Recent content by DrunkenCanuck

Hey all! So long time lurker, haven't posted much recently but have come seeking some advice. I recently acquired a Fermwrap and would like to use it as a heat wrap for fermentation. I have an Inkbird ITC-2000 single stage controller kicking around that I'd like to use. What's the best way to...

I usually keep my vessels closed off until fermentation has completed, I never even opened this batch once. It's possible that it got some oxygen during the kettle souring phase because I did not seal the kettle. I used the Omega Labs Lacto Blend and kept the kettle under a fairly consistent...

I am evidently on a well water system. I plan on getting a water test done soon, most of the places in my area charge ridiculous fees to do it though. Anyway, I just transferred this beer in particular out of the carboy and into a bottling bucket. It looks far more normal (actually straw...

I don't have any pictures handy but I bottled a beer that hadn't attenuated properly and the bottles hadn't been cleaned of Brett B properly. Well, they started fermenting so I let it go for about a month before I slapped them in the fridge, and I was surprised with the result. I am definitely...

Why support the monopolies when you can just homebrew? For what it costs to make a 5 gallon batch of beer, even with the time and effort it takes, once you have the equipment available, a full keg's worth of beer is dirt cheap compared to buying the same amount from the stores, and all the...

Hey guys, It's been a while since I last posted. I've been brewing on and off and trying different styles. A couple of weeks ago I brewed a Gose, and my grain bill was fine, post boil my beer colour was fine, but during the end of fermentation my beer started going orange. I notice this a lot...

I am not going to be able to enter that competition unfortunately. I don't have anything ready right now that I'd like to enter, currently priming a brett saison that won't be available until the spring and I won't be able to brew until next weekend anyway due to a busy schedule.

Hurray, I got a 3rd place award for my weizenbock entry in the Royal Finger homebrew competition in Guelph. Was interested in the feedback, but the judges liked my beer enough to give me an award. I definitely have some things to take away, but I'll be entering as many competitions as I can...

I did the same with the Escarpment Labs Old World Saison yeast combined with WLP644, but I am fermenting it a little bit cooler at 72F. I don't really have a way to bring the temperature up on my fermentation vessels however.

I have a brew going right now using Brett B Trois. But I did a starter with Escarpment Labs Old World Saison yeast in my brew. This is the first time I have ever used the strain so we will see. Once it ferments out, I am going to dry hop it for 5 days. I am doing primary fermentation plus the...

Huh, I have never had that and I get fruit flies a fair bit. I try to ensure that I have emptied out my garbage cans a day or two prior to a brew day, that way they aren't hovering around and likely to get into the pot.

Honestly, I don't even see a reason to clarify a beer beyond cold crashing with gelatin. The whole notion of filtered beer just doesn't seem to be an issue with craft beer drinkers, homebrewers or even micro breweries. No one cares because it doesn't hurt the beer. So long as you fine it with...

Quick but pretty rookie question I am sure. I need to put some beer from my keg into bottles to enter into a competition, but it isn't keeping for more than a few days before losing carbonation. I force carbed the keg and bottled two bottles a few weeks ago into swivel top bottles and put them...

Once I got to 5 gallon batches, I decided to forego bottles for a keg setup, it's just so much less space wasted and less work cleaning a keg than cleaning about 36 bottles.

No worries. Did you trip a fuse plugging it in the first time?