Recent content by BeachBeerBoo

Does oxidation affect flavor or just color? Mine is a bit brown, but tastes great IMO. Fermented in glass carboy, transfered to keg via autosiphon, purged headspace 5-6x times with CO2. I didn't do anything special to avoid exposure to ambient air. Color seems to match fermenter color, so I'm...

Came out great. Similar to commercial examples I've tasted. Thanks Braufessor!

Was planning on kegging tomorrow, Day 14, but something came up. Any issues if I let this sit in primary til Day 16-17? It's in a glass carboy, dry hopped on Day 3, airlocked (duh), and in a 70 deg temp controlled keezer.

Whoops yep. Forgot FLAKED barley.

Forgot to buy it while at the LHBS. Wasn't about to make a 1 hr round trip on brew day when I realized it.

Brewed this up 10 days ago after a 3 yr hiatus from homebrewing. Used wlp007, Crystal Geyser spring water for the mash and sparge, and forgot the malted barley. Dry hopped in primary on day 3 and will keg on Friday. Can't wait! May have to give this water chemistry thing a try depending on how...

So I've left my porter in primary since Xmas, about 4.5 months. 1.54 OG, 1.13 FG. Planning to bottle this weekend. I'm doubting there's enough yeast left in suspension to bottle carb. Should I pitch some dry yeast in with the priming sugar? If so, how much and what kind? Fermented with...

Brewed a 5 gal batch with 16.5# 2row and 1.5# tfa. Sounds like that may have been a bit heavy on the tfa. Hit 1.083, and blew out the airlock in 24 hrs. Happily bubbling away at 17.5 C with a 1" blow off tube now. Pitched a 1.5 L starter with two vials of wlp007.

Room temp, 70-75? But it smelled sour as soon as I opened the vials

Good info. What about the sour taste?

So I just tossed two vials of WLP007 into a 2L starter. Both vials smelled and tasted a bit sour and champagne-like. Hard for me to believe BOTH vials could have turned. Best by dates were Nov 1.

Just tossed two vials of WLP007 into a 2L starter. I have a habit of smelling and tasting the yeasts. Both vials had a bit of a sour champagne taste and smell. The yeast was clumpy, even after shaking and warming up to ambient. Could these vials have turned? Best before dates were both Nov 1...

Ended up buying TF amber from Rebel Brewer. Will ditch the 2row/C75 mix and buy more 2 row. Oh well, $24 lesson.

Any recommendations where to get the TF Amber?

I think I'd rather just dump the mix, buy new base malt from another LHBS and the Fawcett online. Completely ruins any chance at brewing this weekend though. :( Edit: For future reference, what's the issue with the 1.25 lbs of C-75?