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So I brewed up MoreBeer's Pliny the Elder extract clone, doing a starter using Wyeast 1056 for a good 30 hours. My sanitizing methods were good, but I made one mistake in the whole process. The recipe called for a boil of 1lb corn sugar, and a whirlfloc tablet during the last 10 minutes of...

What about the ported one? I'm considering getting one of these because it doesn't have the side wall ribs. I've noticed that when I do lagers, yeast gets trapped in there with the better bottles. Also, am doing a high gravity brew right now, and there seems to be a lot of yeast trapped...

I wonder if you could use the BB valve system in a vintage shop one?

Do you bottle in one of these as well?

So this is what they say on the AHBS site This is specifically for the ported Better Bottle carboys. Included is the newer high-flow valve, the racking adapter, and a plastic installation rod. The newer high-flow valve has a wider and smoother flow path resulting in faster flow rates and less...

Is this system any different than what you have? http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=11159 I'm probably gonna sell 2 of my non-ported BBottles to a friend for cheap to get this. How did you find the installation? The instructions on the site don't seem very clear

Thanks! I will respond in the other thread

I'm thinking of upgrading my Better Bottle equipment, getting possibly a ported primary and secondary with racking valve system. Being able to transfer to a secondary o2 free, as well as bottling sounds interesting. The only draw-back is the cost. For those of you that own the racking and...

It doesn't look all that bad, so I'm gonna brew on. I'm doing a Pliny The Elder clone tomorrow, but will risk it anyways.

Yesterday I put a huge dent in the bottom of the better while shaking it with some oxyclean in it. I was able to get most of the dent out by filling it up with cold water, but there are two small creases where the big dent used to be. One of the creases has sort of a white color, similar to...

The yeast i'm using is Wyeast Bohemian. The lager brew I'm doing is estimated to have an OG of 1.040. Right now, 6 hours into it, I see a lot of co2 and the color is getting lighter.

Well I guess I probably should have made this starter later today as I probably won't be able to pitch until 24 hours later sometime tomorrow. Should I throw it in the fridge at 18 hours? Or should I just turn off the stir plate or keep it going until I pitch it? What's the longest I should...

It's 1.5 liters, do you think it needs to be decanted?

is it usually best to let it run 24 hours and then pitch the starter into wort?

is there any disadvantage to running the fan too fast?

I'm making a lager starter with a stir-starter, stir plate. How fast should I have the fan going for the stir plate? Should I set it at full speed, low or medium? Thanks!

Thanks for your help. My LHBS only has the S-23 yeast, would it be ok to add that? Also what are the chances of bottle bombs going off? Do I bottle right away? The last belgian batch I made, you had to add yeast 3 days prior to bottling. If I add the yeast to the bottling bucket with the...

I did a d-rest. Then started lagering in the 50's slowly decreasing it to the mid 30's where I have it now. Do you think that I have enough yeast cells to carbonate? I didn't get any trub into the secondary as well. I used Wyeast Bohemian lager yeast, no starter. I have plenty of US-5 on...

I'm going to be bottling up a lager soon, and since this is my first one I wanted to know if the procedure is any different than doing ales. For instance, should I bring the beer back to room temp when adding the sugar? Once I have the beer bottled, do I let it carbonate for 2 weeks, then move...

I usually have my sugar chilled to the temp of the beer when I add it.