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Bah, wasted beer. I've dumped whole 5 gal batches because it wasn't as good as I wanted, or the style of beer was a not one I'd do again. There's no point to drinking a beer you won't enjoy. I dump store bought exploration beers down the drain all the time. There are a lot of beers I like, and...

Are cream ales typically light in colour? +60:00 Min - @150F 7.5 lb Canadian 2-row 1lb flaked corn (.75lb adjusted) 0.5 lb Flaked barley 0.25 Crystal 90 (where the SRM comes from) Sparge @170F to collect 6.5 Gal Boil - Additions 60:00 Min - Add 0.5 oz Northern Brewer 15:00 Min - Add 1.0...

Regarding this blend, all I have to say about it is "Yep". It's got some magic going for it. I tend to look at keg racking as a bit of a pain, so sometimes my fermentor can sit on the cake for 1-4 weeks after fermentation is done. A lot of the time I just don't have a free keg either. So, I...

Those are 1 gallon clear glass next to 1.89L growlers on the left. Yeah, I live alone at this point in my life so my fridge is MY FRIDGE. All sorts of experiments can take priority over food. ha ha The growlers are holding onto the dregs of old kegs I needed to empty to make more beer. LOL...

I fermented without control a bit high, about 18-20C. As for filtering the wort, I've never tried settling or filtering. I just let it rip out from the bottom of the BrewZilla into a bucket with a couple feet of drop for aeration.

My keezer temperature probe sits in a mug of water. It never freezes... or evaporates very much for that matter. Though, I do live dangerously at 1.5C

Yes that is just un-siphoned beer and cake from the bucket. I didn't put the lid on tight for that reason. The beer does seem a bit dark doesn't it? I think I went a bit lighter on the corn this time, but I'll never know because of the gremlins stole my brew day notes. The yellow jug is this...

Check check. I'll just date it and leave it as is and move it to the keezer. Rinse before pitch if rinsing. I promised the GF I'll have some ready for her when she's back from work in a few months, so at minimum I'll be pitching in February. It should be fine. ... regarding my brew day...

No idea how to estimate the ratio. Maybe just eyeballing once it separates? It's sat over night. I'm not overly concerned of the strain changing too much. I know as things stand I can go back to the vendor. I'll definitely brew this again within the 3-6 months.

hmm, same can be said for green beer settling into the keg and cold crashing. I've never given cold crashing a try, mainly due to space. Regardless I now see similar threads the forum has pointed out.

Cheers everyone!

Its just one of those nights. Tasting a new cream ale yeast blend. It's the best damn thing I've ever had.

So, I've just made possibly the best thing (Cream Ale) I've ever brewed and I believe it to be due to the liquid yeast blend I used. I took notes during the brew process! Huzzah! I'm lazy so I left the brew in the bucket for 3-4 weeks after it finished. I got around to kegging and quick...

.... "I lubed the shaft... " - that's what she said. :)

I lubed the shafts in the motor with Vaseline. Seem to have resolved the chatter until its near %100 restricted flow. Thanks for looking.

Anyone noticed the BrewZilla recirculation pump start to chatter when the flow is restricted to ~60% flow or below? This only started happening to me after it went through around 6 brews or so. It hasn't failed, but I'm wondering if there is a fix, or if I should look at replacing the pump. ...

Lately my brews have been suffering quality and just aren't as good. While working around the house this just recalibrates me to working harder at paying attention to detail with my brews. This stout really is a king.

I've been hunting down leaks and I think I'm using pinlock o-rings on my ball lock posts. Dammit! I've been leaving my newly acquired expensive stainless steel disconnects off to maintain pressure and not go through somewhere around .5lb a day. OMG Does vas cause shrinkage on buna? I wouldn't...

But its icky! I won't do it again. LOL

YOU CAN'T GET THAT SLIME OFF YOUR HANDS. I had to use paper towel. I didn't have any experience and wasn't willing to risk it. I threw out my 6' of PVC 5/16" siphon line and just got 10' of new stuff from the local depot. I figured I'd never get that slime out if the inner part and was not...