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I also have one of those True Brew pails. The little "slots" around the edge of the lid (made with thinner plastic) are meant to be cut with a razor knife or something. Once you cut a few of them you'll find the lid is much easier to get on and off.

thanks for the info :)

I recently bottled a doppelbock after 4 weeks of lagering (AHS kit). Will the carbonation take longer because the yeast is "dormant" (probably not the right word) after 4 weeks at 40 F? Just curious. Tom

extremely doubtful. I'm sure the 2 gallons of cold water brought your wort to between 90 and 100. Even 24 hours isn't unusual for fermentation to start.

Today's Deal of the Day is especially noteworthy. I'm glad I remembered to check :) Tom

I think dextrose is probably the same thing as anything you have labeled "brewer's sugar" or glucose. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose Tom

I've had excellent luck protecting plants from frost by just covering the plants with a cardboard box. If you're paranoid and you have room under the box, you could even put in a gallon jug of warm water. I know it doesn't sound like much, but a gallon of water actually contains quite a bit of...

Those PBR's are hardcore. Even people who like bad beer don't like PBR :rolleyes:

You know, I'm really new to brewing, so take this as you will. If I were actually convinced that that white stuff is a patch of mold, I wouldn't drink it. Some molds produce some very toxic metabolites. I suppose it's very unlikely that that mold - if that's what it is, is toxic. But I...

thanks, Beerrific. Good advice as always, the chart helped clear things up for me. Does it also make sense to transfer to a lagering step if the fermentation *still* hasn't finished after its diacetyl rest? Tom

I have a question about the "rest" period specified for my doppelbock kit from AHS. The instructions specify a rest at 60-70 def. F after 10 days of primary at 50-55 deg F. However, it's been almost 10 days, and primary fermentation is still going pretty strong. Airlock bubble every 3-4...

Or... just take your foil capped bottles and put them in the oven for 45 minutes at 350 or so. Might use less energy than a wash cycle in the dishwasher, and is probably more effective at sanitizing. Tom

It looks like there's a lot more to lagering than I thought. Thanks for the links.

Thanks for the replies. Well, it looks like I took on more than I was ready for :) There's no way I could hold those lagering temps without some refrigeration assistance. No matter, I'll clear the bottom 2 shelves of my fridge - the fermenter can go in there until I get a second fridge or...

Hi - I have a question regarding a Bavarian doppelbock I purchased recently from AHS. I can do the fermentation at 50-55 easily enough because I have an unheated New Hampshire basement. That part's no problem. On reading the instructions, though, I discovered it's preferable to perform...

I'd heard "Yeast washing" mentioned before - being new to this, I had no idea what people were referring to. Now I know. --Pow

Thanks for the replies, I may well try it. and .. I swear you guys couldn't answer questions any faster if you were a paid brewing emergency response team :) --Pow

OK, this question may very well belie my ignorance - so be it :) Can one simply pour the accumulated yeast sediment from a bottle of homebrew into a new batch of homebrew as a starter? Would it work at all? Only if the beer was relatively fresh, maybe? I'm guessing no because nobody...

A little off topic, but what does "EKG" stand for? I see tons of references to this variety, but it seems to be so commonly known that the acronym is never explained.

Wow. Who'd have thought...? I didn't even search for it because it seemed like a terribly off-the-wall sort of question. Thanks for the link. thanks, Pow