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I agree that it is better to avoid it all together, but I have heard more than once of bubblegum off flavors caused by hot temperatures fading over time.

In the bottles in a nice dark and cool closet.

All of the fermentable sugars are gone already so there is nothing left for new yeast to consume. If off flavors occur because of the high fermentation temperature you can always let the beer have ample time to age and they should settle out eventually.

Yeah, I know. Like I said, I was an idiot on this one. I usually keep at least one packet of dry yeast on hand for emergencies (IE I drop my starter or something crazy). This time I simply found myself with very limited options so I did what I could with the time that I had.

Brewing on a plane is an awesome way to test your prowess. Can you imagine trying to get a good boil at that altitude?

Yeah, I figured about as much. I am actually curious what kind of crazy off flavors this may give me with the almost monumental under-pitch I gave it. For the record one of them is now starting to krausen. It started just about under what the 30 hour mark should be.

So here's the thing: I live in Japan and brewing supplies are hard to come by. I brewed 10 gallons of beer this weekend and went to make a starter with some recycled yeast from my last brew. This was after I had already almost finished the beer. ( I usually let the beer sit in my fermentation...

I'm in!

I already replied to your PM before I read this so sorry about that. This may be the most helpful thing I have ever read. Thank you so much.

Any idea where to buy that part?

Hey if I sent you some cash do you think you could hook me up?

Hey, I am stationed in Tokyo and wanted to know if you knew where I could find one of those Co2 adapters. Either one for the tank or one for the regulator, either way is fine. I have been looking for weeks but all I found was a place that rented out tanks, but not regulators. The problem being...

I am stationed in Japan and I have a US regulator. I am only able to rent Co2 tanks with the Japanese thread standard. JIS B 8246 I believe. I have tried using google to find an adapter that would make that tank fit to my pressure regulator, but I have not been able to find a single one that...

@Vertra yeah, I live on post so I do not care too much what Japan has to say about it because they are not allowed on. Mps say it is fine so the problem still stands that now I have a keg but no Co2. @ Lansing thanks for the help! Let me know what he says. I checked all over post an they said...

I am stationed in camp Zama Japan. It is located near Machida. Does anyone know where I can get my Co2 tank refilled? Any other DOD people out there stationed near here who keg?

I was just thinking the same thing. A reusable lable for your beer isn't a bad idea, but if my only option is a decal that says "homebrew" well hell, I could just go to a store that does custom decals and order my own custom lables in bulk. Back on topic though, do you think borax by itself...

I thought the same but new yeast rafts are forming an dropping to the bottom then rising back up. Never had this issue with pacman before.

Let me rephrase that, if blow off tubing gives you an issue for some reason, just use normal tubing over the inner tube of your airlock.

Just put the blow off tube over the small inner tube of the airlock and run the other side of the tube into the half two liter filled with water.

So almost three weeks ago I pitched pacman into some amber ale I was making. I kept the fermentation temp exactly at 60. The fermentation took off and foamed along nicely for a week before it started to slow down. The krausen fell to about an inch and I assumed that it had about a week left plus...