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I poured the limeade in as soon as fermentation died down. Approx 3 days after pitching yeast. I scaled down to smaller batch so not sure about the quantity but i would follow the recipe and youll be fine. The limeade will start fermentation again as the yeast will go after the new sugar. Hope...

Anyone try this recipe yet with saaz hops instead of motueka? My local shop doesnt have motueka i i opted for saaz. Wonder how it will end up. Added the limeade today. Waiting patiently!

Thanks!!

Id like to try this recipe in a small batch first. When you scale down a recipe linearly.. do the hop quantiies get scaled the same way?

I primed with maple syrup.

Fermented 2.5 weeks. Hydrometer gave 3 consecutive readings. They are a little too long to be strands of coconut.

I cracked open one of the bottles to check, the carbonation was perfect. The beer smelled like beer, it was not sour, and had no vinegar aroma or taste, if anything it was sweeter than I anticipated. Im kind of confused as to what could be causing the stringy stuff, there is a lot of crud...

Will it be difficult to properly santitize the pet bottles or carboy for the next batch? Bleach required?

Is it safe to drink? If i can get over how gross it looks? Lol

Ya im guessing its probably infected. Thinking back to fermenting in the carboy.. it wasnt just the usual foam on top.. it looked bumpy and kind of like oatmeal... im guessing my inexperience didnt pick it up and i bottled it infected.. the stringys didnt start until after i bottled it but i...

The coconut was added to the boil. I sanitized everything with iodophor.. not sure how it could have gotten infected if it indeed did. Even if its not is sure doesnt look appealing now... if i cold crash them now.. do you think that shyte will fall out to the bottom?

Hey guys. I brewed brooklyn brewshops coffee and donut stout a few weeks back and its currently in its 3rd week of bottle conditioning. After about a week in the bottle i noticed the top of the beer was kind of oily looking. At first i thought this might be normal since the recipe has coconut in...

Hey guys. Just started brewing my 3rd batch last night. Fermentation is going well. I notices that there is nothing coming out of the blow off tube so i checked the cap on my 1 gallon jug and noticed it has a crack in it. Will it still work or is it now a problem for contamination?thanks guys.

Hey guys. Just attempted by second batch of brew and everything went great except im pretty sure I over pitched the yeast. Ive been reading that most packets of yeast are sold for the standard 5 gallon batch so for a 1 gallon batch you should use half a packet. Not thinking too much about it I...

It bubbles like a beer should. Not a whole lot. It looked normal.