Recent content by Cartire

Theyre brand new bottles, so I would hope the seals would be ok. The priming sugar was in the bottling bucket first, then the beer was racked. I will note though, and the more I think of it, the more this could be a factor. My siphoning equipment began leaking badly about half way...

Made a decent IPA. However, only about 1/4 the bottles actually carbonated well. The rest, had little to no carbonation. They were stored for about 4 weeks before opening. Im using the the EZ cap bottles. Is it possible those dont hold enough pressure? Or the sugar solution not mixed...

Great Info, Thank you. What about filtering? IS that necessary or recommended? I noticed that in my gravity sample, there were a small amount of floating debris. I assume from maybe some hops i put in after the boil. EDIT: Ill add, I dont have a temp controlled chamber. But the room its...

Hello All, This is my first post here. However, I have used this forum quite a lot recently with my first brew. And so far, everything is going great. Without the help of you guys, it would have been a disaster. So Thank You. Im making an IPA. My wort begin fermentation 8 days ago...