Recent content by paulczak

without distilling it with a still... would we get injured or do we avoid the methanols by using just pure table sugar?

So I was thinking about trying something new here... The thinking is to take 18 lbs of white table sugar and ferment it with a turbo yeast to get an 18% swing appropriate for mixing into other things. Is it necessary to do anything to this prior to consumption? Will there be unsafe levels...

I had the same problem. What I did was go to home depot and get the cheapest copper tubing and just turn it around my pot and attach some tubing so it can connect to my sink and expel into my sink. Total investment might have been about 60 bucks including connectors and tubing but I do have...

What if my blow off isn't perfectly clean? When I was cleaning it today i thought i got everything but there is a thin layer of grime only visible under flash light still in there. It was in star san at least a few minutes (15 or so). What do you guys recommend? Should I remove this and try...

okay... as an update... I just cracked one open as it was sitting in there.. Noticed first thing that the beer was clear... completely clear. first time every this was the case. 2nd thing I noticed... the aweful aftertaste was gone. Smokes.. it's not awesome but it's not garbage either. I...

I just didn't expect such a unique krausen to form - the joy of learning

I can't say this sounds good either. My stomach is churning just thinking about it.

So all 3 beers I had made prior to this I used a dry safale 4 packet. No rehydration no nothing. This time for my #4, I used a wyeast 3068 to help in making a hefeweisen type beer. (OG ~1.050). So curiously enough saw full blown fermentation at about 16 to 18 hours after pitching with...

yes me too. I'm going to have to check out saison recipes for myself too. Perfect timing for NH residents who choose not to AC their places.

They were new but I used them after finishing my first beer. Cleaning involved spraying out with bottle jet until could not see anything left and then dipping into star san bucket for about a minute or 2.. popped another bottle. I think I might have had a 'good' one when I made the comment...

Holy Smokes!!! - That awesome blickman conical/kettle you had totally dissolved in that putrid sewage. Dang.. it's good you go insurance:mug:

I should say it was a full boil so the water I did use got boiled

Just used regular tap water. Popped another bottle open and it's more drinkable but still has the off flavor just a whole lot less of it. Not enjoyable - but probably about as pleasurable as bud (which incidentally I think should be added to the defect list). I think i will let it sit "deep...

Hi yooper! Can't believe you saw one of my threads. Read many of your replies so it's a bit of an honour. Okay sanitization went like this - i filled the 6.5g carboy up with water and added about 1.5 oz starsan. This one I just siphoned out into bucket/sink. bottles were rinsed out well...

Yeast was Safale # 04 (light blue packet)