Recent content by wulfhart

Background: I have a "raspberry" lambic brewing. I racked an english ale (OG 1.025) onto 8 lbs of raspberry/blueberry mix. I didn't read the gravity before or after racking. :( It is down to 1.002 gravity so I racked it off the carcasses and into a carboy to age. Questions: It tastes...

Just started 3 batches of this, they are still sitting for the 12 hours before adding yeast. First brew, I followed the recipe, but added ~1/2 lb blueberries. Second brew, I followed the recipe, but added ~1/2 lb blackberries. Third brew, I followed the recipe. I didn't have any yeast nutrient...

I will take all of the advise into consideration. Getting a freezer off of craigslist is my plan right now. I am in a pinch for money, even then it might be a bit on the controller. At this point I am starting to wonder if it was an infection combined with everything else. I had my first...

Second batch update I was using Sodium bisulfate (that is the stuff the brewing store said to use) and hot water to sanitize. I read that boiling the water for extended periods of time should get rid of chlorine. So I boiled every gallon of water for 30 minutes with the next batch. I ran...

I might just do that. Thank you. I will experiment more next berry season.

I started with a gravity of 1.051. I haven't been able to measure the current gravity because my hydrometer broke. And my new one is too big to fit in the jug. If my cider makes it down to 1.000 like it seems a lot of people's do, I expect the abv to be around 6% (at least that is what my abv...

Perhaps it was an infection. Time will have to tell. Fortunately, none of my other brews have displayed any infection symptoms or off flavors. I will definitely keep an eye out though. Sanitizer was the last thing to touch the fermentor before the wort was put in it. I was trying to say that I...

@Squirrelly I am thinking it was the heat too, but wanted to throw out the chlorine option as well since my research says that can also cause "plastic" flavors. It doesn't taste all that fruity. Mainly like a weak beer with plastic. When I followed the kit's directions it said to boil the...

I am brewing a extremely simple cider, just store bought juice and some ale yeast. It has been brewing for 3 weeks now. I am sure it is done fermenting by this point and am planning to move it over to a secondary fermentor to hopefully clear some. I would like to add some berries for flavor...

This is what I was afraid of. Well I am not going to give up on it. I will see what happens to it after sitting for several months. Perhaps even to a year and beyond. Plus with the flavor, I don't think I can handle more then one bottle a month. Maybe I'll cook with it.

I have researched this a bit and found the potential causes of my flavor, but I could not find a solution. Background: After tasting my first brew, it has tastes like plastic. The brew fermented at way too high of a temp (upper 80s) and with unfiltered chlorinated city water. After fixing the...

I may not be qualified to answer since I am one state over in New Mexico and haven't had apple trees since I left Washington state. However, I have seen some success with apples and peaches over here. I have seen some professional orchards in the mountains, but their apples are small compared to...