Recent content by WillPall

Great advice, unless you live somewhere that is completely devoid of brew clubs :D Hrm. Now that I think about it... Maybe I should start my own. Thanks for the advice!

Probably bubbles or proteins. Pics?

This. Granted, I live in a college town, with a bunch of college kids all trying to be as "unique" as possible by listening to bands no one has ever heard of. That said, there is more music out there now than I could possibly try to listen to. Browse Pitchfork's "Best New Music" list (but don't...

The heat probably would kill any bugs, but soaking in vodka is not a bad idea. Just in case.

Thanks a lot for the input. I don't think it's verdigris. Those photos are kind of bad. It looks brown on the copper, more like it got scuffed or something. StarSan will be the first place this is going once I shape it into a chiller.

Bought some copper tubing online recently and when I received it I noticed this: Is this going to be okay? How can I re-shinify it?

Got a better image host? I'm getting asked to log in to utexas.edu.

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And then use some oxiclean on it. :D Sorry, we can't have a cleaning thread that doesn't plug oxiclean.

Cloudiness is to be expected in a recipe like that, and the "strong" smell is probably because it's young and green. As for the scum, it's possible that it is some yeast floaters. If I were you, I would try one every so often and make sure nothing nasty is going on in those bottles. If you...

It would be worth keeping if you can get rid of most of the smell. Try out the oxiclean soak or maybe some baking soda and hot water and see if the smell goes away. A somewhat smelly sanitizing bucket doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but if it smells so bad that your garage smells like a...

To me it looks like you have plenty of head space and that the main amount of krausen has already formed. How long has this been fermenting? If it's been a little while, I doubt you'll have a blowoff at all. Also, the bung is not more prone to getting clogged because it is pushed further into...

Yeah, I'm not seeing it either. I hate to ask, but how many different times have you tasted the beer? Is it at all possible that your buds were accustomed to something bitter you consumed previous to trying your home brew? Not trying to call your senses into question. I just don't see anything...

jiggs was saying that the bottom of the bung might get clogged. Changing your airlock (I assume you mean removing the blow-off tube) is not going to fix that problem. You definitely need to leave the blow-off tube on there, but you also need to get the water glass a bit lower if at all possible...

Uh, this is obviously a meat-and-potatoes dinner. Veggies are not on the menu.