Hello fellow home brewers. (Feels good to consider myself a member)
I think I am a member. I just finished brewing my third batch and I see no end of home brewing in sight. I even experimented with my third batch (I put 3lbs of honey instead of 2 to the boil).... I figured it would taste more like honey but after making the batch that is sitting under my pool table fermenting away I did some research and discovered that in reality I most likely only raised the alcohol content because of the additional sugar... I can live with that
Anyway, the reason for my post:
I discovered a home brew kit at the local goodwill that was still in the box, you could even see where it had Christmas wrapping paper stuck to some tape. So I inspected the package and bought it for the price of $15.00. I followed the directions and made the brew and 3 weeks later a devoted home brewer was born. It was hands down the best beer I had ever tasted.
So moving on I made my second batch and could not wait to try it. This time it was a Honey Wheat kit from a supplier in Cincinnati. So I made the batch and bottled it. I have been using the larger bottle that have the metal hinge deal with a ceramic/rubber stopper. All was well but one thing I noticed with this batch is that sometime the beer would foam in the bottle. A Very gradual foam that would slowly come out of the mouth of the bottle. Nothing dramatic, just strange.
Of so that is the first question:
Why do my beers sometime foam very very slowly after opening, foaming out of the bottle?
The second question is what prompted me to seek help here:
Tonight I popped open one of my brews and the freaking thing erupted like a volcano. You see the videos where they mix mentos with pop? That is what this thing did. I figured like a pop it would eventually stop, however this thing just kept rolling discharging probably half of its contents onto the floor. I am sure that it had not been shaken prior to opening.
So #2 is:
Why did my beer erupt like Mt. St. Helens?
Thanks for any insight into my dilemma,
James
I think I am a member. I just finished brewing my third batch and I see no end of home brewing in sight. I even experimented with my third batch (I put 3lbs of honey instead of 2 to the boil).... I figured it would taste more like honey but after making the batch that is sitting under my pool table fermenting away I did some research and discovered that in reality I most likely only raised the alcohol content because of the additional sugar... I can live with that
Anyway, the reason for my post:
I discovered a home brew kit at the local goodwill that was still in the box, you could even see where it had Christmas wrapping paper stuck to some tape. So I inspected the package and bought it for the price of $15.00. I followed the directions and made the brew and 3 weeks later a devoted home brewer was born. It was hands down the best beer I had ever tasted.
So moving on I made my second batch and could not wait to try it. This time it was a Honey Wheat kit from a supplier in Cincinnati. So I made the batch and bottled it. I have been using the larger bottle that have the metal hinge deal with a ceramic/rubber stopper. All was well but one thing I noticed with this batch is that sometime the beer would foam in the bottle. A Very gradual foam that would slowly come out of the mouth of the bottle. Nothing dramatic, just strange.
Of so that is the first question:
Why do my beers sometime foam very very slowly after opening, foaming out of the bottle?
The second question is what prompted me to seek help here:
Tonight I popped open one of my brews and the freaking thing erupted like a volcano. You see the videos where they mix mentos with pop? That is what this thing did. I figured like a pop it would eventually stop, however this thing just kept rolling discharging probably half of its contents onto the floor. I am sure that it had not been shaken prior to opening.
So #2 is:
Why did my beer erupt like Mt. St. Helens?
Thanks for any insight into my dilemma,
James