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I've considered that since the fruit in my slurry will effect the finished color of the sp. How long do you let your starter work before adding it?

I will do exactly that! Thanks for the quick replies and guidance guys!

I'm curious to know if anyone has tried this and what the results were. My plan is to Rack The Cider on to the sorbate and metabisulfite to prepare for backsweetening and to try and preserve the yeast in the carboy and use it for the skeeter pee. What is the process for adding the water and...

I'm certain this was mentioned somewhere in this thread and I sincerely apologize if I'm repeating. Very sorry. Would a cake from a hard cider fermented with a saison yeast be a sufficient slurry to use ? Really would like to try my hand at the pee. Thanks

First few batches were done in a swamp cooler in the spare bathtub. I've since built a temp controlled fermentation chamber. Glad you were able to figure your issue out. Cheers!

I'm going to go with the method you mentioned. I don't know...my gut says I'm under pitching and/or unhealthy stressed yeast. The more I read though the more confused I get. Not giving up by a long shot though. I greatly appreciate the input. Probably would have thrown in the towel has this...

I use oxiclean free sparingly. I also rinse thoroughly with very hot water. I've often wondered about bottled water. I run a .500MGD water plant for a small municipality and have read similar stories about commercial water. I'm going to switch to demineralized water and give it a shot.

I so want to just do all grain but I need a bigger kettle yet. Not quite in the budget. You may be on to something with the LME. Seems the best batch I brewed was all DME. Interesting. I prime with corn sugar according to whatever kit I brew.

No worries. I totally get the tied up thing. I generally boil a cup of water cool it to 85-90F add yeast and let it sit for 15min mix it and give it 15 more minutes or so before thinking about pitching.

I promise you cloudybrewer there will be no giving up here! Good beer shall be made by all!!! Only one good batch here and I'm still looking for a bigger used chest freezer so I can fit more carboys!

Tru dat!

This I also looked in to. But when I run my numbers through a priming calculator, the results show I'm under. I used over an ounce less than suggested in this last brew.

Awwww crap. Well maybe that's good news for me. It may narrow my issue down to the chlorine as the culprit. I'll still pitch more yeast as that can't hurt. And i found an aquarium pump that i thought I'd gotten rid of. Just need some syringe filters and a stone and I can aerate also.

Does oxidation occur that quickly? I have no idea. I'm almost afraid to ask because i might not like the answer, but how much yeast do you pitch? Do you make a starter?

Yes, I'm confident my thermometer is good. I'm going to start by eliminating the chlorine factor and pitching more yeast. I keep finding mixed views on the chlorinated water for starsan solution. But I personally have to believe that the beer coming into contact with it through every step of my...