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Has anyone put any thought to doing this with cantaloupe? I love that flavor and was curious how it may turn out in the beer. My only concern is that cantaloupe begins to smell funky as it ages (the fruit) unlike watermelon. I would fear the cantaloupe juice would funk up my good wheat beer...

What should the FG be? I did take a reading but I have forgotten what it was. I knew I was going to secondary it for better clarity so I really didnt pay it much attention or bother to write it down as I was going to write down my FG when I go to bottle. I bet you are right in that it is just...

So I did my 5 gal batch on 7/30. Its already in the 2nd-ary (for clarity) but until now it is still letting up tiny bubbles to the surface. The airlock has no signs of activity but in the carboy, its as if you opened a carbonated soda, tiny bubbles contunie to rise so I know its still...

What was the temp of the wort/juice after cooling with AJ when you pitched the yeast? I had around 90F. I didnt want to let it cool to 70 over night before pitching yeast and risk bacteria infection. I know 90F wont hurt the yeast but may yield a slightly different off flavor as it cools to 70...

I fermented my imperial stout for 1.5 weeks - OG 1.115. Of course I double pitched and fed the yeasties nutrient every other day. I then secondaried for 2 weeks - FG 1.038. They have now been in the bottles conditioning for well over 2 months. Some age in the secondary but I needed my ale pail...

While I am still a novice at this, I highly doubt it was pieces of hops or clumps of yeast in there. Yeah, I shoulda taken a pic but my dumb arse didnt think of that. The things I saw were everywhere - on top, suspended and on bottom. My hops was in a very fine nylon bag. They werent hard...

I have an IPA conditioning in a secondary (actually tertiary) but before I moved it to there and removed the dry hop bag, there were little white floaties all throughout the beer. I swear one of them blinked at me. Im thinking it may be bacteria. If you could imagine little pieces of hard bacon...

Whelp, after a week dry hopping in the carboy (secondary), I noticed little white floaties on surface, suspened and on bottom of brew. I hopped in a bag so I know it wasnt from the hops. It appears to be an infection or so I assume. The beer smells fine and tastes ok I guess. I siphoned off what...

That was exactly it. Its started bubbling away within 36 hours. Now its going nuts. The color has turned from the dark purple to almost a maroon color. Still smells good. :) How long does the fermentation go on these ciders? and what should I expect my FG to be close to? thanks :) Oh, and...

I couldn't find pommegranite/cranberry but I did find a pom/blueberry concentrate. It sounded good so I decided to give it a try. The mixture tasted good and then I tossed the yeast. OG was 1.058. When can I expet fermentation to start and how vigorous will it be? This is my first cider, I...

Key word in there was sanitize. I didnt wash before handling that wort. I had earlier but I handled several things since that time that were dirty. I didnt anticipate getting my hands involved and I just acted before thinking..... I think a good name for this batch should be "Don't Worry Be...

If memory serves me right, I used this same yeast for my imperial stout and they held up quite well but not at that starting temp. The wort had cooled down to 79' by the next morning and activity had just barely started and now its going nuts at 74'. :) TxT

Actually, I was using the copper coil wort chiller. I usually have a batch cooled to 70's by 30 minutes MAX. This one just refused to get any cooler. At any rate, my experience now gets worse!! This morning, I found the airlock filling with blowoff and I did not have a blowoff hose in place...

Thanks for everyone's input. I wasnt worried about killing the yeast either. My biggest concern was the possibility of bacteria from my hand washing in the wort. Since I couldn't get it chilled any lower than 85 after waiting one hour (it was getting late too - almost midnight) I decided to go...

I wasnt really worried about the hops in the fermenter. I just didnt want it taking up all that space as it settles. I never made an IPA before so the amount of hops I was using had me concerned that by the time all settling has occured, the level that my spigot on the fermenter is at will be...

Brewed an IPA tonite. Started out with my trusty companion but he bailed (15hr work day). I went it solo tonite. When my bud bailed that should have been an ominous sign. First sign of trouble, it began to darken outside and I began to get kamakaze bugs aiming for my boil. I covered with lid...

I have a handheld CO2 keg charger w/ CO2 cartriges but cant seem to get my 2-liter bottles to carb up. I leave about 3 inches or so of space from the top, squeeze out the air then pull the trigger until the bottle is very firm. I shake it about and the bottle starts to suck in again as it is...

I used wyeast london ale #1028 smack packs & double pitched. i know that this baby needs to age but was hoping that i might see some carb up in the first week & taste. so it looks like I may be pre-mature & it needs more time. I fed the yeast 2 times w/ nutrient while it was in the primary so...

I bottled some stout last week and was eager to check the carbonation/taste of one as I let them age. I figured by at least a week the bottles should have some CO2 but there was none. Usually any brew I bottle is carbonated by 1 week but this one has none. I will check in another week but I am...

Yep, thats the one... I have two of em. The better bottle carboy top just barely fits. Its snug but it feels if it got much pressure it would blow off. Im thinking maybe a rubber stopper would do the trick. TxT