This one was a Brewer’s Best Baltic Porter kit. I took my eye off the boil for 10 seconds and it boiled over so I lost a little sugar. I put in less water to compensate – around 4.5 gal total. I’ve noticed with this Baltic Porter that letting it warm up slightly brings out […]
My second beer is a Brewer’s Best Robust Porter kit. I am fermenting this one in the 6.5gal plastic bucket. I am planning to do secondary fermentation in the glass carboy. UPDATE: Well, life happened and I didn’t get around to putting it in a secondary fermenter. But, it smelled and tasted good while bottling […]
My first beer was a True Brew Pale Ale kit. I fermented it in the 5 gal. glass carboy with airlock on top, but some foam leaked out through the airlock. I may use a hose into an overflow pail for my next one. I may also use the plastic fermenter as I do not […]