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Brewers Law #1 Sanitization , Sanitization, Sanitization!!!

+1 Been using an aluminum pot for 5 yrs with no problems. I read somewhere that there’s more aluminum in a TUMS then in 5 gallons of wort after a 90 minute boil. I'll have to wait till I'm 70 or so and if I get Alzheimer’s then I’ll know I was wrong… Wait, what was I saying????

Chavatj, I'm still pretty new to the whole kegging thing myself, but...I recently kegged a Brown and over did the carbonation a bit. Initially it was great but a few days later it had a sharp / bitter flavor. It turned out that it was simply over carbonated, which causes the carbonic acid to...

+1 What type of beer was it? Have you brewed it before? Unless it has a sour taste it should be fine. I've left a batch setting several weeks and it was ok. If your sanitation was good, you should be ok.

AMEN!! I'm still trying to get my neighbors motivated to brew. "why do I need to brew, your beer is great!":drunk:

Good luck!! Starting a brewery, even a nano is a LOT of work and $$$$. If you need an impartial evaluation on your pilot brews, I would selfishlessly volunteer my palate:mug:

Signs of life!!!! The cascade has 2 shoots sprouting up, nothing on the others. Hoping the others are just slow starters. WOW, resilient little buggers!!!!

Sorry brother, their already in the ground. Still nothing, but i guess it's only been a 10 days. Been getting funny looks from the wife when she catches me talking to them.

BAAHAHAHA!!! That's funny sheet right there!! Wobbly H:confused:

Will do. I'll try to get some picutures if I remember.

Well, I would have to expand my garden to put them in the ground right now. I might pot these little fellows and see. Just did'nt want to waste my time if there was some unknown rule about the mold thing. Thanks for the replies. Cheers :mug:

Last year was my first attempt at growing hops. Like most, I pre-ordered several from an online source. After waiting impatiently for what seemed like months, I received my rhizomes and planted them almost immediately, not paying attention to what I had actually received. In my hast, I was...