Recent content by jerrya100

As Anthony stated. Probably Diacetyl. Not an issue should clean up in main fermentation. If you still have the issue after fermentation do a rest. I've had yeast starters smell horrible but clean up nicely in main fermentation at proper temps.

I brew all my beers using Poland Springs Water. It is very soft. Most times as Callcave said the ph would be very high especially with a lot of Pilsner malt. Anyway before I started controlling ph I had the same issue. Get the EZ water calculator and start adding salts to get ph in range.

Kind of a ride for me. I'm out

Were in NH are you. Possibly interested in some kegs and beer gun

Yup, W34/70

How much corn sugar did you use at bottling?

I have a kolsch finishing up now. I used wlp029. I fermented at 65 F. White labs states that the yeast doesn't ferment well below 62F. 7 days at 65, 2 days at 68 (diacetyl rest/let the yeast do a little mor work) transfer to secondary and bring down 5 deg a day to 35. Let cold crash/lager for 4...

I have finally built a keezer and beginning to keg. I have heard a lot of people lager in a keg. When doing so do you put Co2 on? If so at what pressure? Thanks

My opinion would be to use the RO water as the RO would remove all the unwanted minerals. Deionized water depending on what is used as the mineral to swap ions could leave unwanted minerals. For example If a home water softener is used, salt is used to swap the minerals. You would end up with a...

It may delay a bit but it will start

I have only used it once so far. But I fermented at 65. Then slowly brought it down to 40 and let it sit for about 4 weeks. This gave it that crisp clean flavor.

So with my last 2 brews I decided to try to understand the ph of my mash a bit better. I have been studying up on water chemistry and how to adjust ph to appropriate ranges. I picked up some of the ph test strips. One set of the beer range strips and another set that can test wider ranges. Both...

I am beginning to get equipment together to start kegging. I was able to get an old 20lb CO2 tank. It seems to be still full of CO2. However it has probably been in there for 15 plus years. Is the CO2 still good? Should I use it or purge and refill? Thanks

Entering a beer in a local competition. When entering online only asked me what type of beer and category. Printed out the label and it has a section for info. What type of info do they want there? All the directions and rules do not state anything. Should I write anything in there? It is a...

Thanks everyone. I wont worry about it then. I am also working my recipes to do something about the chill haze during the brewing process.