Recent content by mtschap

Would love one of these!

Looking to get a keg setup for X-mas. Would love a free shipping code!

I did a lager for my first beer without realizing all the nuances to doing so. I, like you, pitched my yeast (1 vial of liquid, no starter) around 70 degrees. The beer sat at 70 degrees for about 24 hours before I found out that I was doing it all wrong. Ended up putting it in a cooler with...

What size flask do most use for yeast starters? I'm doing 5g extract brews. Would a 1000mL starter be big enough for most?

Yeah like I said it tastes great, I can't wait to get it bottled and carbed! I'm just new to all this and have been taking in TONS of information from these forums. I forgot that I also got the alcohol boost with the kit, which was basically just some extra fermentables that I added during the...

Extract with Safale US-05 dry yeast.

Back on 6/10 I brewed a Dale's Pale Ale clone extract from AHS. The OG was slightly higher than what the recipe said it would be (1.070 vs. 1.067). As of 6/24 I got a reading of 1.014 with the recipe stating that FG should be around 1.017. So I figured I was in good shape and had a beer that was...

Alright, so I'm three weeks in and this is what it looks like now. Seems to be doing it's thing slowly but surely. I know it's just one picture but does everything look ok to you guys? I was planning to transfer to a carboy after 4 weeks for lagering. Is this what I should be doing? Any other...

A couple weeks ago I brewed my second batch, a Dale's Pale Ale clone from AHS. It came with 3 or 4 different types of hops, one of which was 2oz. of Cascade I believe. The directions said to add 1oz. for the last 0 mins. of the boil. Huh? Can someone explain this to me? Since I had no idea...

It was only at 70* for about 24 hrs after pitching. It's been sitting at about 52* for a week now. So I'm just gonna let it do it's thing from here and see how it turns out.

I went to my local homebrew shop on Friday to pick up some more lager yeast to repitch and told them my problem. Everyone there suggested giving it a little more time, so I did. Sure enough, I noticed some activity in my airlock Saturday evening! So I think I'm on track now, just gonna be...

Also, what temp should I pitch at? Can I keep it around 52 where it is now or do I need to bring the temp back up first?

Sorry I'm new to this. What do you mean by 34/70?

Alright so my hydrometer came today and I took a reading. It came up around 1.056. The recipe says the OG should have been approx 1.051. I brewed on Sunday, unfortunately I wasn't able to get a reading then so I don't know if it's changed since. What's the possibility that fermentation never...

Ok, so I've got it down to around 52* right now and am going to try to keep it between 50 and 55. However, I'm not seeing any activity in my airlock at this point. I used the full bottle of yeast that came with the kit and the pitching temp was probably 78* or so. Then it sat for about 24 hours...