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I bottled up two batches today. I poured the boiled and cooled DME and water solution into the keg and then let it sit for 10 minutes (gave it a few easy swirls) and then dispensed into the bottles using a Blickmann beer gun. I tried carbonation tables once before, but was unhappy with the...

I am sure your beer will be fine. Give it time to do it's thing. RDWHAHB

It does look like a mold. I just checked my own Rhizomes (Northern Brewer) and they lack any sign of mildew or mold.

I think your idea is brilliant.

Ah, your response has kicked my brain into gear. I can neutralize 10 gallons of water and just pull my starter liquid from that. That would alleviate the need to obtain just the right amount of Campden to neutralize a liter or two of water. Then in a couple of days, I could use the rest of...

I have a question regarding Campden. I use Campden to remove chlorine from our Everett City water; the tablets work very well for this purpose. My question has to do with the amount of time the Campden stays in the water. The reason I ask is that I want to make a starter of WLP810 and I am...

I like BibPem's idea of using Brettanomyces and forgetting about it for a while.

Here is a method that I have used for years to store salad. Fill the sink with cold water, place salad (with a paper towel) in a 1 gallon ziplock freezer bag. Submerge the bag up to the zip line; seal at that point. I have not tried it with pellet hops, it might work with those. But it is no...

Now that is a hell of a facial!

It could be c02 in solution coming out. You could still have some fermentation going on. I would not even bother with taking a gravity reading at this point; just leave it in the primary for another two weeks and then take your reading when you rack it to the keg or bottling bucket. RDWHAHB

I would eliminate the caramel malt altogether. At that level of concentration your brew is going to be some level of sweet and have a darker color. I am not sure if Chico can go as high as you want it too (you were looking for 15% ABV?). Someone advised on San Diego Super Yeast (no xp with...

That looks terrific. Well done sir.

My suggestion would be to eliminate the 2ndary altogether and do a longer primary. IN addition to which, you could also gently swirl the fermentor once a day to re-suspend the yeast, until such time as your gravity drops to your target F.G.

The BrewRite false bottom fits perfectly in the Supera. I also took a 2nd look at the BrewRite, both the 10 gallon and the 20 gallon and they also have some peening of the handle material visible from the inside of the kettle. I would almost say that the same factory is making both of these...

I just got the new kettle today, it looks decent. The only odd thing is where they peened the handles on, they riveted and then peened a through the kettle at the handles. I would not use this as a reason to downgrade the kettle though. The bottom is thick and the walls are about the same as...

Obtain a mill to crush your grain (one need not spend a ton of money and it will be easier than trying to smash grain with a rolling pin). I use the JSP malt mill, the price is not bad: http://schmidling.com/maltmill.htm I have seen others posting about success with it as well. Many folks use...

Now I have never done this before, but it is an option. I have read about folks using a beano tablet to get the unfermentables in a ready state for fermentation. The downside (according to what I read) is that you will have to drink it rather quickly as the gravity keeps right on dropping...

Don't fear using grain, you can do it. Check out BIAB, it really works well. Save your bottles from sixers or 2x4s (no twist offs), re-use your yeast. Buy hops by the LB. That will keep costs down. If you buy 55Lb bags at a time you can really save on the grain. Grind it at your LHBS and...

Sorry, I missed a step, transfer to a 2nd keg to leave any trub behind (if needed, or just run off the first quart after it sits for a day, after adding the priming sugar). I do not get a lot of hops in the bottom of the keg as I use a hop bag tied with dental floss to the dip tube (not my...

I was busy bottling up a beer today when it hit me. There is no need to use the bottling bucket as I have the Blickmann beer gun. For some dumb ass reason (probably due to drinking my own home brew), I only was using the beer gun to bottle up one or two bottles, from stuff I had force carbed...