Helio Posted January 30, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Posted January 30, 2019 This is my second attempt at homebrewing beer, I messed the first one up by storing it too warm while fermenting. This second one went well and is now being stored for another 2 weeks so the yeast and turn the priming sugars into bubbles. This is Nut Brown Ale. Unchileno, BUDMAN, spinpuppy and 5 others 8 Awards
Unchileno Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 101 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 110 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 8139 Content Per Day: 1.42 Reputation: 6768 Achievement Points: 61591 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 21 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Posted January 31, 2019 Fking eh!! Put an XI logo on that and sell it on XI store.. I want a 2 four... Barron, TBB, Helio and 1 other 4 Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 108 Topic Count: 1049 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 8817 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 3309 Achievement Points: 62219 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Posted January 31, 2019 Did you use your nuts? BUDMAN, RobMc, Unchileno and 2 others 1 2 1 1
Labob Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted January 31, 2019 Does it make any sound ? AngerIssues and Unchileno 1 1 Awards
Timmah! Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 26443 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 38 Topic Count: 502 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 6183 Content Per Day: 2.25 Reputation: 10622 Achievement Points: 52836 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 121 Joined: 11/01/17 Status: Online Last Seen: 12 minutes ago Birthday: 09/26/1971 Device: Android Posted January 31, 2019 Been brewing off and on for years... awesome the selection of pre-canned beers you can order and reconstitute yourself. The cap-able empties can be purchased at you local beer/wine/spirits outlet. Awards
Spartacus Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 1387 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted January 31, 2019 Nice! I have made around 90 batches since 1994. P.M. me if you ever have any questions... P.S. Invest in Cornelius Kegs and a Co2 Bottle, beats the hell out of Bottling! Barron, ChknFngr, RobMc and 2 others 4 1 Awards
Helio Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted January 31, 2019 15 hours ago, 2_MANY_BEERS said: Did you use your nuts? No, my nuts arent brown 12 hours ago, Labob said: Does it make any sound ? The capper doesnt make much sound at all 11 hours ago, Timmah! said: Been brewing off and on for years... awesome the selection of pre-canned beers you can order and reconstitute yourself. The cap-able empties can be purchased at you local beer/wine/spirits outlet. I have a friend that has been homebrewing since the 80's and has sold me bottles and even capable champagne bottles. I drink enough beer myself though so most of those bottles were already mine lol. Im just starting out so im using malt extracts 11 hours ago, Spartacus said: Nice! I have made around 90 batches since 1994. P.M. me if you ever have any questions... P.S. Invest in Cornelius Kegs and a Co2 Bottle, beats the hell out of Bottling! Thanks for letting me know! Ive already invested like $250 in this for getting started and trust me I've been drooling looking at the more fancy pro stuff. Next thing I want to get is a better kettle and something to keep my fermenter cool. I live in florida and been putting my 5 gallon bucket/carboy in a 10 gallon metal bucket filled with water and frozen bottles to keep it cool. I ruined my first brew because it was too warm and ended up tasting horrible. Do you think its ok to keep my bottles just in a box? I took my thermometer out of my cigar humidor and put it on top of the boxes and its says right now its 76 degrees. Is that too hot? I read that you want the bottles to be a bit warmer than your fermenting temp and that the highest you could go is 80 degrees. Awards
Labob Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted January 31, 2019 Cod4 needs a quiet capper Unchileno and AngerIssues 2 Awards
Merlin007 Posted January 31, 2019 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1127 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8583 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 7547 Achievement Points: 76572 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted January 31, 2019 Well done. Haven't brewed my own beer in years. Doing my own wine at home for a while now. Find its a nice hobby sort of not to mention much cheaper than buying. Nice thing about home brew is that there really is a large selection available so nice to change it up. Helio 1 Awards
_GATOR_ Posted February 1, 2019 Member ID: 26584 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 313 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 448 Achievement Points: 2380 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/06/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 13, 2021 Birthday: 08/07/1969 Posted February 1, 2019 Let me know how this turns out. I bought everything to do it a couple months ago, but have not taken the time yet. Very anxious to try it. Awards
Helio Posted February 1, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2019 44 minutes ago, _GATOR_ said: Let me know how this turns out. I bought everything to do it a couple months ago, but have not taken the time yet. Very anxious to try it. I'll be sure to. Gotta let the bottles sit for 2 weeks before i can put them in the fridge. So thats like feb 13th, Ill prob update this post with pics of the beer and how it tastes _GATOR_ 1 Awards
Spartacus Posted February 1, 2019 Member ID: 1387 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Some great places online for knowledge and equipment..... http://www.howtobrew.com/ Also, invest in glass carboys for fermentation, plastic scratches and eventually bacteria will live in those scratches ruining your brew! Edited February 1, 2019 by Spartacus ChknFngr 1 Awards
LugNut Posted February 2, 2019 Member ID: 22461 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 133 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 81 Achievement Points: 1186 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/17/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 09/08/1955 Device: Windows Posted February 2, 2019 looking good !!!
Helio Posted March 21, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted March 21, 2019 Took about 5 weeks to get a real head on this beer to form. Still have a lot of bottles left haha. Can really taste some of those bad alcohols in the background but for sure tastes like a brown beer with those nutty flavors. Going to be brewing a cream ale soon and will be posting pics deerejon, AthenA, Dman67 and 2 others 5 Awards
deerejon Posted March 21, 2019 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3715 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3153 Achievement Points: 28472 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 06:28 PM Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted March 21, 2019 Did you brew enough for EVERYBODY?? RobMc 1 Awards
RobMc Posted March 21, 2019 Member ID: 25355 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5824 Content Per Day: 1.90 Reputation: 9236 Achievement Points: 63677 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 141 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Posted March 21, 2019 If I remember for bottled beer sterilisation (of the bottles not you lol) was very important, it looks very nice to me.
AngerIssues Posted March 23, 2019 Member ID: 23518 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 988 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 1043 Achievement Points: 7851 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 11/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2020 Posted March 23, 2019 On 3/21/2019 at 11:37 AM, Helio said: Took about 5 weeks to get a real head on this beer to form. Still have a lot of bottles left haha. Can really taste some of those bad alcohols in the background but for sure tastes like a brown beer with those nutty flavors. Going to be brewing a cream ale soon and will be posting pics yeah i spewed a few nuts in there myself............... Awards
ChknFngr Posted March 23, 2019 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Posted March 23, 2019 be sure to spread starsan on everything otherwise u get infected beer. Maybe that is what u taste when u say bad alcohols. Spartacus 1 Awards
Helio Posted March 24, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted March 24, 2019 20 hours ago, ChknFngr said: be sure to spread starsan on everything otherwise u get infected beer. Maybe that is what u taste when u say bad alcohols. i soaked everything in StarSan. At least 30 secs on everything. Gave a beer to a friend who brewed for 30 years now and will be seeing what she thinks later today. Imma be real upset if I got any germs in there Awards
ChknFngr Posted March 24, 2019 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Posted March 24, 2019 Is it a brew from some kits or all grains ? i decided to stop the all in one kits and spare some money to go all grain in a few months or so. Dont be upset if its bad, just try to find what went wrong and do better next time. Awards
Helio Posted March 25, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted March 25, 2019 19 hours ago, ChknFngr said: Is it a brew from some kits or all grains ? i decided to stop the all in one kits and spare some money to go all grain in a few months or so. Dont be upset if its bad, just try to find what went wrong and do better next time. Of course the first brew wont be perfect, Im not beating myself up. The beer is still drinkable which is why i dont think its infected. My friend didnt try it yet cause she wanted to share it with her friend and said she would call me after she did. I really think the problem is that i just let it get too hot. Not a hard thing to do in Florida. Im just using extract kits at the moment. Dont have the money right now to make an all grain set up. Plan doing so in the future though. ChknFngr 1 Awards
Spartacus Posted March 26, 2019 Member ID: 1387 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted March 26, 2019 Fermentation Temp. next to Sanitation is the most important thing. Too hot and you will get that Butterscotch flavor with Diacetyl along with Fusel Alcohols, other off flavors include sherry-like, peach or banana... ChknFngr 1 Awards
Helio Posted April 13, 2019 Member ID: 27349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 155 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 194 Achievement Points: 1257 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/07/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2020 Author Posted April 13, 2019 Finally got back from my friend who has been brewing for 30 years. She said the beer was very much drinkable but she could easily tell it was fermented too warm & too quick. Tomorrow I will be making the wort for my cream ale. Changes I am going to make is I will be fermenting it in a carboy and will be wrapping it in a wet towel to keep it cooler. It will also be sitting in a large bucket filled with water and frozen water bottles that I will be changing everyday. I'll also be dipping the towel in the cold water a few times a day to keep it wet and cool. Since its spring here now it will be warmer than when I brewed the brown ale. Gonna be around 84f this week so I'll keep an eye on the water's temp. Good is that technically in south florida we only have 2 seasons, the wet and the dry seasons. Spring is part of the wet seasons and the sky should be dark and rainy a lot. I'll be making a new thread for the cream ale pics RobMc and Evil-Monkey 2 Awards
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