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yea, it's kinda suprising to me i started experiencing this issues. :confused: however, i just picked up a nice spoon that is around 2 feet long, so sanitizing and stirring before racking can't hurt...

last time i bottled i thought about stirring after i racked the beer to the bottling bucket, but i did not do it... from now on a gentle stir will be in my bottling routine... hopefully that will solve this problem. to be honest i'm not sure i started experiencing this problem until i made...

I have been brewing off and on for that last several years, but recently (my last 3 or 4 batches) I have started experiencing some inconsistancy with carbonation. I never had problems before. Only about half of my beers have been carbonating properly. In fact the ones that are carbonated...

i'm doing a bavarian hefe next. :mug: no doubt i will be using a blow over tube... problems are to be expected... :p

well last weekend, some friends and I did 2 batches of this Blue Moon Clone. We doubled up the orange peel and coriander again. We will double it again when placed in the secondary. And in my 5 gallons, I am adding 5 lbs of blueberry puree along with some crushed up nutmeg seeds... anyone...

well i learned my lesson with this beer and a blow over tube.... the good news, i bottled last weekend and this beer is almost 11% ABV :tank: :mug: :rockin:

LOL !!! :D :mug:

:D i racked this beer to the secondary tonight and got a gravity reading of 1.014... This beer is gonna be killer, coming in at 10.1 % ABV already. Most of my beers seem to rise another 1/2 % in the secondary to this one is gonna weigh in at a heavy 10.5 % or above, hells yea :mug: :ban...

i did a double choco stout that came in at 1.070. i had no problems at all. however, with that said, i will not take any chances from now on. i say use the blow off tube for at least a couple days...

i will live by this theory from now on :mug:

well i guess this beer blew it's top in the first 30 hours. Hasn't been any further trouble and in fact bubbling has now slowed to a trickle...

^^^ yep, that's what i should have done :tank: the good news is it looks like it doing fine now... still bubbling, but no longer blowing over, at least for now :mug:

sucks doesn't it... oh well, live and learn. i promise to attach a blow off hose with all brews that have a greater than 8 or 9 lbs of sugar :p to everyone else, thanks for comments and compliments... :mug:

that's an oustanding idea, the bottom of those things have little slits, why not make it bigger :rockin:

I had to soak the hose tip in some very hot water to get it to fit over the airlock inner tube. This was the only way I could get it to work. But working it is... Now I hear bubbling water. I guess if I fail to hear that I better go check on it...

Well Friday night some friends and I brewed up the AHBS Douple IPA... With all the extra sugars in this one I kinda assumed I might have a blow over problem... The kit calls for 9 lbs of LME and 1 lb. of corn sugar. I however added the 1% alcohol boost in addition, so this thing had 11 lbs...

hmm, i just read this post... nutmeg and blueberry huh? will keep that in mind next time i brew this one... it's worth a try ;)

i believe he meant, part of the skin. maybe running the orange over a fine cheese grater..., not sure, but that is what if means to me... anyway, this batch has been bottled for 2 weeks. after working around the house all day I am about to try my 2nd bottle. :mug: :ban:

i tasted this last Sunday after one week in the bottle. very good carbonation so far and I thought the flavor was outstanding. A little more flavorful and orangy than a blue moon. Had four friends that also tried it. All of them said it might be one of the best I have done... :ban: :mug:

well i racked this one to the secondary a week ago... i tasted it and decided to add more coriander and orange peel. :ban: will be bottling next saturday, when i hope to find an even more flavorful beer... it was pretty good tasting when i racked it, but not really a leinenkugel, more of...