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Did you make sure to purge your transfer lines with CO2 before transferring? It could be a combination of things with some oxygen from the kegs, some from the lines and valves, and some from cold crash. Also did you taste the beer after just a few days, and after a week to see if it got worse?

Still going with this method and working well. Just did 2 generations of a kolsch yeast. Fermented a couple of degrees below recommended range and hit 76% attenuation in 3 days, then a couple more days for the last 3 points. These beers are good and I’m drinking them within a couple weeks of...

I have the Grainfather G40, an electric hoist above it and Anvil stainless bucket fermenters. Since I brew in the garage and ferment in the basement, the fermenters need to be something I can lift and carry. For the G40, it is a nice piece of hardware and software, but the basket has a bit of...

Interesting that article says continuous aeration will not work, so potentially it is only useful for the first X number of hours. I will try the warmer starter, but I’ve always seemed to think that the starter should be close to the temperature that you would ferment at to produce optimal...

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I run the airline into the flask about an inch above the liquid shooting at the surface. Make sure to rubber band it or it will work it’s way out. I didn’t want to risk it bubbling over if I put it into the liquid. With the whirlpool of the stir plate and the air directed right at the wort...

It seems to be higher mass. My wort I’ve made for these was not perfectly clear, but even so the mass does seem to be greater with each generation. That was not the case previously.

A couple of months ago I adjusted my starter procedure with a few new steps, and have gotten greatly improved results. Previously I have started with a single pouch of liquid yeast ( or jar from fridge of overbuilt starter) and did a 4 L 1.037 OG starter in a flask topped in foil on a stir...

Anything you filter or strain with is just something more to clean, risk making a mess with, or risk infection. I’ve tried many and I’m an engineer so have thought through many designs! Just whirlpool and settle and leave some trub and wort in the kettle for the kettle gods. Some people dump...

I tried the swamp cooler with fan and all initially. I found it a bit of a pain. You have to really monitor it at least for the first few days and check your ferment temperatures. I quit doing it with my first runaway ferment, when I forget to check on it for a couple of days. The beer was...

First off, I do purge currently just with Star San and a CO2 tank. Mainly due to issues of timing and not having room in my chest freezers for extra kegs. But when we purge a keg, it is to reduce the amount of oxygen absorbed by or reacting with the beer when filling that keg. So given the low...

Boiling in large SS pot will avoid spillovers and make DME easier. I pour it into flask while still hot to sanitize the flask. Place a piece of foil over flask immediately to sanitize that.

Brewed this as-is and yep, still taste cat piss with simcoe. It’s been a long time since I tried it, so thought I would give it another shot. Will be sticking to my house IPA recipes.

going to brew this today, but 30 minute boil time for Pilsner malt? Is this intentional for any reason?

Maybe charge 10 cents more and actually include a damn lid for the can!

Yea it just kept it going down.

Na, just a drier profile. Depending on mood and style I am making, sometimes that’s what I want. A nice tool for the tool belt, honestly. And I can tell out of the fermenter this beer will be ready with very little wait. And will be nothing like Coors (: Your tastes may be different, but...

Added Glucoamylase for the first time to a Pilsner. Always trying the get that FG down but never get it enough. Only added half the recommended amount and wow. Actually cold crashed it at 1.003 and I think it would keep going. First taste out of the fermenter and it’s dry and just how I...

This is just purely anecdotal, but I ended up making a lower gravity, higher volume starter this time. I was short on concentrated wort, so ended up using about 25% less total sugar and increased the volume 25%, and added yeast nutrient by WhiteLabs. I ended up with wort around 1.020. I used...

I used them for a little while. I bought a wand and diffuser for it. But I went through too many too quickly - I think they all leaked a little. I would get like 2 or 3 batches then I would be out again. And they were hard to find sometimes. I switched to shaking or using an aquarium pump...