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This procedure has served me well. YMMV! Questionable bottles get washed (PBW or similar) and rinsed vigorously. If I know the bottles were rinsed immediately after consumption then I skip the wash and just give them a good rinse with a bottle washer. Following the rinse I hold all bottles up...

Re the question asking about using filtered air. My opinion is that you should not use air for anything in the brewery other than an initial oxygenation of wort before pitching. Air contains enough oxygen to cause an almost immediate cardboard taste if it is applied to finished beer. Even a...

Re the question asking about using filtered air. My opinion is that you should not use air for anything in the brewery other than an initial oxygenation of wort before pitching. Air contains enough oxygen to cause an almost immediate cardboard taste if it is applied to finished beer. Even a...

Great article. One thing to keep in mind if you use and store alkaline cleaners like PBW: CO2 forms carbonic acid when dissolved in solution and acids neutralize bases ...so do not store PBW solution under high CO2 pressure otherwise it'll be weakened or neutralized. I found out the hard way...

Great article. One thing to keep in mind if you use and store alkaline cleaners like PBW: CO2 forms carbonic acid when dissolved in solution and acids neutralize bases ...so do not store PBW solution under high CO2 pressure otherwise it'll be weakened or neutralized. I found out the hard way...

For bottles of unknown origin I soak in hot (180F) PBW overnight and then after things cool off I do a thorough rinse with a bottle washer the next day.. I then inspect the insides and once they are clean I then cover the mouths with aluminum foil and stick them in the pressure canner and do a...

Maybe that film is from the fermcap? I've only used fermcap once however I do not remember seeing anything out of the ordinary.

Auber has always been VERY prompt in shipping. I'm not so happy with the auto tune on their temp controllers but other than that their stuff works well. I also like their 4" RTD probes for BK and MLT keggles.

Hi Nilo, after fermentation is complete, do you recommend transferring to keg with priming sugar/DME and then waiting two weeks while it carbonates and ages? Or do you suggest transferring from primary to keg, waiting two weeks, then adding priming sugar to allow carbing to start? Thanks!

Hi Nilo, on #7 there's a yeast change to S-04 as well? #6 had S-05. --JJ