Recent content by everenlightened

I have a Flanders red in secondary currently. I co-pitched with wyeast London ale and wyeast lambic blend smack packs(sorry don't have my notes, can't remember the numbers) they primaried very nicely together, and after about three weeks I racked to secondary. Here is where I'm confused, the...

I'm glad I found this thread. I brewed almost two weeks ago, my first 10 gal all-grain.(fairly non-descript blonde ale, for a wedding with BMC drinkers) I pitched in 2 5 gallon containers, My typical primary bucket, and a glass carboy. I did this with the intention that I can then rack to...

Thanks for all the help everyone, I tasted this a couple weeks ago and forgot to post an update. But here it is now. Beer actually turned out very well! It definitely is a low ABV brew but the taste is very nice kinda a "Blue Moon Light" is what my tasting buddies described. I finished my Keggle...

Thanks for all the great help guys. Lots of great advice about the enzymes/starches/conversion. Exactly what I was looking for, I was under the stupid assumption (A**umption) that the heat itself was what was "pulling the sugars out." I knew there was much more chemically going on but hadn't yet...

I mixed the top off water in pretty well but that may have been my problem. I'm hoping some previous posters missed the 4.5 Lbs of LME in the recipe. What is an iodine test? And can someone help me understand conversion better? I got the recipe in part from a book but modified it a bit...

I was at 84F and 1.023, My corrections table specified +3 so 1.026 is what I'm going with. Should I steep the grain in my largest pot? because I've been using the largest to sparge with since I can get closer to 3.5 or 4 gallons., But this batch the grain absorbed 3/4 of my strike water and...

Hello all, I brewed my fourth beer today, A Hefe. My Recipe was 2 Lb Crystal 10L 1.5 Lb Flaked Wheat 0.5 Lb Light Munich I Mashed at 155F for 45 Min in 2 Gallons of water and then sparged in another 2 Gallons at 150F for 20 Min. (I know the volumes should be larger but my current...

I checked again today, day 6. Still at 1.020. I agree that 3 or even 6 days is too early to worry. Just didn't know if there were proactive steps to take. I have the temperature up from 64F to 68-69F now. Hopefully if that was the issue it will take care of itself, if not I can deal with a lower...

Hi All, Looks like a timely thread for me. I'm a newbie, my first batch a porter turned out well, very drinkable, not amazing but oh well I'll get better. My second batch is in the fermenter now. I brewed sunday, a fat tire imitation recipe from a book. Roughly 1 Lb of grain steeped, with 4.4...

Hi All, New here but looking forward to interacting. Just finished my first brew! Either I follow instructions well, have a brewers touch, or I got a big old dose of beginners luck! Anyone in the area who wants to get together or just give my beer a try let me know! -T