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The reason why you have a metallic taste is because you are adding metal ions (iron) when you scrub stainless steel. Not all stainless is the same, which means it does not all clean the same. In food manufacturing, EDTA is used to remove it, otherwise rinse your keg with citric acid/water...

Ignore what everyone is saying here. The reason why you have a metallic taste is because you are adding metal ions (iron) when you scrub stainless steel. Not all stainless is the same, which means it does not all clean the same. In food manufacturing, EDTA is used to remove it, otherwise rinse...

Yeah, it is 'okay'. what you should do is sterilize, not sanitize though. Set your oven to about 250F, and put your jars (with hot wort) in there for about an hour. Hot wort does not have any dissolved oxygen in it...unlike cold wort. There are many microbes that would love to get their...

Looked at this post, then went to Homedepot.com to find out more about J-B Weld 2 oz. KwikPlastic Adhesive Putty Stick. Looked at the MSDS found here. BPA!?! Really? Since all bottles with BPA have been effectively banned, I would not use it. That being said, I'm not a new age hippie or...

In the future, you can have a 2 liter of soda water on standby. What you do is put a large balloon around the top and shake, filling the balloon with C02. Then, when you are ready, SLOWLY release the gas into your empty container all while doing this with no breeze/wind, cap the container and...

...oops...I see what you meant. I'm an ass.

I wasn't saying that would be enough yeast for a 10 gallon batch, I was just illustrating how much yeast you can make in 36 hours beginning with 100 billion cells.

Not unless you want to risk oxidizing your batch! Here's a great trick...complements of a new study on this subject: Make a small starter (not on a stir plate), decant the liquid after 18 hours, and add olive oil to the starter, just enough to cover the yeast. Let sit for another 24 hours. The...

Use a stir plate...if you don't have one, make one. I bought some yeast that expired a month ago, and rescued it. (see pic). U can step it up in smaller quantities, and produce about 600 billion cells in about 36 hours.