Recent content by jcannon

I used to bake bottles when I first started brewing. I think I started at 170 and slowly worked my way up to 350 or 400 over the course of an hour or two and then slowly back down. The bottles always do fine, but it does take a forever. I worried that that process might weaken them or cause...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Definitely wasn't expecting that many in a single day. It seems like there's a loose consensus that it has to do with bottles and I think that might be the best explanation. I recently had a beer with an FG of 1.006, only an ounce of hops in the recipe...

I’ve been brewing for a while without any issues, but about a year ago I began having some carbonation problems that have been maddeningly persistent. Feel free to throw solutions at me or direct me to any helpful threads I might have missed. When I open beers I get an occasional gusher or a...