Krausen came after the photos about 112hrs later. Using wlp011 which I haven't used before so starting to wonder if it's just the yeast although it definitely looked a bit funky. Once the krausen came things returned to how I would expect. If it is infected I could only put it down to my top up...
Just brewing a Berliner (kettle soured and boiled for 1hr no signs of infection and ph 3.2) and clearly have an infection. Only thing I can put it down to is my (really silly) addition of top up water to the fermenter. I'm looking for opinions on where to from here given its a sour anyway. Do I...
Put a APA down to the fermenters and used wy1272 in one and wl051 in the other. As I understand it these are both the same yeast strain but the flavor that has come out is very different, 1272 nice hoppy, 051 no where near the same flavor. 2 differences at the pitch were the 051 was aerated...
Did my first AG APA and managed to miss my mash temp by 4 degrees. Then my ferment went real well and took the FG down to 1.008 from 1.056 = 6.3% ABV and having a beer with less body than I'd like and and alcoholic warmth as it goes down. It's currently getting gassed in the keg but I'm...
Any opinions on the possible success rate of putting growth media (boiled only) directly into new sterile test tubes for slanting as opposed to using the pressure cooker and sterilizing both?
Got my stuff out off storage after 3 years and found that the kegs were empty but not clean along with the lines. Plastic quick disconnects and Pluto guns attached. Thoughts for sanitation??? I'm inclined to ditch the lines and give everything else a really good soaking. Any other opinions??