Recent content by beardedbrewer1

Has anyone ever used a clear fermenting strain then blended with a beer fermented with a traditional strain. I’m going to do an apple cider braggot and wanted to ferment the mead portion with skare to cut down the aging needed for higher abv portion. Then use an English strain for the wort...

Hey gang I found this in my yeast cake while I was bottling. Can anyone tell me what it is. I’m hoping it’s a protein chain or hop/trunks

As I’m racking into my bottling bucket I saw this. Did a worm/ insect get into my fermenter or is that part of the cold break/ protein

I ordered an ESB kit for a lhbs a few weeks back right before the outbreak. My fear is that if I brew or bottle I might infect the beer with the Coronavirus. Has anyone read anything about if the virus can survive in a bottle of home brew

Looks much more like number 2 I'll check again for hazy or slime. If I rack to secondary is there anything else I should look for. Perhaps a taste can give me a clue if it won't kill me

More pics

Can you view the pics now

I opened my fermerting bucket and saw this IMG_1104.JPG IMG_1103.JPG IMG_1102.JPG Is this infected

Thanks for the info

I've search this site for the past three days looking for a thread on how to cap the 500 ml zywiec bottles. Barely found handful of post So here is my question what is the best way to cap 500 ml zywiec bottles? And by best I mean easiest. From the little information I was able to find it...

Chefrex if you had to do it over again would you still by the colonna. And how do you handle the stuck corks

Low tones how long have you had your corker I am also worried about durability

I'm trying to decide between a Portuguese floor corker and a colonna corker. I've search a few threads but haven't found much useful information. I know they both have flaws mainly with releasing the cork once inserted 3/4 of the way (Belgian style). My question is which one is better/...