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I put freshly squeezed watermelon juice in my primary on day 4. Never had a rotten flavor in any fruit beer.

A Thermapen - splash resistant, accurate, and gives a reading in a few seconds. It sure made my brew day go easier yesterday.

What's the difference between a wife of seven years and a job of seven years? The job still sucks.

I use a large oxygen tank to aerate my wort. I use a small torch tip that the tubing slides over. It's an expensive setup if you don't weld. If you go to a welding supply store, they should have a brass barbed fitting that would fit into a regulator.

I brew in my garage and use an engine hoist that I had in storage. Definitely overkill, but it works great.

Delirium Tremens, brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe. It actually made me sick. Perhaps it was a bad bottle.

I made a Belgian dark strong ale that was completely undrinkable at bottling 4 months ago. After a month it was drinkable and keeps getting better each week. Give it some time!

B-Brite will work. Don't use TSP, it will etch glass. It works wonders on concrete driveways though.

I have the opposite problem. I really enjoy the entire brewing process. Strangely enough, I raised 3 kids without cooking at all. A few years ago I was given a meat smoker and got good at it. Natural evolution was to start brewing. I'm still perfecting the process, but the beer I make is a big...

My LHBS gave me 5 cases of delabled St Bernardus bottles that someone who started kegging gave to them. I didn't realize they were anything special.

I'm so old that I remember when being all thumbs meant you were clumsy, not being good at texting.

The good news is that getting sick from the rust is doubtful, but personally, I'd toss it.

A friend encouraged me to try Chimay Grande Reserve at a bar and the taste was amazing. I never looked back.

I bought a few kegs from Keg Connection on Cyber Monday. Great deal! I'm in

Your beer is surely ruined! Get it to me promptly so I can dispose of it properly. ;-)

I've used MoreBeer once and had a similar experience as most - very slow shipping. I am fortunate enough to have several LHBS in my vicinity, so I use them. I no longer wait and wonder if my brew day is going to postponed because of slow shipping.

Without enough oxygen in your wort, the yeast cannot multiply the way it needs to. I doubt it could be oxygenated enough by simply shaking it with an OG of 1.103.

How did you oxygenate your wort? I'd definitely be using O2 for that high of an OG.

Good luck! I agree with your original post that reviving the yeast is a long shot. I would rehydrate the yeast first and use a small amount of sugar to see if there's any reaction. 1. Put 1 cup of warm (95-105F, 35-40C) boiled water into a sanitized jar and stir in the yeast. Cover with Saran...

I love Chimay Blue. It's the beer that made me look for something different. I had to get away from the tasteless beer made by the big American breweries. I made an attempt at a Chimay Blue recipe that I devised myself a little over 3 months ago. It was completely undrinkable at bottling, but...