sunsetslave | February 24, 2009
Bottling day has arrived! So, I filled the bottling bucket with water and mixed in sanitizing solution and used the bottling wand and hose to fill the bottles with sanitizing solution. I boiled my 5 oz of priming sugar in 2 cups (1 Pint) of water for 5 min.. poured the still hot (a little [...]
sunsetslave | February 16, 2009
The airlock has basicly stopped bubbling, I’m still gonna let it sit for another week to let as much sediment stttle as possible. Wort worth waiting for, Stacey
sunsetslave | February 12, 2009
Bubbles about 40 seconds apart. Slowly bubbling away, Stacey
sunsetslave | February 10, 2009
My blow off tube has stopped spewing ick and puss so it’s back to the three piece airlock. That happened faster than I thought it would. Been about five minutes, seems to be going well. The water is still clear and the bubbles are only a second or two apart. Brew bubbles blow off, Stacey
sunsetslave | February 9, 2009
Holy crap!! Just got home from work, went to listen to the airlock (the fermenter is in a box to keep the cat away) and I didn’t hear a nice little bubble but a horrendous hiss. I opened the box to find a completely clogged airlock, it had overflowed and the hiss was high pressure [...]
sunsetslave | February 9, 2009
The airlock has started bubbling. Brewing with bubbles, Stacey
sunsetslave | February 9, 2009
The Brew: Beginning my brew day I fit together all the important parts; the spigot went into the bucket and the airlock into the lid. Both were a very tight fit, the airlock was actually too tight… I accidentally tore the rubber grommet. So now, after a quick trip to the hardware store, I have [...]
sunsetslave | February 8, 2009
My first beer, from the Brewers Best Bold Series, is a holiday ale spiced with cinnamon and orange peel. The Gear: to keep track of exact weights and AAUs I took pictures of each part of the kit: oh and it came with caps The majority of the equipment I’ll be using is another Brewers [...]
sunsetslave | February 8, 2009
Welcome to my exploration of brewing beer. Notes recipes and procedure to follow. …And so it is spawned, Stacey’s Beer Blog