Recent content by Becks

Well, pulled some out with the thief. Smells and tastes fine, no clue what the bubbles are from! Thanks all.

I forget, its been a while since Ive brushed up on my strains, brett and lacto are the common ones and if I recall some are considered beneficial or sought after. What would lacto do to the flavor if that was the case?

Actually also now that I look at it the bubbles are all very small, not like the large ones Ive ever seen in the infection pictures. Rather more like...well head on a glass of beer.

Yeah...I thought the head space looked a bit much when I racked it over but alas, thus is life. Ill give a few days and see what happens. Cheers, will report back.

Yooper; While it is a maibock, I do not have lagering capabilities in my house (friend blindly bought the kit without consulting me and then asked me to brew it after the fact). AHS gave me instructions on how to leave it to ferment at room temp instead and that was the Ops Plan which I...

So the story. 4th beer to date, a mini-mash Maibock. 1 month primary, 2 weeks in secondary now. For the past 1 week there was nothing but the random yeast/hop particulate floating on the top, clear top, no bubbles. Now mysteriously and seemingly within the last week its developed a layer of...

Looks great, now brew another!

Dont forget to add beer to drink while you're brewing to the check list. Very key part of the process.

Welcome to the fun! Sit back, relax and have a beer. The yeast knows what its doing.

That first green beer is certainly a learning experience :P

oo fancy, want!

A repost from something similiar a while back "Here's a little story for you, hope it puts some fears aside. I brewed a batch last week monday. Threw some yeast fuel in there, pitched and stored the wort around 0100. Next day comes, I check in the afternoon, no airlock activity. Odd but no...

Looks nice! Well done!

Same as Bithead. The whirlpooling seemed to give varied carbing so I just use a very gentle stir to move the sugar around.

The beer will put off some pretty funky smells in the fermentor; I believe the term "Rhino Farts" have been use from time to time. Usually mine has a nice nostril stinging sulfur smell. Lets you know you have beer in the house :D