Recent content by Alienist

OK, I've ordered some of the same yeast as I used to make this batch and am going to make a slurry to add to the bottles as you suggested. How much should I add? Also, my son and I were trying to figure out what we had done differently with the last two batches. One thing we realized was that...

Thanks everyone for the advice. The capper and caps I used were the same as what was used in my successful batches. I don't have any yeast slurry from this batch. I'm going to give it another three weeks at the higher temp and see what happens. If that doesn't work would it make sense to try and...

Forgot bottling sugar. Dissolved 2/3 cup of sucrose in 16 oz water. Added to bottling bucket before racking from carboy to bottling bucket

OK, I had to go over to my son's house to get this info. Initial brew 12/5/21, Northern Brewer Brickwarmer Holiday Ale. Initial sg 1.070 Racked 12/19 into a carboy, sg 1.021 Bottled 1/9/22 sg 1.020, mostly quart Corona bottles and some 22 oz and 12 oz bottles, crown caps. Stored in basement...

I’ve made several good extract batches since I started brewing again in 2015. However the last two batches I’ve made with my son have no carbonation even though we followed the instructions exactly with the right amount of bottling sugar. I’m thinking it may be that the temperature after we...

I started brewing in the mid 80’s when my wife gave me a kit for Christmas. I gave it up after a while but started again when I retired in 2015. I found this forum when I was looking for a recipe for hard cider.