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Hey all. A little late on the 'intro' but I would love to hear from some brewers out here. I've lived in Everett for about two years, moved up here for the Navy. Been brewing for about a year but haven't had anyone to sample my brews and would love to have experienced feedback, besides just...

No I've stopped using a secondary. Just a standard bucket. Only time I rack is to bottling bucket. Bottles aside the rest of my sanitation method I feel is as good as I can get it, but maybe I'm missing something. Everything I use gets sanitized with idophor.

Like I said above I used poor practice with bottling and only put them through the dishwasher. I'm guessing this is the culprit but to have every bottle over two batches now... I don't know. But a spray bottle of starsan seemed like an easy sanitation method so ill start there. It's just...

I just opened a few of a scottish ale I made and it looks like the same cidery/souring is happening! Sooooo frustrating. Could a bottle infection get to that many bottles? Seems unlikely but what do I know. It just sucks having a beer you put alot of effort in taste great at the beginning and...

I've been using all RO so it isn't chloramines. If its not a bottle infection then I'm at a loss.

Why is it though that home brewed IPA goes bad so much quicker vs. a commercial one?

Thanks folks. Time to stop being lazy with my bottling!

I use idophor to sanitize, but not the bottles. I do rinse immediately after pouring but there could be something in the dishwasher messing me up. I always said I would use it until something went wrong... Ill have to try a different method this time.

I'm pretty meticulous with sanitizing but maybe my method of putting my bottles in the dishwasher has something to do with it. Would it take 6 weeks for an infection to show itself? I don't think I would quite call it vinegar but definitely tart and cidery.

Maybe it didn't like me calling it imbalanced...

I used corn sugar. I said 'pretty good' because they could have been a little more balanced in my opinion, but overall I was happy. Good hop flavor and aroma. These I had last night had a complete breakdown it seems.

I tried a few, they all had that same taste. They were sitting in my closet so no sunlight.

I made a Ferocious IPA kit last month and when I initially tasted it, a few days in the bottle, it was pretty great. It could have been a bit more balanced, so I set 12 or so aside to see if the hop flavor would blend a bit more. Last night, after it had been sitting another week and a half or...

+1 for cool brewing. Easy to use, not messy and works well. Get a cheap aquarium thermometer and tape it to your carboy/bucket.

Thanks everyone, think I figured it out.

I got the app but it's confusing me. I'm making an IPA next week, last time I made it it had an OG of 1.066, 5 gal. volume, and for calculating purposes I made the yeast about a month old. Says I need 228 bil cells, sounds reasonable. but it says to put 2 vials in a 1 liter starter. That doesn't...

So I've convinced the wife to let me get a new piece of brewing equipment, so I've decided to start doing starters. I get the process, my question is on the math. The pitch rate calculator changes the necessary cell count based on OG (obviously) so is there a rule of thumb that says a 1L starter...

They're going to be a top seed, once you're in the playoffs they have as much a chance as anyone, more than some.

Thanks for all the help. Looking forward to it.

Makes sense, however my all grain process is a little shaky. How do you sparge with BIAB, and what does that bring your pre-boil volume to?