Recent content by HibsMax

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Here's the latest info I can give you: 1. the labels hold up well on bottles but as soon as they get wet they pretty much come off. 2. following on from point 1, the labels are very easy to remove. 3. the labels don't work so great on cardboard. sure they stick but they tend to peel off...

Couple of days in the fridge and it's looking better BUT (caveat) I did pour this beer more carefully as well so it's probably those two factors combined.

Thanks! I love long lasting head. As for the glasses, yeah, we wash in dishwasher with detergent and all that good stuff but other beers don't seem to have a problem. I think it's all down to the head disappearing so fast i.e., there is no head left to lace the glass as I drink. If I...

This has been in the bottle for about 30 days now but I will leave it longer. It was only in the fridge for a couple of hours as well. I will test another bottle after it has been in the fridge for a couple of days.

Leave them longer. :) Seriously, that will work (assuming you added priming sugar, etc).

Today I popped open an Old Peculier clone and it was super fizzy. No explosions but the glass was full of head. I scooped a little out, poured in the rest of the beer then sat down to taste test it. Yummy by the way. However, now my beer sits in front of me with no head whatsoever and no...

How do you do that when the beer is already bottled? Are you saying to rebottle it?

I've never waited until I need one but I use one anyway. I ferment in 7.5 gallon buckets so that's a lot of headspace. I've had active fermentations but only one that actually kicked out any material, and that wasn't very much. I figure, as long as I'm not doing any harm in using a tube, I...

Assuming the friend is female, pictures? :ban:

Here is a photo of the results. And here is a video :

I sit corrected. :) I have never measured the ph of my water since starting to brew. I still have to send my water to the lab for analysis. The way I see it...the water is good enough to drink, it's private well water so has nothing added to it and the last time we had is analysed (few...

Tannins are a function of temperature, not volume. Hops are a function of volume and SG of the wort.

I do the same as Pez, mostly. For example: 1. steep grains in 1.5 gallons of water (GW) 2. bring another gallon of water to 170* F (SW) 3. determine your total boil volume taking into account boil off (FV) 4. determine how much water will be absorbed into the grain (GA) 5. Add FV - GW - SW...

Oxi Clean I think it is. ;)