I am in the process of carbonating 500 gals. hard cider. This is a big step for me as we did 110 gals last year in 5 gl. korny kegs. I now have 75 gl. vessels that I can pressurize. A couple questions
1. Once a volume of cider is carbonated in a sealed vessel can or does it lose it carb levels...
I am oxygenating at 60 secs .05 micron stone, 12ppm for my 1.057 beer 5 gal batch.. Because I am doing a 13 gal batch do i double the time to 120 secs. this is the first time using pure o2
Brewed a Belgian ale 12gals screwed up on recipe. Asked for 4oz special B put 4lbs in. Rest of recipe is 14lbs pilsner 2lbs Vienna malt 1lb wheat wyeast1214 3lbs sugar. Any thoughts on how I can make it drinkable. Haven't tasted it yet 3day in fermented. Maybe blend with a pale ale. Dilute with...
last three kegs I have brewed have big soapy bubbles in the head. I use carapils, wheat in recipe. Beer taste thin , am i over carbonating? actually last kegging used part dextrose for priming. temp. at 35.
I made a starter og 1.035 with oxygen, pitched 2 pack san diego yeast but a little warm 75. fg after 36hours is 1.010 did i kill some yeast and would you still pitch into wort today.
I added 2lbs frozen blueberries to a saison . that was finished with an ale yeast. 3 weeks in primary, one week with the blueberries in the secondary. starting gravity of 1.058, finished 1.010. I want to bottle but not sure if i need to add sugars.
Brewing a 14 gal batch of IPA, starting gravity 1.063. Using three Wyeast American II, mr.malty calls for 3 gal starter. 3 gals Seems excessive, any feedback would be appreciated. My conicle is only 18 gals.
I left chirroon plate chiller soaking a strong starsan solution for over a week. Rinsed water came out light green fro a second. Did i ruin the copper ? can i still use it? i did run white vinegar through it to clean oxidation.
Tested gravity after primary on my saison, Hydro read 1.029, Refact read 1.045
temp was 60deg. Re-calibrated hydro and refacto with distilled water, both were right on.Are Refacto's just good for OG before Fermentation?
gravity after primary on my Belgian saison with the Hydrometor at 62deg was 10.10 with the refractometer 10.23 why such a difference. tested each one with distilled water,calibration right on. Any thoughts?
I broke my floating thermometer in my wort. About 1/3 of the BB's were lost and 3/4 of that red packing around the BB's. The thermometer itself was not damaged. My question is that red packing material, is it toxic and if so it is enough to affect the whole wort. I racked of the wort so that...