys that I want to unload. I think I have 12 of them. How much you want to ship them? I could use a couple. What else you got? I already have a mash tun. I could use a 10gal pot too. If people are interested, I'll get some details worked out. I don't want to interrupt the flow of this thread so feel free to pm me if there's interest. Carboys are those buckets that look like 5gal water bottles right? That's correct |
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Thought I would bring back this thread. I just received my first brewing kit and need help.
I ordered the essential kit from Northern Brewer. I called to place the order because my wife wants a gluten-free beer. We like the way that Green's tastes (a Belgium product), and asked the guy to send us ingredients that would be gluten-free and close to that taste. He sent me: White Sorghum Extract Syrup Rice Syrup Solids 2 packets of Styrian Golding hops 2 packets of Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast He had told me that I could brew it up just like a regular ale, but I don't have any instructions on brew times! Does anyone know how long I need to boil the wort and when/how long to add the hops? How long does it need to ferment, and does it need a second ferment? How long in the bottles to carbonate? |
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We have a home brewing forum now.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/f_1/171_Home_Brewing.html |
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http://www.brew-wineforum.com/ Go to this forum at Midwestsupplies.com, great people and tons of info. I've started about 4 years ago made a lot of good beers(all grain too) |
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Thought I would bring back this thread. I just received my first brewing kit and need help. I ordered the essential kit from Northern Brewer. I called to place the order because my wife wants a gluten-free beer. We like the way that Green's tastes (a Belgium product), and asked the guy to send us ingredients that would be gluten-free and close to that taste. He sent me: White Sorghum Extract Syrup Rice Syrup Solids 2 packets of Styrian Golding hops 2 packets of Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast He had told me that I could brew it up just like a regular ale, but I don't have any instructions on brew times! Does anyone know how long I need to boil the wort and when/how long to add the hops? How long does it need to ferment, and does it need a second ferment? How long in the bottles to carbonate? The ARFCOM of homebrewing |