Recent content by TrustyOlJohnson

Well.. I received the results back from the lab. They ran a full microbiological series of tests, and found I was infected with a wild “non-Saccharomyces cerevisiae” yeast. I have since replaced all the plastic “cold side” brewing equipment and am using a better O2 system than before. I have...

It is truly a great beer!! Hard to hide flaws in, but tasty.

Willamette and Crystal are each a type of hop. They are added at specific times minutes remaining in the boil. Hop pellets are the most common and easiest form to use.

Made 10 gallons.. 6 lbs 2 row 14 oz Minute Rice 2 lb flaked corn Mashed 150 for 75 Boiled for 60 Willamette .75 @ 5.5 60 min .25 @ 5.5 15 min Irish Moss & 15 US05 hydrated 1 week at 62 1 week at 65 Forced carbed For my sons college graduation.. his frat brothers.. 10 gallons gone.. in...

And I’m still drinking that Guinness clone on nitro draft and it’s a damn fine beer.. 10 months after brewing.

Having run out of options, I have sent samples to a lab for microbiological testing at a lab.. I will follow up with results.

The rubber seal between the racking cane and the tube is likely not sealing.. it could be damaged OR when stored it may be pressing against something causing it to be oddly shaped.. dip it in hot water for 15 seconds and it may return to its original form.. Also, I usually clip the hose to the...

Yeah, always after bottling/kegging.. so I’m gonna replace that equipment first. After I went to the Auto-siphon, no going back for me. +1 on your keg cleaning routine.. I mostly keg, but bottle some.

As a side note, I use a large Rubbermaid cooler as a mash tun, 8 gallon SS pot or keggle to boil and 6 gallon glass carboys with S-type Star San filled airlocks for fermentation.

As to the existence of chlorine/chloromine; activated charcoal filtration (at a proper flow rate as you discovered) will typically remove chlorine. Chloromine, however, it will not. A common practice is to collect and treat all filtered water with a Campden tablet (1 tablet crushed per 20...

Im wondering if infection is my problem, but where it is, I have no idea. Prior to this problem, I hadnt brewed for about 8 months, and this had never occurred. Then it began, and for some reason, my hard cider (kegged) and my hefeweizen (bottled) didn’t have the issue.. my homebrew club sampled...

I’m living this same nightmare as well. I have now had a helles, oktoberfest, roggenbier, rye pale ale, and now a new rye pale ale(made with RO water) (over the last 10 months) all ruined due to this same plastic flavor in my beer. Both bottled and kegged beers. My previous 60 batches did not...

Thank you all for the responses.. much appreciated!

I'm considering using Campden tablets (potassium or sodium metabisulfite), to remove chloramine and chlorine from my water, but am wondering if this is the same as the "sulfites" that I see listed on bottles of wine that give me headaches when I drink them.. I dont want to solve one problem and...

Maybe mash a lb of carapils with a gallon of apple juice? Then mix with the rest and ferment.. BIAB deal?