Recent content by Overpanic

Hunterlab - I agree with the others, at least from the picture you posted it looks normal to me. I had that happen with the first beer I ever brewed - it's just a bunch of tiny CO2 bubbles. A real pellicle should "wrinkle" if you disturb the carboy. I just had my first real pellicle form...

I got excited about this project and decided to build my own as well. Here's what I came up with: The case is something I had lying around, it looks like a cigar box but is actually a cake box (for Sacher Tortes, from Vienna). For the parts, I took apart an old Targus USB powered...

So, I just used tin foil on a starter for the first time, and I can now say that I do NOT recommend it. Prior to this, I had only ever used airlocks, and without an issue, but with my new stirplate I built, I didn't have a stopper that would fit in a 2L Erlenmeyer flask. Tinfoil does let CO2...

Just a quick look at the HBT wiki on lagering yielded some interesting charts: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Fermenting_Lagers These are all graphs of different lager fermentation schedules, and the effect that different temperature regimens have on diacetyl...

One trick I've found when brewing with fruit in the secondary is to use a large nylon fine-mesh bag and place my auto-siphon tube inside it. I then secure the bag to the tube at the top using rubber bands (it's high enough that it's out of the way and not in contact with the beer). That way...

If you haven't changed anything in your brewing setup, and previous brews have turned out fine, then oxygenation is unlikely to be the culprit here. From what you're describing, I'd be more concerned that somewhere along your brewing/bottling pathway, there is a source of contamination. You...