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Edit: Nevermind, reading through Martin's page on this again I seem to have overlooked his discussion of this. Nothing to see here, move along...:mug:

Well there ya go! StarSan does etch your oxide layer so you should NOT use StarSan. The ill effect is somewhat sensitive to which beer you're brewing and the pH of the wort you dump into your brew kettle. Some beers are more prone to carrying such a taste though I'm not sure why.

The dilute phosphoric acid in properly mixed StarSan shouldn't be an issue for Al₂O₃ (The oxide layer you see on your pot). I wouldn't think that oxyclean and other H₂O₂ evolving compounds could damage it either as oxidized aluminum (alumina, as its called) is a pretty...

Following up, the gravities measured by hydrometer for each are as follows: Ginger Ale, FG=1.009, Attenuation=77.5% Porter, FG=1.015, Attenuation=74.5% Looks like I was doing great all along. Thank you guys very much for all of the suggestions and for helping me solve my (apparent) poor...

You see, that would be a poor assumption with an amateur brewer such as myself. I think you might very well have hit the nail on the head. I read about correcting my refractometer a few months ago before I even bought it. I tested it out on unfermented wort and found the correction to be not...

I am measuring with a refractometer. I have a hydrometer but really don't have a great way to pull samples of that size, though it is worth giving a shot just to see how well they correlate with my refractometer (on brew days it seems to be ±0.002 of the hydrometer). As for the recipes, I was...

Thanks for the suggestion. I will be making a starter for another batch being brewed this weekend. I will grab some of the yeast from that and give both of these "stuck" batches a forced fermentation test to see what happens. I'm guessing that they ferment down some more. If that is the case, is...

I just started doing AG on my own, brewed a few batches with friends over the years but I've finally made the plunge and I am stuck with poor attenuation rates. In regards to the suggestions on this forum: I aerate my wort for ~15 minutes right before pitching and for ~10 minutes directly...

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Further, assuming no CO2 is lost, if you cool down to 40 deg and wait a bit, it should recarb back to what it was before you let it heat up. Thermodynamic equilibira are awesome things! :rockin:

I'm surprised that grows so well in Joliet! I might have to plant some over here in Shorewood.

I suppose I was worried about some sort of infection. I figured if I get the yeast in there in short order it dominates any nasties picked up from the air but if I gave them time in that sweet environment they might take off before I pitch. I believe I value sanitation highly and with your...

So I just brewed my first beer on Saturday and its fermenting away happily in my keezer. I've already decided to focus on temperature control during fermentation as my primary focus for the next few brews. The question I have regarding this is the following. Is it better to chill my wort a bit...