Recent content by netman

No, I can't really say I've seen any kind of pellicle on any of my beers. after 14 days there's hardly anything floating on top, exept a small cluster of bubbles. My malted barley is fresh from the store. Or at least it was when I last brewed. I still have to find some fresh hops, and then...

It's all grain with no sugar added. I only boiled the wortchiller 45 minutes this last batch, just in case 15 minutes I usualy boil my wortchiller wasn't enough. I'm simply running out of ideas, so I'm doing things I never do normaly. Next time I'll use a waterbath and not use the...

I allways used S-33 yeast, but because of your advice in this thread, I used US-05 in my last batch. I put this last batch in two glass carboys, and fermented one in my kitchen at around 73°F and put the other on the top step of my cellar where the temperature was about 66°F. After 14 days...

I just posted my problem a few minuts ago, but I'm feeling a lot better now about my sour beer problems. I just read this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/think-you-ruined-your-beer-set-your-fears-aside-74520/ where it said NEVER DUMP YOUR BEER. After reading, that beer almost...

Here's an update on my "sour" brewing experience. I got starsan from USA and I got a new hose to transport my wort to my glass carboy fermenter. What did I get? I got sour beer AGAIN. As far as I know, you can't infect your beer as long as the wort is boiling. So everthing up until that...

Thanks for all your help. It might seem stupid to the older brewers, but listening to "clean and sanitize" over and over again, actually helps us freshmen. Next time I brew, I will buy new hoses and a new airlock. Why not, it is cheaper than tossing a batch of beer. And using DME instead of...

Of course I can't stop thinking about my problem, and I think I've come up with an answer. The problem might be in my auto-syphon and the hose attached to it. I had an 8 month pause and it could be, that the inside of the hose (tube) and the inside of the auto-syphon had bacteria in them. All...

For sanitizing I use Chemipro oxi. It's an non-rinse sanitizer. I mix it with water (4grams per liter of water) and then soak, or if soaking isn't possible, then I spray it on. Required contact time is 2-5minutes and I always leave it soaked longer, and I don't rinse it with water, as it's...

I've had more sour beers, than good ones, and now, again, I have 2, 5 gallon batches of sour beer. I bought a brand new carboy for my last batch, and sanitized it. Now, 13 days later, I have sour beer sitting in it. (I tasted it when measuring 1,022 gravity). And the airlock is still a little...