Recent content by chrishobza

Thanks for the advice. I will definitely do that if it happens again. For the time being I'll use my 6 gallon better bottles for primary.

Nope, this was fermented in my closet.

I was using White Labs 001 standard California yeast strain. I fermented at 72 to 73 degrees. I'm sure I didn't mix the strains up as I didn't have any other strains at home at that time. I use an immersion chiller and always drop it in the kettle 15 minutes before knockout. I use starsan...

The beer was clear and looked great so it may not be an infection. As far as water, I run my water through a charcoal filter for the chlorine and then add Campden tablets (1/4 per 5 gallons of brewing water) to my HLT for the chloramine. I don't think the yeast was stressed, but maybe. The...

Greetings, I've been brewing for 2 and half years and in that time I've made 30 or so batches of really nice, drinkable beer. I was kegging a couple of beers this evening; a west coast red ale and a Belgian Golden strong ale. I thiefed a bit of the west coast red out of the bucket for a...