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I tend to soak my stuff regardless and plan to continue. I did not soak my last brew, first time ever, and got an infection…also a first. If you soak at least you know you are getting into all the nooks and crannies. Spraying only hits where it lands. Bottom side and inside fittings may not get...

Thank you this makes since. I have only done 5 all grain so far so still dialing in the process. I will be doing my first all grain of a stout soon. Also in spirit of this thread and topic (sorry if this is hyjacking the thread and not helping the original poster), is the ph only important...

In spirit of this thread, is there a calculator out there designed for adjusting ph on the fly? I use a lot of brewers friend calcs, but specifically for on the fly I haven’t seen. I had a similar situation in my last brew and adjusted on the fly, but kept adding and checking until I got it...

I am planning to make an Irish stout. Recipes commonly call for British Pale which is around 3.5-4.5L. I have Viking Pale Ale that is 2.8-3.2L. I also plan to use Black Roasted Barley and Flaked Barely for the style. Would the difference in L between the two be noticeable enough to throw off the...

Do you want to us the same food grade type hoses used in transferring kettle to kettle and fermenter when brewing or is there a special type of hose for this?

So I bought a kegerator with a couple of taps on it. It came with regulators and lines and taps already set up. But I can see that there was residual beer in the lines, dry or not, I’m not sure yet. What is the best way of cleaning out systems like this, especially in this condition? Do I fill...

But you said you didn’t sparge?

I’m confused. You did no sparge on an all grain? And yet your fermenter is full? If I understand you scaled down to fit the fermenter, did you only mash around 6-6.5 gal and bring to a boil and transfer? If you don’t sparge you leave a lot of good malt/wort behind. The sparge is to rinse that...

Good idea, but I am certain I used the corn sugar. I went to check my supplies, and I actually had left the corn sugar on top of the container I keep it because I forgot to put it away.

I do a starter everytime dry or liquid, just to get the juices flowing. Most of the time I get activity in the first 12 hours +/- 2. But I have had some take as much as 72 hrs before anything happens. There are a lot of factors that could be lagging. Because it was frozen, you may only have X%...

I have not tested multiple bottles yet. I dissolve the sugar in about 2 cups of boiling water. I add to the bottom of my brew kettle (I use it as a bottling bucket) and syphon the beer out and in through the ball valve at the bottom to let it mix as it goes in. I have done this same method many...

I did not add anything but priming corn sugar. I used 4oz in a a little over 5gal. Got 42 12oz bottles out of this batch.

And last time I caulked it up to a mess up with my amount of priming sugar, this time I made sure and even added a little extra to be sure….not sure what is happening. I am about to go down a hole guys. Dark times. LoL

Would an infection cause a beer not to carb? Some may have see my similar issue ina Kolsch thread a few weeks back. I opened my first bottle of a session IPA today and no carbonation. Two batches in a row. Perhaps a little early as well but one would think there would be some kind of...

Like I said before, rabbit hole. There is a slew of things to work on in the future. This is where temp controlled chambers or vessels come into play. But those cost a lot and or time to develop and set up. Look into inexpensive ways to help control for now. Search the threads. Ice baths, fans...

Your house water will be fine if you sanitize after with something like Star San. Just do not rinse after. Leave the residue; it won’t hurt anything. Brewing is a rabbit hole. Everytime you ask a question, you have three more to ask by the time your done.

Here is an update. It has now been another two weeks conditioning in my temp controlled chamber at 72F. I checked one after one week and seemed a little more. Checked again today (another week later), and seemed a little more. Still maybe 1/4 - 1/3 what I think it should be. So I opened two...

If the kit was the same I had it had another bucket with it? Or you can pickup a bucket from Home Depot. Ferment in the bucket without the spigot. No potential leaks for a few weeks in the closet. Then transfer to the bucket with the spigot before bottling. Sanitize first of course. Keep the end...

Two other random not so technical potential causes to bandaide medical plastic flavors. How old is your grain? Could be picking stale flavors. The water you buy, are they in a clear plastic like a small bottle of water, or a opaque plastic like a milk jug? I’ve noticed if you use water from an...

I used brewers friend app to calc this style…it is less than I normally use, but this my first light/lager/Pilsner type beer I’ve ever made. Which I just went in and redid…I was off by 1.8oz…not sure what happened. Fat fingers. it’s been another week, this time in my chamber set to 72. I will...