Recent content by bobobio

After 6 days in bottles, I opened one this evening to see where it's at. A slight hiss on opening, and sure enough it was just lightly carbonated. I like fizz in my beer, so I'll leave it another 6 days I think and test again. It was fairly cloudy with some debris visibly swirling around. It...

Gotchya. I think I'll try each method with a handful of bottles each and see which I have more luck with. Thanks.

Great information guys, thanks. ok, sounds like I need to test opening bottles. I read the how to on pasteurizing, sounds easy enough, is the idea there to kill the yeast and stop any further fermentation/carbonation? On the day I find the bottles carbonated, will putting them in the fridge...

Hi, I'm looking a little advice on what if anything I can do to salvage a potential problem batch. For my 3rd batch, I'm trying a very hoppy IPA. This to be exact: http://www.homebrewing.org/Arrogant-Bastard-Clone-Recipe-Kit_p_1583.html I followed the instructions except I left it in...

First one today. I feel different. 956

I've just started trying to figure out what's in my water (and how important it is to remove what). I've just moved to Slovenia and the tap water's potable and tastes good, but quite hard, but I'm going for a very hoppy IPA, so I think that's a good thing. It's the Chlorine/Chloramine I'm...