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I agree with JTSims. The nutrient in the multitude of cavities in the human anatomy is not conducive for growth of brewer's yeast. They would not grow and multiply and the immune system would clear them out in no time. There is nothing to worry about.

I Googled 'Vinator" . I will own one in about 10 minutes. A drying rack, nope, a disaster looking for a place to happen unless one bolts it to the floor or cabinet.

I've re-visited the live yeast at the bottom of the fermentor. When I waded through the literature I incorrectly assumed the yeast at the bottom of the fermenter were dead but in reality they are not. By the process called 'floculation' the large protein molecules in the wort stick to the...

I like the rationale of the dormant yeast. Would that be the brownish goo coming out the bottom dump of my Blichmann after the solids had been purged? I'll dump a tiny bit and add some sugar to see if it bubbles and if it does then the obvious is obvious. Also like the fine mesh strainer...

Some of my observations as I stumbled through 3 batches. Some data by trial and error, some from reading contemporary literature. Some of the data may be helpful to all Noobs. Yeasts are temperature sensitive. If a kit comes with a certain strain of yeast and the instructions specify a...

Hey Doty! Would you be very unfortunatly genetically linked to one Keith Doty down in Houston, Texas? He's one of my greatest hunting and fishing buddies who talks too much....no commas, no periods, no new paragraphs...........he just talks. Wort cooler? Blow it off. Ice water bath in...

Everclear kills ANY microorganism.

I agree with all of the above. Back to the original question of what to do with this beer: pour some Everclear into it. Calculate how many ounces of beer are in the fermenter then how many ounces of Everclear it will take to give the desired boost. It wouldn't be enough to kill off the...

Bacteriology 101: Everclear kills by fixing, or literally cooking, the peptidoglycan constituents of the bacterial cell wall and dissolving the various lipids within the cell. This happens instantaneously in the bacteria of only a few microns in size. Iodine or iodophore sanitizers kill by...

FUSEL ALCOHOL: Ethyl alcohol (2 carbons) is what we like in beer. Fusel alcohols are longer carbon chain alcohols....3 carbon(propanol), 4 carbon(butanol and isobutanol) 5 carbon (amyl- and iso-amyl alcohol) and the phenolic acid tyrosol. Some of these are desirable in limited quantities in...

Brilliant-amundo. I'm headed for Walley-World right now to get a tub and start cutting holes.

My preferred sanitizer is a mist bottle (.99cents at the Dollar Store) and mist all cleaned surfaces with Everclear (95% ethyl alcohol) to instantaneously kill any organism exposed to it. No soak time required. Nothing can live in Everclear. For sanitizing bottles I simply poor a few ounces...

Thanks for the info. How do you store the retrieved yeast? Obviously in a sterilized container in a 'fridge but do you add some sort of media for the bugs to eat while in storage? Bones

100 degrees will not kill any yeast. To wake up common dried baker's yeast the recommended water temperature is 105-115 degrees. Brewer's yeast is no different. The crud at the top is krausen; that is supposed to be there and is an indicator the yeast is active and is doing it's stuff...

First batch of Ale in Blichmann conical was difficult because I did not attempt dumping trub until I was ready for secondary fermentation. The Trub was so thick (the consistency of mason's mortor) it would not dump so I had to decant the wort into a carboy for secondary fermentation. Am...

Have ordered conical fermenter and have a few questions: 1) After the vigorous fermentation ceases, dumping the sediment is the same as transferring to secondary fermentation? Sort of a stoopid question but I want to be sure I do not botch the first batch. When 'xactly is the best time to...

For my sausage/meat processing equipment and smaller brewing equipment I use Everclear, which is 190 proof (95% grain) alcohol. Any mirco-organism it touches instantly dies and if you absorb some through the skin so what? It dries quickly from all surfaces leaving no residue. For your tubing...

Flow meter source http://www.wtfarley.com/Oxygen-Flowmeters_c_21.html

How about an experimental approach using a set amount of oxygen per minute (Liters/min) delivered into a liquid through a standard fish aquarium stone into tap water (which probably has zero parts per million of O2) maybe Coca Cola (likewise zero oxygen) and maybe a clear beef broth (zero O2)...

Just for fun check the below. When open, click Learn a little more about vinegar. Note the website mentions making vinegar with a sumptuous ale. http://www.oakbarrelsltd.com/vinegar-barrels.html ss