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• Posted in thread: Ginger Beer Farts? GBP on 06-18-2011 at 02:29 PM
  i never get sulfur smells or tastes with gbpit seems a bit odd to me to only give the gbp 1
  hour to do its thing, most people give it a day or two, this obviously has nothing to do with
  the sulfur but...

• Posted in thread: Ginger Beer Farts? GBP on 06-17-2011 at 01:41 PM
  I've been experimenting with making multiple micro batches (2000ml ~ 4 bottle) of Ginger beer
  using GBP. Anyway, I've got down to a drinkable recipe that's actually refreshing and
  drinkable, but I'm s...

• Posted in thread: Ginger Beer = Gag! on 06-07-2011 at 03:44 PM
  Just adding some simple suggestions other have made : Switch to table sugar, I made the mistake
  of using brown sugar. It will be clearer and the taste wont be as offensive. As for the sulfur,
  it could...

• Posted in thread: Ginger Beer using Crystallized ginger? on 06-07-2011 at 03:35 PM
  Hey, I've been experimenting for a few weeks with ginger beer plant in making ginger beer. I've
  been making small batches (~2000ml) batches and have been going through a lot of fresh ginger.
  I'm wonde...

• Posted in thread: No carbonation in root beer! Help! on 05-12-2010 at 06:21 PM
  weird...yeah sprechners are force carb only. The only 2 natural carbonation ones are gnomes and
  some retro looking brand. For yeast, honestly I've been using red star cooking yeast. The root
  beer afte...

• Posted in thread: Test beer flat, not carbonating? on 03-07-2010 at 03:22 PM
  looks like it only needed 2 weeks. First successful beer/attempt at it. We just bottled
  another one today, have another one in a secondary, and we're almost done with the wine. :mug:

• Posted in thread: Test beer flat, not carbonating? on 03-05-2010 at 08:15 PM
  meh,The person I'm working with seems to think 2 weeks is the magic number on bottling. It's
  getting to the point where there's no use in arguing about it. We're almost at the two week
  mark and you ca...

• Posted in thread: Am I smelling rhino farts? on 03-01-2010 at 10:04 PM
  Sorry guys, I haven't really contributed yet but have managed to have run into a lot of
  questions. Anyway, I've noticed a-uh-deadly smell coming out of the air lock. Like straight up
  FUNK, and not the...

• Posted in thread: Test beer flat, not carbonating? on 02-28-2010 at 10:21 PM
  ... give it time. I alwys have to open a bottle after five days. I'm consistently disappointed,
  but I know it's going to get better. If it just lacks carbonation, my bet is you are right on
  track. (I'...

• Posted in thread: Test beer flat, not carbonating? on 02-28-2010 at 09:06 PM
  Give it another two weeks. Sometimes those carb drops take a little bit to dissolve. Also, try
  to keep it about 68 to get those tired, lazy yeasts back to work. One week is not enough time
  to carb pro...