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Ok, so not a big beer. 3 weeks at 70 degrees is the rule of thumb. I have a 1.030 something beer that was good after 2 weeks in the bottle but im sure it'll be even better after 3 or 4. You're restarting fermentation in the bottle so it takes some time for everything to mellow out again. I also...

What was the gravity of the beer? Bigger beers usually take longer but 5 days in bottles isn't a very long time. 3 weeks at 70 degrees, then a few days in the fridge, should do the trick if the priming was done correctly.

All the beer and food sounds amazing, all! I hope everyone had a great day.

I try to only get liquid yeast from the lhbs to avoid the kind of issues you're talking about. I only pay the liquid yeast lhbs prices if the yeast package date is fresh- within a month or so- I've yet to have any issues. The wlp yeasts are usually about 13 or 14 bucks but its worth it to be...

A little update: I think it was indeed s04 because it finished at 1.012 and I think sa05 would have finished dryer. Either way it's nice, simi dry and doughy, with a bitterness that leaves you wanting more.

My 3.5% English bitter.

Havent heard of koln but sounds like that's a good thing haha. I tend to not make starters with new liquid yeast unless I'm pitching it into a high gravity wort or a batch larger than 5 gallons. With the jarred slurry i do the same thing unless its over a month or two in the fridge. Then I'll...

Ahh yes, Notty is a great yeast. Right there with you on the kolsh yeast. Jarred slurry would sit there for about a year or so and id probably buy a new pack anyway. k97 in an alt would probably be good as long as it ferments on the cool side of its range. Wlp810 would be a good yeast to cheat...

Exactly why I purged the fridge too. This freezing thing looks to be pretty awesome. I had a couple weird fermentations as well, no off flavors or anything though, but I could tell the yeast was just done. If I pitch more yeast with each generation, and control the temp well, it tends to help...

Got a long weekend coming up and it's supposed to be cold so I might brew up a lager. Thinking about doing a schwarzbier, oktoberfest, or pils. Chyeah!

2 homebrew shops i used to shop stored their hops the same way... in large Tupperware type containers in the freezer. I never thought twice about it at the time because, like you, they seemed fine. I now get most of my US grown hops through bulk buys and I store them in ziplock bags in the...

I always like to check in with everyone and see what you all have planned to drink for the big day tomorrow? I'm trying to get a sub 4% bitter to finish up so I can have it on tap for the day drinking while we cook everything. I also have a milk stout on tap for dessert, a few celebration ales...

I agree with Jag... I got 2 lbs of centennial last year on sale so I used A LOT of it. Definitely has an overpowering orange/citrus/dank vibe when used in large amounts; more so than cascade. I get more grapefruit and slight pine from cascade. Both of them though I wouldn't use in a NEIPA.

I just purged some old yeast too. Some were labeled and some where not others had a ? next to the label, haha. I used to build from smaller stashes of yeast but with the 2 little kids and all the usual chaos at home it was easier to just pitch old slurry. I whirlpool and filter the wort before...

I think I'm going to start doing this. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I'll scoop some priming tabs next time I do a lhbs run, thanks for that idea. I have to agree with you. I'll have to gently make sure it mixes well next time I guess. Hopefully it mixed well on the other 3 batches I bottled. How much water do you normally use when...

I've been bottling beer off and on for a long time and I've never had this issue before... I made a triple decoction kolsch and bottled it. The first 12 we're totally fine but the next 12 I've put in the fridge half of them were hardly carbonated so I was chalking it up to a bad seal from the...

Got 20 lbs of 2 row, 5 lbs of German pils, Munich, Vienna, a lb of flaked corn, a few German hops, and some wyeast 2124 bohemian lager. Going to take advantage of this cool weather and make some lagers for the summertime.

I intentionally brewed a low gravity bitter because I have so many huge beers on hand I wanted something lighter. I used all MO so it tasted great going into the fermenter. Hopefully it'll taste just as good coming out!

I brewed an english style bitter and thought I was pitching some washed s04 but after I pitched it I looked closer at the label on the jar and it said "s04 ?" I totally didn't see the '?' and would have probably waited to get the correct yeast to pitch. I'm afraid it's us05 and will attenuate...