Recent content by Bobb25

I use Wyeast 2112 for a California Steam Ale that I really enjoy. However last year, even with additional ice packs, it became overly warm during shipping, and although it fermented OK ( I confirmed with a starter ) the final taste was "Off" quite a bit. This year I have been considering...

Thanks, Acid,...hmmmm... I wonder about vinegar ? Bob

I seem to be able to find new and different ways to mess up my brewing equipment. Thiis afternoon, during the recirculating mash, my nose altered me that there was trouble in river city. It seems an air bubble had interrupted the flow of wort, and the RIMS tube caked itself with the burned...

All good questions. Water is DI, so no chlorine Fastferment chronicle, completely disassembled and sanitized. Some kind of plastic ? Fermentation stayed at about 74 deg. F With new Wyeast 2112, that I was afraid may have gotten a little warm during a July delivery, so I did a starter, and...

Yesterday I transferred my California Ale from the fermenting conical to a keg, and placed it into the Keezer. I know the beer hasn't carbonated yet, but I always take a sample for tasting. I was dismayed to have , what I can best describe, as a taste of rubber. Any idea what can have gone...

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Thanks for the tips. I think that it's probably not the bottles because it affects a whole batch more or less evenly. It looks like I will have to deep clean all of the equipment this year. I have one of those reverse flow ( I forgot the name ) cooling gizmos. Should I take it apart, soak...

Interesting! I soak the bottles overnight in PBW before using them, and rinse them with hot water with a pressure washer thing on my faucet. I sanitize them with a spritz from a "Vinator" attachment on the bottle tree using Star San, and I dip the caps and clamp tops into the Star San. What...

I would like to pose a question for the brain trust that gathers here. My normal procedure is to ferment in a FastFerment conical until a Tilt measures the same SG for 5 or 6 days. I then decant into a Corny keg which has been sanitized and filled with CO2 to flush out the sanitizer. I place...

I recently took my Beer Gun out of its box to bottle two cornies worth of heaven. I was concerned when I saw that the inside of the beverage hose had growths of mold/mildew on the inside. I know that I ran PBW through the hose and rinsed it after I used it last year. However most likely...

This year I am trying to learn water chemistry for brewing. The recipe which I m following says: "Adjust all brewing water to a Ph of 5.5 using phosphoric acid." How do I actually go about doing this? Assume 6 gal. batch. I take a sample of the mash water about half way through the mash...

Absolutely nothing except a Campden tablet and heating it up.

Thanks for the reply, actually I just didn't list it, Those were just examples. I've picked up a R/O rig, and I'm trying to figure out this water additions thing. Bob

I'm having a problem understanding the numbers with no unit attached to them. ( Ca:11 ); ( Na: 8 ) ; 11 what?? 8 what ?? I'm sure this is a stupid question, but I missed something somewhere along the line . Many Thanks, Bob

Thanks for the information. Can you people give me a hint what those bare numbers in the second question of my first post mean. I bought Palmer's water book, but trying to read it gives me a headache. Bob