Recent content by Brianyear

Great to know. Thanks for the tip. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

IMHO you should carbonate your apfelwein. It really is much better than drinking it still.

Judge

Doing a Red Ale, and maybe a Bourbon Barrel Stout.

Give it 2 weeks at a minimum. 3 to 4 weeks would be ideal.

Deceived

Just finished a nice Red Ale.

I'll be brewing an Irish Red, and while its on the boil, EdWort's Apfelwein.

Not really a brew, but I'm doing some more Apfelwein.

repeat.

Thanks guys, I feel better. My gut told me that everything was fine, but it's nice to hear others tell me that. :D

(Background) Until yesterday, I've always used a plastic Ale Pail for my primary fermenter. The down side to brew buckets is you can't see what's going on in there. Being curious, I used a 6.5 gallon "Better Bottle" so I could check out what those yeasties are doing. This is a very simple SMaSH...

Honey

Just brewed a Pilsen, Willamette SMaSH.

Thanks for the tip. I think I'll just use 5oz of dextrose instead of the concentrate. Patience is not one of my stronger points.