Recent content by steveh2112

great advice but since you need to froth it around to oxygenate it, that's an opportunity for the flies to get in that's hard to stop. unless i skip the oxygenation. BTW, the yeast started off after about an hour, it always seems to get started quick for me and i don't pre hydrate or anything.

well its always summer here in Thailand and risk of infection is always a possibility. i guess that's what happened. i keep my FV in a big ice box and add ice each day. i try keep the inside of the ice box clean and bug free but there's only so much you can do.

i made my second extract kit recently (first one turned out great) but this one, tastes like vinegar. i had it in the FV for 3 weeks and i could tell it was bad when i bottled it, but i wanted to give it a bit more time anyhow. so 2 weeks after bottling i tried again and it's still undrinkable...

Pagan's Mind from Norway is awesome, if you haven't heard of them, look for the song Pagan's Mind - United Alliance on the tube

not currently. i used to have a bottle of burton salts but i can't find anything in my recent move, so i havn't bothered. i'm just wondering if i should get something for my next batch

i've been brewing with RO water, which is pretty much free of all "impurities" like gypsum etc. i know commercial breweries like to make a big deal about their water, like Burtonizing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewing_methods#Burtonisation or water from the Colorado Rockies, etc but...

i've just bottled my Muntons Gold Old English bitter kit, not sure if that's the same as the OP but i think its close. its only 13 days old but i'm already drinking it, it tastes great to me though obviously flat. can't wait to see how the taste develops as it ages.

is it LME or DME? i read somewhere that DME lasts longer than LME which is surprising to me, i would think a can is a better storage device than a plastic bag. i made a batch a while ago from some 1 year old DME which had gone rock hard in the bag. it still worked ok but took a lot of boiling...

i have a similar problem in my bottles. i bottled yesterday after 12 days in the FV (maybe not long enough but i'm impatient). i don't know the SG as i can't find my hydrometer anywhere, but the beer tastes great already, is not sweet tasting and definitely packs a punch so i think the...

try adding passion fruit juice, its amazing. also i usually add a bit of lime juice to get the acidity up, give it a bit of bite

does anyone have a rice beer recipe? i googled and all i can find is recipes for sake kind of drinks, but i'm pretty sure you can make regular lager style beers from rice. here in Thailand we have Chang and Leo, both I think are 100% rice based and taste pretty much the same as Singha which is...

funny, i was wondering exactly the same thing myself. if i had to guess, i'd say its the addition of hops.

very interesting, it's certainly is very important to plan your beer for the coming apocalypse. the sweet potato idea looks very interesting, i'll look into that some more

6 weeks! that's the longest i've ever heard of. i was thinking 4 weeks seems like a long time. i have a couple of extract brews in FVs now. i'm not very good at waiting, so i tried some 8 days old bitter last night and it tastes great and is nice and clear. i doubt i'll wait much longer to...

interesting read, i was actually thinking of dry hopping some of my local Thai beer. now i'll definitely try.