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I hook my finished beer up to the CO2 and blast it at 30psi while rolling it on it’s side for a full 5 minutes. Then I put it in my chest freezer for 3 hours and it’s got good carbonation and is ready to go every time. This is the burst carbonation method.

Is your crush extremely fine like do you get a lot of powder? Also about how long does your sparge take you?

Do you ever have trouble with stuck sparges with it that fine? I was milling it lower than .35 for a while but sparging became a nightmare.

Yes I milk my own. I set my mill to about .35 and I do tend to rush my sparge

Hey guys I was wondering how other peoples efficiency is. I use the brewers edge mash and boil with recirculating pump. It’s basically brew on a bag with a sparge. I tend to get inbetween 68-70% efficiency. My last brew day I recirculation arm got clogged and my efficiency was terrible only like...

Thanks for your help guys. I’m thinking my best bet is to just keep using deer park water. I wanted to get deeper in the process with water but I’ve yet to make a batch of beer I haven’t liked so it doesn’t seem worth it at this point to try and salvage my well water and just keep spending a few...

No I don’t know how to by pass using my water softener system. I have been doing just fine using bottles spring water. So you think this water is just too much of a hassle. When I enter it into brewers friend just a little gypsum puts it all in the green okay range.

Hi everybody I know a lot of people are sick of hearing this question but I was wondering if you could tell me what you think of my water report. I’m thinking it’s good the ph looks a little high and I’m having trouble downloading software for some reason my iPad won’t let download brun or ez water.

Sparking takes a long time you have to be patient. I think you said you were using 11 pounds of for a 6 gallon batch which would not yield a high gravity unless your efficiency was amazing. Use a a cheap or free brewing software to find out where your numbers should be and be patient and your...

To add onto this thread I’m new to pressure fermenting as well. If the psi gauge keeps rising does that mean the yeast is still working. I released all the pressure last night and now it’s back up to 2psi. Before is put it under pressure I had a gravity reading of 1.012 last Friday but I added...

I know this thread is super old but I’ve never rehydrated 05 and if my wort is above 1.05 I pitch two packs. I’ve always had bubbling within 12 hours. I know it’s supposed to be better to rehydrate but when using one that is specifically made so you don’t have to online to just skip it.

I used to do what I thought was the right way and it probably is I used a carb stone with the carb stone cornet keg lid. Then one time that lid broke so I used the shake method and will probably never go back. Using the carb stone I’d get the keg cold and it would take a few days to a week to...

I know this thread is super old but I’m interested. I also use deer park but the water report gives a wide spectrum so there’s no way to know what the water really is. I’m curious to know if you ended up adjusting it.

Hey everyone I was wondering how much fruit purée some of you use to get your beer where you want it. I did a kettle 5.5 gallons and used 7.5 pounds of plumb purée I wanted it to be very fruit forward and there’s like nothing there. The color is beautiful but flavor is a barely detectable. I...

I also disagree with the oxidation it very well could be but in my earlier days when I really didn’t know what I was doing I never had a beer get oxidized like that. When allowing a lot of splashing g during siphoning. I recently posted a beer that everyone thought was infected but it really...

I dumped in the lactic acid and gave it a swirls. The temp difference was about 5 degrees. And the difference in ph today was somehow a .4 increase.

I know this sounds like it is an equipment issue but I just cannot make sense of it. I made a sour last night I cooled it to 115 pre soured it with lactic acid took a reading with a paper test and my ph meter both were slightly below 4 so I actually added a little too much but it will be fine...

I have the mash and boil because it was cheap and it’s so awesome so much more convenient then setting up outside with gas burners. I personally wouldn’t go smaller than 5 gallons because it’s just not that much beer and beer takes a while to make. I just sit mine on the floor during the brew...

Thanks everyone I was worried that it was similar to your fermenter how that can’t have any scratches or anything.

I got a 4 pack of used 5 gallon kegs. They most certainly are very used looking one has a serious dent in the bottom. Is it okay to use or should I see if I can send it back? I tested it doesn’t leak. One more question another one of the kegs I cannot get the kid to sit right with out it leaking...