Recent content by vp1

I tried a 30% sour mash in crock pot my first go around which didn't provide enough souring as I would like. Plus I wasn't all about dealing with a full mash of sour grain. Second time around I did a full mash and sparged into my brew pot, allowed that to cool to about 125 F and then into a 6...

Ya that is my best guess that these other ones are definitely foreign. Curious to see if anyone else has had something like this before. I am by no means a mold expert but I am surprised it is sub-surface. Spore wise I've read nothing harmful can grow in beer (I drank the last few of these and...

I may as well thread jack instead of starting a new thread with maybe the same issue. I've seen the clinging on some bottles as well but along with the clinging yeast I've had some odd looking guys take hold. You can make them out in the pictures below. This was a mini batch with raspberries...

My guess is an uneven distribution of priming sugar too. On an early batch a friend and I ran into this same issue. We bottled 48 or so bottles. I can't remember if I had the first 24 or second 24 to be bottled but the majority were all foam, the majority of his 24 were just fine. I now always...

The cubes I did like I normally do with chips, boiled in the microwave. These I added the bourbon to and covered. Initially when the other half went bad, which was in primary, I chocked it up to the washed 002. However now that this half seems to be going south I am thinking it may have to do...

I have a porter that sat in primary for a month, then was racked to secondary with 1.5 oz oak cubes soaked in bourbon for a month. It has now been in secondary for close to a month. For the last three weeks it looks like it has been de-gassing I guess. You can see in the picture the ring...

Not sure if this was discussed already but I was able to get 2 5 gallon glass carboys in and maintain low 60's with ambient temps of 70 with two 1 liter bottles. Just recently I was BARELY able to squeeze a 6.5 gallon glass and a 7 gallon (the tall and skinny one) bucket in. Same temperatures...

Code please gotta finish this keggle

Code please

Slower water flow rate will be more efficient in terms of water usage. I don't pay for water (rent) so i go full blast (earth smerth). But the slower you go the longer the worthas a chance to lose it's heat to the water so less water used but longer time to chill (less driving force). Few more...

I rent and we have a raised wood deck off the main walk out. I brew on the deck since it is a natural second tier. The wood is pretty old, not treated and my propane burner will cause two small knots in the wood to leak (I guess sap) and turned it black. Started happening after I added a...

Too good a deal to pass up. Code please

Thanks for all the help guys! Ran home after work before the trip and did the halfish cup of DME in little overs two cups of water and pitched the yeast into that in a 1ish liter bottle, shook very well, then halved that into an identical bottle. Gave them a few more good shakes, then some...

Hey guys, first post. I have been brewing now for about 6 months and with all the good info on here and the search function I have never needed to actually post haha. So on short notice I am planning on brewing a Tripel (extract) on Sunday afternoon. I normally brew during the week due to...