What to do with them after the hydro expires? I've got two that I used as a backup to my 5lbder and to force carb with but they have expired. Is there any use for them? I assume getting them re-hydroed wouldn't be cost effective.
Is my water good enough? Ive read the first couple of pages and numerous other articles regarding water and to be honest I loose interest in them as its honestly all over my head anyway. My process has been to stop by Wal-Mart on the way home from work and fill up two 5 gallon containers of...
I planted a couple ryzomes last year and they didn't do much. This year one of them seems to be doing fine, even has some clusters on it, however the clusters are not tight and compact, will they tighten up as the summer goes on?
Evidently the hydrometer was stuck to the side of the flask or bubbles were holding it up but after it sat on the kitchen table for a bit the gravity was actually 1.005 and I could clearly see the tiny bubbles rising up the sides.
Let primary fermentation run for 9 days, took a reading and got 1.012, went ahead and dry hopped and added AE and let it go another week and took a reading, still at 1.012. All this done in the primary.
Have the original recipe in this thread in a big mouth bubbler on its seventh day now. I don't typically secondary so can I add the AE and my dry hop sack right into the bubbler for 2 weeks, then cold crash?
I'm right down the road from you in Fuquay, interested in the big mouth bubbler, but concerned about head space. Were you satisfied with how it worked, or did it tend be messy to use? Text response to 803-351-0581 if you would.
Thanks. By the way Im looking at the primer water calc thread, has there been any major changes from page 1 through the end of the thread? There is a lot to read there. As of now I'm sticking with 1tsp of calcium chloride to 5 gallons of RO water for lawnmower type beers.
Take this opportunity to buy a dorm fridge off of craigs list on the cheap and use it to ferment in. Or, wait until after your gathering so that you can raise the temp for a week or so in your beer fridge.
Fermented at 55deg with whitelabs America lager yeast. I plan on bringing temp up to 70 deg for a few days before I drop down to lagering temps. I plan to transfer from my primary to a keg then drop the temp down low. Should I rack off of the yeast cake to the keg, or bring it all over while...