Recent content by brewista_may

yep . so tried one every week after this and the sour taste never went away. chalk it up to an infection like u guys said. such a bummer to dump 5 gallons of beer :(:( I wanna make this again but it is 27-30 degrees celsius everyday right now and I'm wondering if that might be too hot to let it...

before bottling this i taated it and it tasted pretty good. let it bottle condition for 3 weeks and It was very roasty and didn't taste too great. tried one at week 4 and it tasted super tarte. does this beer get better with age or does the tarte taste indicate that I may have an infection ...

I accidentally under shot my total volume and just racked onto my 4 cups of watermelon . there's about 4-5 inches of heads pace in my Secondary but I was wondering because a second fermentation will start up will this amount of heads pace be ok or is my beer at risk ?

Stopped by a lhbs that I never go to and they were short of the wlp yeasts . They recommended safale wb-06 which is for wheat beer so hopefully it turns out okay . Otherwise I scaled it down to a 2.5 gallon batch and only pitched half the pack of dry yeast. went with my hood hops instead of...

Did anybody notice a difference between using wiliammete whole hops vs mt hood hop pellets ? Gonna brew this as a 2.5 gallon batch :)

how much dextrose did u guys go with when you bottled ? (5gallons) Not sure what would be best .. What amount worked nicely for u ?

How long do u ferment this beer before bottling ? Is there pretty decent head on this beer ?

Did the exact same thing. I'm thinkin of bleeding some co2 out if the caps and recapping. Did u do anything to help change carb level?

i over carbed my beer with too much priming sugar as well. (realized after the fact that i had added too much dextrose). it's only day 2 and its way too over carbed already (opened one and it was gushy and insanely carbed). im afraid ill have bottle bombs but they are only 2 days in the bottle...

i over carbed my beer as well. it's only day 2 and its way too over carbed already (opened one and it was gushy and insanely carbed). im afraid ill have bottle bombs but they are only 2 days in the bottle so the c02 level is only going to go up right? how long should i wait for the yeast to eat...

any updates on this? i overcarbed and am thinking of degassing my bottles too

Hi guys, i overcarbed my beer so i am going to try venting the caps like you said. it fermented out just fine; FG was spot on so that isnt the issue. My question is, how long did u allow the beer to sit before venting them? My understanding is that carbonation takes a while to take place. I...

Jeez. What a waste of time. I'm probably not going to use anything higher than 3 from now on... Anyways i will open up the caps and let some c02 escape. Do you think i should recap with the same caps or put on completely new ones? Appreciate any advice

i wonder why online priming calculators would give such a high suggestion for this type of style?! that's insane. I already put them in a covered box in case a bottle bomb does occur (crossing fingers it doesnt happen). Sounds like i will have to let out some c02. what a pain in the a$$..has...

TOO MUCH PRIMING? hi guys i made this hefe and my OG was spot on. i let it ferment for 2weeks and the FG was 1.009 which is where the recipe says it should be. According to brewersfriend.com and other sites, hefe volume of c02 should be at 3.4-4.5 volumes of c02 . I thought i'd go in between at...