Recent content by Rob M

Kegged. I fill my kegs with StarSan solution and then fill with CO2 pushing solution and try to not disturb the CO2 cover much as I rack to keg. Then I fill with CO2. Then purge all "air" to be safe and CO2 again. I still experience some oxidization. More noticeable with highly dry hopped...

Thank you. A local microbrew owner I know suggested the same. So I may have a sour pale ale on my hands. Interesting. Never thought to save a sample for analysis. I'll up the cleaning/sterilization detail.

Racked a rye pale ale last night (controlled fermentation chamber and cold crashed 3 days) and found this stuff behind on the carboy and attached to the auto siphon. I can't find any other example like this stuff. Btw...smelled 'ok' but dry hopped at 4 days with Mosaic/Amarillo so may have...

Aha, thank you. It has a name now. I did (and have before) a 15 min hopstand which I know is a risk, and I use a wort chiller. Had not seen this stuff before. I guess the bottom line is will this batch turn out or is it f@cked? I've read different opinions on this topic.

Whole grain brew (American pale ale/ American wheat hybrid if curious)...shortly as in a few hours, after pitching yeast (safale 05) into cooled wort @ 71F in a furmonster (one step fermentation) "activity" started. It was way too soon to be proper fermentation. By the next morning there was a...