Recent content by Fairlanes4ever

RADMAD, you should check out Great Fermentations. Nice selection and very knowledgeable. As a bonus many times the have something on tap in store and it's usually pretty easy to sweet talk them into giving you a sample. Plus they are always willing to ship to you. I like the old couple that own...

They have a Facebook page. Not sure how active they are. Herbs and Heirlooms is the only HBS in town, but Great Fermentations opened a westside location in Danville if you go to Indy much.

After giving this an extra week in the secondary I just checked the gravity. Looks like it has stalled at 1.030 whereas it should have finished around 1.010. Not happy:smack: Still tasted good so I'll go ahead and bottle it but next time I may go with the old standby 1056.

Thanks for your reply. Haven't meet anyone yet that's serious about homebrew. Supposed to be club here in town but don't think it's very active.

I also had a thick krausen. First time using 1332 wasn't sure what to expect. Probably just give it another week in secondary then check gravity.

I brewed a chocolate milk stout for the first time a couple weeks ago. Pitched my yeast at 78 degrees (1L starter) and began primary fermentation at 65 degrees. OG was 1.062. Took about 36 hours before I started seeing activity in the airlock kept it about 64-68 degrees for two weeks and thought...

Very interesting short video about the monks of St. Benedict's in Norcia, Italy and their brewery. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152134965513508&set=vb.7891870722&type=2&theater

Anyone else in Terre Haute?

New to the forum. Been a home brewer in Terre Haute for a couple years now and haven't really encountered anyone else in the area that is into homebrew. Speak up! Is anybody interested in maybe starting a club in the area?:mug: