Recent content by Liebermann

Everything was thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, so apart from not boiling the bottle and equipment I used, I can't really see where I went wrong. I will indeed :) Adding boiling to the process, I will try to harvest some yeast from an apple cider I have fermenting with the same strain of...

Yeah, there was plenty growth before. Smelt it again just now, before I chucked it out, and it smelt a lot like sour beers that I've had. Less milky than yesterday maybe, more like sour beer. Not unpleasant in any way. Not gonna taste it anyway, I probably need to have tasted something that was...

Haha, I don't think I'd be able to, not really that seasoned a brewer :) I am planning to make some Berliner Weisse, but I think I'm gonna go into that with a little more control over the input. I did open it, but only slightly, to release any pressure from CO2. Don't have a stir plate or...

Image fixed! I sprayed the beer bottles with Star San before opening, but not after. I'll be sure to do that the next time, maybe flame it as well. Thanks for the advice, I will definitely take care to sanitize the beer bottles better the next time, and possibly add some hops to the starter...

My first post! Tried harvesting yeast from two bottles of Saison made with Norwegian farmhouse yeast (kveik). The yeast didn't show the activity that I expected, compared what friends that have harvested kveik recently have experienced from their harvest, but they've used other brands and...