Recent content by bsig83

Hello, I brewed a pumpkin stout about a month ago and tomorrow is bottling day. Upon checking the secondary I saw small green bulbus things with a white rim. There is about 10 spores ranging from 1 cm to 2mm. Any ideas? It was in primary about 2 weeks and secondary 10 days. Can there...

Ok I checked the gravity and it is at 1.012. I guess I'll check it in a couple days then and see where it stands. That seems pretty low to me. Do beers typically go much lower? I assume it just depends on how much yeast and how healthy the yeast is. I did add yeast nutrient to the yeast to...

I brewed a double IPA with an OG:1.070. I let it ferment in the primary for 11 days and the secondary for 7 days. I forgot to take the gravity before transferring in the secondary carboy. Should I be safe to bottle? and if so should there be enough yeast? I made a starter with Safale S-05 in the...

Appreciate the ideas, yeah your right it proly is too bitter. The T-58 was just for different flavoring with different yeast. I guess some experimenting. I think I'll adjust the recipe a little bit. thanks again for the help!

Ok just developed this IPA recipe with my friend and am looking for any thoughts or suggestions on it. Also we want to do a steeping grain for this LME recipe which we don't know what to go with. Heres our idea: 10lb LME Pale 2oz Cenntennial @90min 0.5 oz Simcoe @60min 1oz Centennial...

Awesome, great tips everyone! Maybe I was a little too hard on hop pellets out of the gate haha. Duly noted on the dry yeast rehydration. Sounds much easier to just buy more packets for dry yeast. Well I feel much better about the batch and also my future batches! Thanks again you guys are...

Appreciate the tips! I think Ill move the fermenter in the basement to lower the temp a bit. I debated on using the secondary but after I peaked at in the fermenter there was some hop pellet crud on the krausen. Would it be beneficial to use a secondary in this case? I don't think i'll be using...

Hello, this is my first post on my first batch brewed! Got a couple questions/concerns with the steps I took and the fermentation process. I brewed a Double IPA batch from a Brewers Best Kit. Since I heard the yeast in these kits can be old (exp. 4/2014), I decided to do a yeast starter...