Recent content by Bel_Pirishti

Thank you for your input. I think I've decided to find another bottling option. Cheers!

Thanks for the quick reply. So the smell will affect the taste? I'll have to keep my eye out for another tinted bottle.

I'm thinking about using some PET 20oz. root beer bottles to bottle my first cider. The bottles are brown and light weight, which is important since I plan to ship some full ones across the country to a family member (if the batch turns out). The problem I'm having is getting the root beer smell...

Thanks everyone.

I used Safale 05. I dissolved it per instructions and pitched it at a suitable temperature. I'm not sure about the flocculation of this yeast.

Yeah, I dissolved it in a cup of water, boiled for about 5-7 mins. I rolled a couple of bottles around a bit and put them in the fridge. We'll see how it goes. Thanks.

I've had an IPA in bottles for four and a half weeks now (in a closet at room temperature; 70s in CA). I noticed tonight that there is a ring of "stuff" floating around the shoulder of several of the bottles. When I tilt a bottle, the stuff disperses. It looks very fine-grained, looks like smoke...

Just took a sample of my amber ale after a week in the fermenter for testing (specific gravity and, of course, a taste test). As expected, it is a little more bitter than most ambers. But I think it's going to be really nice anyway. Thanks again! :mug:

Had an internet snafu here or I would have been on hours ago. Thanks for the reassurance! I won't mind the bitterness one bit. And thanks for the software suggestion.

So I'm brewing my third batch of beer today, an Amber Ale. I got to the boil and everything was going fine. I had three hops to add at 60, 10, and 1 minutes to go in the boil. So after the first add, I sat down and read for a while. At 30 minutes, I got up and added the flavoring hops. And when...