Recent content by tanderson36

The porter was racked over to a barrel after secondary about a month ago, and was brewed two months ago, so I figured the existing yeast might need some help. Could I use the 5 oz of corn sugar for both batches, and split it in half, or should I use all 5 oz for one and cane sugar for the...

I am bottling two 5 gallon batches this weekend, a habanero white ipa (1.057 OG) and a bourbon barrel porter (1.065 OG). I have 5 oz of corn sugar and 11.5g of Safale US-05 dry ale yeast. I'd like to try carbonating one batch using the yeast and can use the corn sugar for the other. I was...

I am bottling two 5 gallon batches this weekend, a habanero white ipa (1.057 OG) and a bourbon barrel porter (1.065 OG). I have 5 oz of corn sugar and 11.5g of Safale US-05 dry ale yeast. I'd like to try carbonating one batch using the yeast and can use the corn sugar for the other. I was...

I did do a starter. It has been fermenting at 70 degrees, but I dont have a way to increase temp any higher than that. Any thoughts on how to save this big beer?

Four weeks ago I brewed a Belgian Trippel IPA (partial mash). The target ABV in the recipe was around 8.5% and the starting gravity was 1.085. After cooling the wort I pitched a White Labs Belgian Ale Yeast, then once fermentation was going strong on day 2 I pitched a Safbrew powdered ale...

How long did you leave it in secondary with the dry hops? How long did it take for all of them to fall to the bottom? This is my first time dry hopping without a grain bag and the last time I didnt leave it in long enough, so I didnt get enough of the hop flavor that I was looking for.

I think I read it on here that swirling the carboy was a good way to get the hop pellets to sink down to the bottom. That, or turning down the temperature would get them to fall.

I took some better pictures and they are posted below. It appears as though the "mold" is growing on the hop particles that did not float to the bottom. I wonder then, if I had stored the carboy at a lower temp or swirled it more frequently to get all of the hops to fall, could I have...

I have actually been pretty anal with my sanitation up to this point, but this was my first time using a carboy for secondary, so maybe I just didnt clean it out well enough.

I never removed the cap or introduced any foreign objects. I just swirled the carboy a few times until I noticed hop particles sinking to the bottom.

So I brewed a partial mash Rye IPA just over 3 weeks ago. At one week, after initial fermentation slowed in my plastic bucket, I racked it over to a glass carboy and added several ounces of various pelletized hops straight into the carboy for dry hopping. After two weeks, and a few swirls of the...

Ok. Thanks for the advice. I will pour a glass first before I do anything, but assuming its too much, should I purge the air from the pressure release valve with just a few quick pulls, or do I need to let all of the air out and then hook the air back up and set to correct PSI level?

I just got a kegerator and am getting ready to pour my first homebrew on tap (not my first batch). The kegerator is currently set to 36 degrees and I brewed a Pale Ale. I got confused by all of the force carbonation methods and charts, and ended up leaving the keg for about 5 days at 30 psi...