Recent content by james78

Thanks for the comforting words guys. I am feeling much better about it. Sure the beer the beer will taste fine.

I am using safale 04 trying to make a brown ale. It was in day 6 of fermentation so maybe I will get away with it, fingers crossed

Hi Guys, the AC went in my room from between 1 to 5 hours. Went from 22 to around 35 degrees for this time. Should this affect the beer quality ?

Something like this

Thanks for the feedback guys. I will have to give it some more thought before I decide.

Hi guys. Has anyone used the large polyethelene water tanks for fermentation ? The ones commonly used for holding reserve water for the home. They come in larges sizes but more importantly I can buy locally rather having to import as I live in Panamá where large scale brewing equipment is not...

Are you still living in Panama ? It would be great to have contact with other homebrewers with the same restrictions and environment. Firstly I am curious to know how people are treating their waster here

Cheers guys, I appreciate the welcome. Happy brewing !!!

Buy over the internet. If there is really no way you can get yeast then you could leave the top of, you will get wild yeast "infecting" your beer, this is how lambic is made I suggest you look it up. Bit of a lottery on how it will taste but you should get fermentation and thus alcohol. I'm...

Hi Julian. I am a bit late on this thread. I am sure you must have found www.panamabrewers.com by now. regards James

I am way late on this thread but just incase. There is a shop in Panama City, I am sure you must of found it by now. www.panamabrewers.com

Hi Guys and gals, My name is James and I started home brewing 6 months ago. Like everyone who gets into the hobby I am addicted and find it impossible to quench my thirst for everything homebrew. I don't brew as much as I would like because I just simply don't have the time between work...