Recent content by john901

I typically do not, i usually just rinse, use a bottle brush, then a water jet, dry, sanitize. That is the same thing i do with my glass bottles as well though.

I have been bottling for a few years now between kegs, glass bottles, and soda bottles with the pete1. Eventually i noticed i would randomly get very red in the face and have slight difficulty breathing after drinking. I initially thought i had developed a beer or yeast allergy but it was very...

Yeah i'm not sure how to describe the taste of the hoppy beers, just that it is still bitter but loses its aroma. But it has a bad taste to it, not sure what. It's not like it tastes just like malt or whats leftover. Something goes stale or sour there. I do as much as i can to keep air out, i...

Ok, i read a lot of previous threads on this and see most people agree with proper sanitation beers can last several years. Especially darker and stronger beers. For me i have found brown glass bottles keep the longest grolsch and plastic bottles do not last more than 1.5 years. The brown glass...

I typically grind my grain into my fermenter pour the grain in the kettle, then clean and sanitize the fermenter. Those two batches were extract only though. I do not open the fermenter until i transfer to secondary then again when i bottle. Beer smells and tastes fine as of now anyway.

Not really a question but an observation. I had done 37 batches without an infection using an iodine solution. Then that went empty i got star san because everyone raves about it. That's when i got my first infection. Seems to be lacto large white bubble pellicle. Not sure what i did wrong batch...

Yeah pretty much all of them are over carbonated in a batch. I am going to just use less it just doesn't make sense that some were fine with way more. I did brew saisons all last summer they were good. It seems my over carbonation problems began with the ones i did over the fall/winter. it...

I'm sure this has been brought up a million times but i don't get it. When i first started i used a tsp a bottle and my beers carbed up good even a year later. Then i started using priming sugar 1 oz to a gallon most were good some were overcarbed so i cut back. The last couple batches i did...

I just use warm water a few squirts of dish soap, a few shakes of baking soda and a few shakes of PBW. That and typically 2-3 days up to a week. Then i peel them off and use a scrubby sponge. Most are easy. I guess ill try oxy-clean one day most people seem to live by that. I found today...

I guess you can't put the horn down though huh? How much does that hold? Can probably get a skull somewhere and cut it yourself.

Sounds like the tulip glass is the most popular. Maybe i should get some of them. I figure as much beer as i have made and have stocked i should get more educated on glasses and expand on them a bit.

Just wondering what everyone's favorite glass is and why? Personally I like my beer mug as it'll hold 24 oz. Its thick sturdy glass with a nice handle. Pint glasses are fine mainly just good because they are cheap and stackable. Aside from that though i do not own any other beer glasses...

Yeah, yesterday it came out to 9 cents a bottle...

I'm wondering how much people pay for their bottles? I know i get some that are given to me and i collect my own. I get a lot at the redemption center near me, they charge 10 cents a bottle. I wasn't sure if that if right or not. In NY the deposit is five cents, so i thought it would be 5...

It was in the fridge i pulled it out earlier before i poured off the beer. Ill put it back though. It is also a saison yeast if that helps.