Recent content by RavenChief

Does anyone know where to find quality replacement swing/flip tops. All of mine are the cheep ones that have most of the chrome plating flaking off. They still work but look very badley corroded. Any oxidizing sanitizer will very quickly corrode these cheep ones. I thought it was just a...

OMG this is a very dangerous situation. I think what you should do is let the fermentation complete. Then bottle up this batch of beer and send it to me. I will conduct some very scientific tests. I may even need to bring in some outside help to determine exactly what properties are present...

Interesting... What are your goals? Primative beer maybe?

Ok, I have been brewing for a while but this is a first for me. I left my floating thermometer in my wort while boiling. I don't usually do this but I just forgot to take it out. Anyway the heavy-end plastic melted and the shot fell out into my wort and the whole thing filled up with wort. I...

Well, It's been a few weeks. Any carbonation?

Wither a chemical is a weak vs a strong acid or base is not dependent on the concentration (dilution) molarity of the aqueous solution, but is dependent on the chemicals ability to gain or release hydrogen protons. Bleach is considered a "strong" base and acetic acid (vinegar) is considered a...

Ok, I am tempted to go into a long discussion of the chemical properties of chlorine bleach but I think that would probably be a waste of time. So here is another reason that you may understand. Don't mix chlorine bleach with any acid. Toxic chlorine vapor is produced.

OK, before you start mixing acids and bases togeather lets think about this, a little bit of basic chemistry: Acids are acids because they donate Hydrogen protons, (H) . Bases are bases because they take on or bind with hydrogen protons. Hydroxides such as (OH) readily combine with excess...

This has happened to me a couple of times. At 3 weeks no carbonation. However, after 6 weeks carbonation was near normal. I put it down to the yeast. I had waited a couple of days longer than normal prior to bottling and I was using a yeast that vas highly floculant so vary few live yeast...

Good info in the links posted. I now realize that I really have been doing everything wrong. Please don't tell my yeast. They may decide to stop producing good beer. Cheers :mug:

I also never wash yeast. I know that many brewers swear by it but I never have seen a good reason to do it. I just save about 8 oz of good trub yeast from the bottom of my primary in a "clean jar". I usually use it within a few weeks so I know it's still alive. Anyway I have reused the same...

So how many bines did you allow to grow from each plant?

Ok, so I planted 2 jumbo rhyzomes about 30 feet apart. I know I should have bought about a dozen but I decided to start small. So each rhyzome has maybe 4 or 5 "bines" climbing up two ropes. My question is: how many bines from each rhyzome should I be trying to grow? I know that the each...

For me, my go no go is 75 degrees. As long as I can keep my beer below 75 during the initial days of rappid fermetation, I know that my beer will taste good. I try to pitch at 70 or below, but not much below because I don't like long lag times. I use WLP 007 yeast and it leaves my beer very...

Actually, I did call the landscapper and left a couple of messages. He did not return my call but I am sure he recieved the message. The only thing I really want from him is some assurance that it won't happen again. I have blocked around the bottom of my vines with some small ornate fence...