Recent content by jlamato

I really can't thank you enough for all the help you have given me. I'll go out and get another vial of the WLP 530 and make a starter, just to be sure. I don't have an aeration kit though, and from the looks of it the stirplate + vigorous shake before pitching to the fermentor won't be enough...

I just checked it 10 minutes ago, and the gravity is stable at 1.022. The beer itself actually tastes pretty good. No fusels, a little sweet, but I wouldn't describe it as cloying. Getting it down a little bit more would be better, but I don't think it is necessary. I'd rather not have bottle...

Thanks! Do you suggest just tossing in a vial of fresh WLP530? Should I do it immediate before bottling, or a few days beforehand?

I used a variation of this recipe that is a bit higher ABV. OG of 1.104 , FG of around 1.022. I've had the batch sitting in the secondary for almost a month now and was wondering if I should add some fresh WLP530 to the batch a few days or just before bottling. I saw in the awesome summary by...

After swapping airlocks and tubes a couple of times, I decided to remove the lid and cover it with sanitized aluminum foil. Here's to hoping that it survives this ordeal.

CO2 is bubbling into the bucket occasionally. The lid is firm, so I am thinking it is being pushed upward. Plus, if I press gently on the lid, it doesn't give. When I give it a bit more force, a big bubble goes through the hose. Makes me think that it is taking a lot of force to get through the...

If I take off the airlock, won't the krousen go everywhere? Or should I just live with the mess?

I am making a high gravity (1.098 OG) Belgian using WLP530. I pitched the yeast about 24 hours ago, and was getting really worried because I saw almost no fermenter activity. I leave for about an hour to lookupon how to fix a stuck fermentation, and when I come back it is going crazy. I have a...