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Yep. US-05!!! Thing is going absolutely crazy right now. Looks like it is on a stove boiling. Had to move from bubbler to blow off tube.

This is what I got going on. I racked into primary around 9:00 pm last night so approaching 24 hours....

I brewed a batch of beer last night and everything seemed to go well, if anything I could sight as an issue, my cool down process took longer than usual, but nothing out of the norm. I had used one whirlflock tablet at 15 minutes. I racked into primary and pitched at around 70 degrees...

I use a 50 qt Igloo cooler with a manifold and have never had a stuck sparge. i watched a video recently where the guy acted like it was imperative to pull your runnings as slow as possible even saying it could take an hour. Is this necessary if I am not getting a stuck sparge? There have...

So........if I wanted to carb naturally, and as quickly as possible, could I rack into a keg for secondary before fermentation is done, set a spunding valve on the keg at 10 PSI and let it sit 1-2 weeks and then hook up to keg for dispensing or am I missing something? Or would I have to resort...

May be non-issue but metallic taste is most noticeable in head of beer and not liquid

Single fermentation vessel so no exposure to oxygen during transfer to secondary. Proper sanitation of all racking equipment (star san) and cleaning of the keg. fillled keg with CO2. Racked with minimal splashing with autosiphon from primary fermentor keeping maximum trub out (suspended siphon...

I have a had a peach blonde ale on tap in my kegerator for a couple weeks now. Started out good, and with a week or two on carbonation, I felt it improved. However, lately I have picked up some metallic taste. I know this is a common characteristic of oxidation but how can that be? Am I...

I watched a video on Youtube today and they were making a NEIPA and only did a 30 minute boil. I'm used to 60 and 90 minute boils. What is the purpose of the shorter boil?

No, I just racked into keg tonight and put in fridge

I am cold crashing a keg right now and I am likely going to be adding gelatin to clear it overnight before I begin to carbonate it. But here is my question: If I cold crash and then clear with gelatin, isn't all of the particles which clear going to settle to the bottom near the dip tube and...

I plan on doing a kettle sour with Pantarium lacto where I boil the mash for about 15 minutes, drop it to around 90 degrees, add lactic acid to bring PH down and then let sit at about 85 degrees until the ph drops to about 3.2. At that point, I plan to do a "normal" 60 minute boil with light...

I have a stellar grapefruit IPA in the fermentor right now for about 15 days now. Not actually made with grapefruit, but with grapefruit flavor hops. (Cascade/Mandarina Bavaria) It looks like it is going to be great. But I have 2 oz of Amarillo hops in the freezer. I'm torn on whether I will...

I think you may have nailed in on the head (wet cardboard). Seeing that I do not have a replacement ready to keg just yet, I am going to sit on it. I have tasted it every day and corrected the regulator issue and while not where I want it, I have to admit it does taste better than the first try.

Ok, I know this is probably going to be one of those posts where the answer is going to be "I need more specific info to advise" but here we go. I will list my perceived mistakes, but bottom line I cannot describe the taste or smell, except maybe being bitter, but I do not really feel like that...

Nice! I may have to Keg her up tonight!!

I've heard so many timelines, I just wanted to find out from everyone here. After I put my wort into the fermentor (I am only doing a primary), how long do I have to wait until I rack into my keg? I brewed on the 17th of February and this thing Blew up!!! It was AWESOME. Had to use my first...

As usual, sometimes answers lead to more questions. Which would be easiest/best/most consistent to use- the Omega Oyl 605 lacto, or Swanson Probiotic pills or the Goodbelly shots? (and how many pills/shots if the latter)??

I do have a kegerator and CO2 so I can definitely lay a layer of CO2 over the wort. I can use plastic wrap to seal at that point, but have seen a video of someone pitching and then laying plastic seal ON the wort, so that there is zero contact with air. Bad idea or is this what you were...

Thanks. This was my initial plan and was definitely planning on using some Lactic acid drops.