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Hey Everyone, My father has been using 35% hydrogen peroxide for a long time to sanitize his equipment. I just purchased my fist 1 litre bottle of 35% and am finding all sorts of conflicting info as to how strong or weak the solution should be to properly sanitize ( any where from 0.01-3%)...

So far, I have a very active ferment going on. So much so that foam is coming up the blow-off tube and the beer itself is churning below the thick foam.

I was referring to the temp of the wort before I pitched the yeast which was hydrating in a cup of wort at the same temp. The beer sat with that yeast overnight in the fermenter sealed up. The wort had sat on the counter in a pot with a lid for about an hour with the old yeast already pitched...

I decided to pitch the new packet of yeast instead of waiting the 3 days to see what happens. I just hope that it will turn out. What happens if the wort is not brought down in temp quick enough?

It is an Ale yeast. The brand names are Danstar and Lallemand Inc. and its called Nottingham Ale Yeast. The package says to add the yeast to a 100ml of water at 30-32 degrees Celsius or 86-92 degrees Farenheit.

I just put together my first all-grain, 1 gallon batch. It is an Oatmeal Stout. I made a mistake and pitched my yeast at 62 degrees believing the reading to be at 32 degrees. I figured this out when I watched my yeast fall to the bottom of the glass dish with a cup of wort in it to hydrate...

I just updated my profile picture to show the Noble White that I have been referring to. The colour was darker than planned since I started my boil with all of the malt extract instead of saving the majority to the end of the boil. All in all, I like it a lot.

The beer turned out great. If it was by chance or everything was done correctly I do not know for certain except that the end product was wonderful and just like a hoegaarden or rickards white. When the tops where popped, they had some foam in the neck of the bottle. They could hardly be...

The instructions given to me with my ingredients only suggest keeping the bottles at room temp for 7-10 days then moving them to a cooler location and start enjoying. That to met seems quite vague. That closet is not necessarily the warmest part of the house throughout the day but the warmest...

I use the bottling wand without the spring loaded valve on the bottom of the wand. All it is is a clear hose on an auto syphon with the the wand tube not he end and a hose clamp to stop the flow between bottles. The wand sits on the bottom of the bottle, with a syphon started using the auto...

I was using a bottling wand for while but found it to be too slow. I now use the tube of the bottling wand on a rubber hose with a hose clamp. I find it works a lot faster than the wand which frustrated me. I noticed the sediment which like you said looks like yeast. I never noticed it before...

With all of that excellent information being put out there, what is the by-product of not fermenting long enough? What I have read so far is that beer bottled to soon before fermenting has completed will continue to do so in the bottles causing bottle bombs. All of the grain recipes that I have...

With all of that excellent information being put out there, what is the by-product of not fermenting long enough? What I have read so far is that beer bottled to soon before fermenting has completed will continue to do so in the bottles causing bottle bombs. All of the grain recipes that I...

Hello Everyone, I am preparing to leave on a sail next week (Mon, 27th). I want to put together a batch to ferment in the carboy while I am gone and bottle uppon returning. The sail is to take about 2 weeks but, may be shorter or longer. Both of the exsisting batches (Irish Pub Stout...

This bottle/flip-top was brand new but had an exagerated seam from moulding the plastic cap portion. I assume that the co2 leaked there. I will replace the top. Thanks Revvy, NavyMarine1978

It was the first time that particular bottle had been used, brand new. I will replace the top with hopes that will fix the problem. Thanks again NordeastBrewer and unionrdr. NavyMarine1978

I just cracked open a beer which had been bottled in a flip top style bottle (Grolsch style) for 6 weeks and it did not psst or even think about creating a head when poured. All of the other bottles did 'psst' when cracked open and creat at least a bit of head to a full head depending on how it...

I just cracked open a beer which had been bottled in a flip top style bottle (Grolsch style) for 6 weeks and it did not psst or even think about creating a head when poured. All of the other bottles did 'psst' when cracked open and creat at least a bit of head to a full head depending on how it...

I appreciate hearing about your dad. It is neat to hear about how things were back than compared to the modern Navy. I go on my first sail the 27th of this month to Boston. I look forward to it. I can support my family well in the Royal Canadian Navy and have some good times as well seeing...

Perfect. I will definately let some of the beers sit for two weeks. I am comparing what I have done until now with these new reccomendations. I may run out of this first batch before I get it perfect, but I will enjoy the experience and have a batch of Oatmeal stout on the go right now which...