Recent content by Bruce_W

Where do you buy the Rhizomes in Mass?

Did you ever get this club going?

I can decide what I want to listen to just fine. I don't need anyone to do it for me. My first brew (Irish Stout) came out fantastic thanks to this forum. This is a strange thread for a site with so much good information.

Great, now the libs are ruining a friggin beer forum. Unbelievable

Hi, I just brewed my first batch. If you wait 3 weeks and most of the yeast settles will there be enough still in the beer for carbonation? Could that end up being a reason for flat beer? Of all things I don't want flat beer!

Hi, I did the same kit last Saturday. I screwed up getting a good OG but right now it is at 1.014. I am wondering about the color. Is yours black like a Guinness Extra Stout? Mine is more brown but seems to be getting darker.

Thanks for the help. I don't know if I missed it or it wasn't in the videos I watched or the stuff I read but from now on - stir the piss out of it when everything is added to reach 5 gallons! Should have known anyway, just common sense. Thanks again

Yeah, I filled it to the 5 gallon mark.

RRRR, I don't think I really mixed it. I guess I got all nervous about putting anything into the wort and rushed through that part. I had 2 gallons I boiled first in the fermenter then the wort must have ended up somewhere between 1.5 to 2 gallons. Whatever it was I topped it off with tap water...

OK, here are the ingredients that the kit came with Hopped Dark Malt Extract – 1 can Dark Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Crystal Grain – 6 oz Roast Barley Grain – 4 oz Grain Steeping Bag Hop Pellets – 2 oz Ale Yeast – 1 pack Priming Sugar – 5 oz Bottle Caps

Yeah extract

All seemed to go well except when I tested the gravity (before pitching the yeast) it was 1.034-036 when the kit says it should be 1.043-045. Is this a problem? When I put it in the tube the color wasn't black like I expected, it was more brown and see through. Just wondering how serious these...