Recent content by ddeantodd

Yeah, I should punched it down or swirled it to keep the fruit wet and off the surface. Lesson learned. I did taste it a little, and it tasted great. But I've read on a few posts and the MTF wiki that tasting isn't necessarily a fool-proof way to ensure nothing nasty or dangerous has gotten into...

I've had strawberries floating in a kettle soured wheat beer for about 2 weeks, and just noticed that some of the strawberries floating on top have this white powdery looking stuff on them. I don't see any fuzz, but I'm guessing it's mold? Does anyone have any other idea what it could be?

I plan on bottling, so I transferred to a carboy to start clearing the fruit out of the beer. Thankfully it wasn't a carbed up foamy mess. As long as the gravity doesn't move in a week or so I'm going to bottle it up.

Success! I was able to unscrew the posts to relieve the pressure with minimal mess thanks to clogged up tubes (both!). Thanks for the advice, I might be able to save this beer yet! Cheers! :mug:

I hadn't thought of this, worth a shot. Thanks!

That was the last thing I tried. I had hoped that based on the fact that not much was coming out of either post that it wasn't under much pressure. I flipped the clip/lock, and tapped the lid a few times with a mallet and it didn't budge. I tried several times with more and more force with no...

So I've done something stupid, and any help that you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Long story short (TL;DR): I racked 5 gallons of a 1-year old sour beer in a corny keg with 10 lbs of fruit with no way to vent CO2. I'm also not sure which post (pin lock keg) is the gas and which...