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I think i did something stupid. So it’s been >6 months since i brewed. I ordered 4 all grain kits about a year ago. I thought I had 1 left over. I got these kits from adventures in homebrewing who send all the grains mixed together in a bag I went to brew and found a bag labeled as a Hef kit...

What went wrong?? Pic of wort and recipe there. my Bag and grains also absorbed a lot more water than normal. Most of the 6 gal water i started with his in the bag.

Doh…

I sanitize with starsan. I have a separate fermenter for f1 kombucha but I’ve been using my beer fermenter for F2. Haven’t made any beer since then. Was wondering if starsan would be good enough to kill the left over scoby, since kombucha itself is pretty low in pH.

Yeah I'm not interested in alcohol content. Just sugar. I had checked SG after 4 days and it was unchanged. But clearly.its fermenting as there is a pellicle.

That's what I'm hoping. As long as the fermentation doesn't create other byproducts that have a similar density to sugar.

I would like to minimize the amount sugar I injest. Is it possible totrack sugar in kombucha with a hydrometer? Not sure if some of the byproducts of fermentation would throw off gravity readings.

Thanks!

can i use something like this as both a sediment and carbon filter (to remove sediment and chlorine)? Aquaboon Coconut Shell Water Filter Cartridge | Activated Carbon Block CTO | Universal 5 Micron 10 inch Cartridge | Compatible with DWC30001, WFPFC8002, FXWTC, WHEF-WHWC, WHKF-WHWC 6-PACK...

i may just try this. How long does it take glucoamylase to work?

I see a lot of posts asking what mashing too high will do and see a lot of answers: less fermentable wort and perhaps a sweeter and fuller body beer. But no one ever follows up with how their beer turned out. Years ago i had a thermometer go bad and made a beer that was mashed at too high of a...

I doubt it’s starsan. I’ve accidentally racked my beer onto half gallon of starsan and there was no off taste!

Well it was fermenting this morning, 12 hours later!

True that. I still occasionally pitch on part of a yeast cake!

That’s what i was thinking!! I’ve been storing the wlp300 yeast in my fridge for the last year... as long as the yeast aren’t shocked for some reason. Ambient temp is around 70 or so. So less than 20 deg diff.

Made a vitality starter with wlp300 (that expired end of nov 2020).... lol. But I’ve used old yeast plenty times before in this fashion and been finE. Optimal yeast temp for wlp300 is 68-72 deg F. cooled my wort with my immersion cooler. Noticed it was taking forever... after like 30-45 mins it...

There is very little reason to not BIAB. It is the best way to brew beer. Hands down. You can make good beer with a 3 vessel system...but why bother?

Haha. As the poster said above... just brew it in the winter and call it a winter beer. I’m actually not big on winter beers and like the light summer beers such as watermelon wheat more. I’m mainly making this for others in my family though who appreciate the more traditional winter beers!

Thanks all!! For some reason i wasn’t getting alerts for your replies! Brewing it Tuesday. I’m torn between adding cherry or watermelon and just calling it a winter beer.. hmm.

Watermelon beer. Anyone ever use simply watermelon juice? I’ve used watermelon pulp before. Local grocery store is out of watermelon. Wrong time of year. I was thinking of just using Simply Watermelon juice. Ingredients: Contains pure filtered water, watermelon juice, cane sugar, lemon...