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Wow strange. This same thing happened to me last night. Never saw it before. Healthy fermentation for a few days. Never really subsided significantly between days 3-5, and then took off again like it was the initial fermentation. The only process change was Irish Moss. The temperature...

I use a bucket of bleach water to remove labels. Haven't found anything it doesn't work on and just keep reusing the bucket until all the bottles are clean. Set the bottles in and walk away (take a nap, drink a beer, etc.) and the labels wipe off. Rubber gloves are nice. Not earth friendly...

I purchased a Coleman Cooler (white) with a removable drain. Took it to the local hardware store and had him fit it with brass values. My manifold made from copper pipe sits on the bottom and drain tube arcs slightly over the 3/8" tube into the drain hole. I have never noticed any wort left...

I've run into the same problem recently on several beers brewed weeks apart. And yet one kind that has been fine. I am not sure that contamination is not my problem and maybe yours as well. I plan to be a much more aggressive with sanitation the next couple of batches and see what happens...

All my bottles have recently started "over carbonating" or are really fizzy when I uncao them. They all started this at once..or so it seems. The weather has turned cold in the last few week and the temperature of the basement where the bottles are stored has dropped about 5-10 degrees. Would...