Recent content by ebursey

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I just brewed my first hefeweizen and it's bottle conditioning as I write this. When I tasted the beer on bottling day, I was surprised to find that it tastes like clove without any discernible banana flavor. I'm not disappointed but I am a little surprised because I was shooting for something...

Thank you all for your helpful comments. I want to post a quick follow up. As I mentioned before, I rigged up an incubator using a storage bin, a FermWrap, and an InkBird. I sandwiched the FermWrap between two towels at the bottom of the bin, taped the InkBird sensor near the bottom of one of...

Thanks for the comment. After I determined that the top of the fridge was not consistently warm enough, I rigged an incubation chamber of sorts. I've got the bottles in a storage bin with a FermWrap and Inkbird holding as close to 74F as possible. I'm looking forward to checking on them in...

Thank you. The bottles are not twist-off bottles and the caps are from my LHBS. They're the right size and they do have a liner.

Thank you, that's a great suggestion. I didn't think to check the gravity of the flat beer out of the bottle. I'll definitely do that if the beer is still flat the next time I taste.

Thank you. I think they're on tight but I agree that this could explain what I'm observing. I'll have a closer look.

Thanks for your input. When you say to include a plastic bottle, are you suggesting something like a disposable water bottle that I would squeeze to assess carbonation?

Thank you, that's brilliant! I stuck a thermometer above the fridge and it's about 68F up there. Not quite what I'd like but much, much closer to where it should be. The beer is now stashed on top of the fridge. I kind of like being able to see it up there. I'll grab a bottle for another...

Hi All, I'm a relatively new homebrewer and I've got a question about a recent brew that's not carbonating. I brewed a brown ale on 21NOV. I pitched a full packet of S-04 into 2.5 gallons of wort. The OG was 1.059. On 24NOV, the gravity was 1.015. The fermentation occurred in a closet where...