Recent content by cwag001

Oak cubes?? Where can I find those, and I was just thinking out loud, don't know what kind of chips or cubes I would use

Hey I was thinking of making a porter, and duringy fermentation process I was going to add mesqiute or some other type of wood chips what's your guys opinion

Is there such a thing as over fermented, I have a Russian stout that has been fermenting for about a month, I haven't gotten any bottles and not 100% sure where to get more

Count me in I live in murrieta, and have three brews going would greatly appreciate feedback, and would like to brew a batch as well thanks polvo

I believe it was scorched when I finished the bottom of the pan was charred,. now when I transfer it to the bottling bucket I know I'm not supposed to splash around but can I put a screen around the siphon tube and collect all the black flakes

I too live in murrieta right off Cal oaks let's set up a time

I'm in the process of making this red ale and walked away when the worth returned to a boil right before I started to put the extract in I noticed alot of black flakes what are they is my batch still good I added the two cans of extract and a some hops

Southern California

By using normal faucet water how will it affect my beer

Do you think I transferred it too many times , what's gonna happen when I have to siphon orbit and put it in another bucket with the sugar solution would that give my batch to much oxygen

This is my first batch my beer has been fermenting for 10 days 3 in the primary and the rest in the carboy, I think I did too much transfers, but it's all a newly aquired skill, my next question is when do I add the sugar and do I bottle it that day or do I have to wait for a time period how...

Hi everyone I'm just starting out I have 2 batches going hope they turn out OK, made alot of mistakes, but now I'm interested in hops combination is there a science to it, can I add any hops I want for example a cascade and a chinook or mt Hood and Columbus what am I looking for?

I came home and saw my airlock was full of beer, and the lid popped off, there was fermentation all over so I cleaned up the mess, but as I cleaned the lid I dipped it in Sanitizer and used my dish sponge to clean it, my question is how will this affect my batch, should I take the lid off and...

It was in the primary for 4 days, I also had the airlock in it without any water, let me remind you this is my first time so everything is wrong

Hey everyone bare with me, so what I did was transfer from the primary into the carboy I put the rubber plug and made it airtight not knowing I needed am airlock I came home 2 days later and saw the rubber popped off and air has been circulating this whole time, is my batch ruined