Recent content by halffullpgh

I have 2 batches just begging to be kegged. This will be on tap for my St. Pats day celebration.

I have been brewing about 2 years, though I do it fairly irregularly (once a month, sometimes twice). I, evidently oddly, have never had a batch take more than 24 hours to begin visible signs of fermentation. I don't have others around me brewing so I typically turn to the interwebs, with a rare...

I have just never not seen anything for more than 24 hours. I definitely should have done more internet reading before asking for help, but here we are. *brave lady

I don't really have much along the line of suggestions, but the room looks great. Is the room temperature regulated? Do you have a place in the room where you are storing during fermentation? I am always curious to see where people are storing their goods.

Are vegans ever really happy?

Freak out aborted. Looks as though things are beginning to pick up. At least I will know to expect the same from the batch next to it that I brewed this morning.

I don't have a ph meter and just broke my hydrometer. It looks like it it starting to become a little active now. I brewed a second batch of the same today. I am going to give it another 8 hours or so before I panic. I have never had yeast take this long, but I am also using something new.

I brewed this nut brown yesterday and I do not see any happy yeast action. I have been brewing for a couple years and have never had this happen. What could have gone wrong?

I have only been brewing on my own for about two years and so I find a lot of value in understanding how to brew to style, but I have come up with some pretty wonderful things on my own too. I think it is great to experiment but quality shouldn't be lost to a desire to do something outside of...

Seriously It's whatever LOL Literally

I have no experience in composting, but plan to start in the spring. I think the main thing I need to understand is at what point you stop adding material so that you can pull out the fertilizer?

I use the brewing assistant app for recipes and when i brew & keep docs in the quick office app that came in my phone. Thumb typing isn't the most efficient way to track but it does keep everything handy.

I try to come up with my own recipes for the most part, but I think this is going to be what I brew Sunday afternoon. Thanks!

Great afternoon for a delicious brew.

I brewed it last night and took the majority of the advice given. Hoping to end with a nice IPA. I have a kegging system but this beer is needed in addition to what I will have on tap. Thanks for the follow up. I'll let you know how things turn out after the 27th.