Recent content by Civicrice17

I actually use two buckets during my brew day. The bucket that he bought without a spigot is great to fill with sanitizing solution, sanitize everything in it and keep it full throughout the day to sanitize anything you may have forgotten and I personally sanitize my bottles on brew day. The...

In response to redlantern: I can vouch for that method. I switched from batch sparging to doing almost exactly what you're doing except only draining enough of the wort until it is just level with the grain bed before introducing the sparge water to about an inch above the bed. This resulted...

I had a very similar experience about 8 weeks ago. I had never done a cider before and it went just as you described it. The weird thing was that the fermentation never really slowed down, it went at a racing pace until it ended after 5 days. 1.051 OG to 1.013 FG, still quite cloudy when I...

Update So it looks like I got prematurely scared. I now have a bubble every 55 sec. Fermentation should take off from here, thanks for all the replies!

To explain the thought process: I didn't want to change the fermentation temperature so I figured why not change the pitch rate? WL suggests using that strain at 1 pkg for a 5 gal batch in a 68-72 temp range to produce a beer with balanced clove/banana notes. They also suggest putting the yeast...

I had actually read that and it made me feel good, but I was worried because he had pitched an appropriate amount of yeast where I had used "expired" yeast without putting it through a starter phase. I appreciate the reply though.

I'm sure this response is too late to assure you about this batch, but here is a short clip of the fermentation of my last oatmeal stout 36 hours after pitching. The beer turned out great!

I just tried to do my first hefe, I was shooting for a full flavor, kind of leaning towards the banana side. In order to stress the yeast, I bought WL300 and let it sit in my fridge until 10 days past the best by date. I also allowed very little aeration during the transfer from my kettle to the...