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Update: I cracked open a bottle from a batch of wort that was split into a 1gal fermenter. I did not use the nylon filter and used different yeast. Carbonation was from carb tabs aswell. The bottle is about 4 weeks old. It does not seem to be infected. These results combined with the...

Agreed. With the staining my oldest fermenter has I fully expected to see some growth. Yet, I got nothing. Although, I obviously couldn't have swabbed the whole thing but I made sure to get the rougher looking areas. I could post pics of the plates if anyone is interested but with nothing...

All the plates showed no colonies.

I'm not removing the lid until I bottle. I mill in my basement. I chill outside then move into the basement to siphon to the fermenter. I chill with the lid and sanitized foil over the kettle. I put the lid of the fermenter mostly over the fermenter itself. I am going to start milling...

Last night I swabbed and plated on LMDA plates the following after (attempting) sanitizing them: Hydrometer Oldest (most suspect) fermenter Inner part of auto siphon Inside of autosiphon They are currently incubating and will post the results. Today I picked up the following: IO...

I know this would be an added cost but why not make a cage for the barrels and just have them sit in the cage. PS: Where did you source the barrels?

Also I will be switching to iostar next batch.

No problem, I'm using star san and not rinsing of course. 1/2oz in 2.5gal. I've been using the same sanitizing tub for years now. I know that would be crazy but I'll add that to the list of sources. I took some beer from the fermenter directly in a sterilized jar. This was to see if my...

Hey HBT, I'm currently battling a persistent infection and could use some opinions. I have a seemingly lactic infection that I would like to get rid of. Its infected 5+ of my batches now. My pale ale (30ibu) is gushing 2 weeks after bottling; IPA's (75ibu) take about 3 months. Symptoms...

brew and pitch when the starter is ready. A few hours of the wort sitting in the fermenter won't hurt.

I just took the check valves out. Forgot to mention that. There is no harm in dissembling the coupler as well. Also, soak everything in sanitizer (I like star san) before serving.

When I picked up used (sanke) kegerator guts I soaked everything in oxyclean. If you are not familiar, oxyclean is an oxygen based cleanser, it is safe on stainless and rubber. loosen the faucet nut and take the faucet and tail piece off of the tower. Then break down the faucet to ensure...

What yeast strain(s)? Was this not already asked?

I made a (2.5gal) batch of wort for starters today. I noticed a 10F drop when transfering the sparge water from the kettle to the HLT. I added taking grain bed temps to my sparge process. I saw temps of mid 140's with 170F sparge water. Next full brew I will be upping my sparge water...

replace what you can afford to replace and bleach holocaust the rest.

how many lbs of grain total?

Mash ph was good around 5.5 (tested with strips)

The first runnings were 20.8 Brix or 1.087. I couldn't find a formula for conversion efficiency. Any help would be appreciated.