Recent content by sven137

I think out of the 20 or so batches I've made, 15 or so were Wyeast smackpacks, only 3 White Labs Tubes, and 2 were dry packs. This is the first Liquid I've done without a starter. Started yeast batches always "started" my primaries within hours for obvious reasons. Midwest emailed me back today...

I had a couple of downers kill what otherwise was going to be a great brewing experience. Tell me what you think... With some tax refund money I purchased a SQ-14 Burner and a 10 gal Polarware Pot and went about brewing my first full boil. That all went great, but in my haste of wanting to...

A post from another thread. "I think bleach sticks to plastic. I used to leave a bleach solution in my buckets between batches, then hose it out and fill with StarSan. I absolutely ruined two batches with chlorophenols. Now, I leave my buckets full of imitation Oxi Clean Free, rinse that...

White Labs vial or WYeast Activator started with an 8oz DME 2 quart boil and fermented for 24-48 hrs. I don't think quality or quantity of yeast is at fault. I think it's mainly the temp of my primary fermentation. I have a whole batch of American Hefe that's been in bottle for a month. Does...

My last three batches have had a cidery wang to them. On the first two, I thought it might be questionable ingredients, so I went to a proven recipe with proven ingredients I've used in the past: an American Hefe that I've made 4 times now. I still got cider from that even, so I started looking...

I can already tell you guys are generally nicer than the other forum I started out on. I brew within an hour. Starter almost done pumping sulfur exhaust throughout my kitchen. I am embarrassed that I didn't think to check whitelabs website first, but thank you for doing so. I'm bery relieved...

Hey ho there neighbors. My first post here and my 6th batch of extract. Oh, and first hefe. I'm going for an american style kinda like Widmer. I did a starter yesterday with wheat dme and exhaust today smells like sulfur/rotten eggs. My bro tells me this is not uncommon and not to worry...