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hmm all interesting info thanks. well i found out that my water is moderately hard, 125 PPM. i have never used a cleaner other than dish detergent on my pots and my other aluminum pot i use for cooking is rather old (15 years or something) and dark grey which still gets cloudy when boiling...

Thanks for the info Travis, ill take that into consideration when upgrading equipment. Mojotele, yea it happens with another aluminum pot i have aswell. I live in a big city, population 6 million, and we have a pretty good water treatment plant, i use plain old tap water. Could aluminum be...

hi, I have used an aluminum pot a few times and i find when i boil water, after it is finished boiling the water looks cloudy and milky, is this happening with other people aluminum pots? i have conditioned it and know there is an oxide layer which im not worried about but all the water i have...

Thanks everyone this is all great insight! to answer Revvys Questions: Bottling in bulk 3/4 cup per 5 gallon batch, sometimes 3/4 cup for 5.5 gallons bottling at around around ~20C (~68F) no crash cool i store them at around ~20C for bottle conditioning More info: *Most* (not all, i check...

So i have made a few batches of brew and for some reason random bottles will be gushers, not really sure why. all have conditioned for over 4 weeks some for a few months and all gushers have been chilled for over 48+ hours. and none of them have off flavors, infact they are all delicious...

never mind, i did a search and saw some people jamming their siphon hose into their airlock, as my hose didnt fit my aorlock, i did jam it into the rubber bung, problem solved! if i had any sort of accident i would be in big trouble, glad the "similar threads" function was invented.

hey everyone, i am in need of a makeshift blowoff tube immediately, i can see the krausen spilling into the airlock currently, problem is i dont have the proper size tubing, and i have to leave for work in an hour. is there anything i would be able to use for now until i can get to the hardware...

yep thats the yeast i used. i guess maybe i had a stuck fermentation, or it was still going really slowly. oh well, live and learn. ill try joes grape mead next for sure, looks like a good recipe.

KCworthog, thanks great info, next batch i make i will for sure use energizer. im just hoping i dont get bottle bombs on this one. it was good mead, way overly sweet but still drinkable (added an ounce of sugar during bottling to make it sparkling). Im still new to mead and not sure what to...

Hey, so my girlfriend and i made our first any only mead back in december, and we bottled it today. it was the ancient mead recipe but we used champagne yeast, i think it was called Lalvin ec-119 or something. and no nutrients/energizer. it seemed as though the fermentation took forever, it...

well i have been working on my own recipe for something i have been calling a "canadian ale" (generic, i know) but it will be my first batch of my own recipe and although i have no doubts that it will turn out good i have that question in the back of my mind is how would i know if its...

Hey Everyone, so im just curious what everyone opinion is on what makes a good award winning beer in a homebrew competition. i have 6 brews under my belt and i made the jump to all grain on my second brew (with great success). i have been a cook in restaurants for 6 years and i concider myself...

So i know i have another thread about yeast washing and sanitation but i have more questions about yeast... i have just racked my brew to secondary because there was about a gallon of troub/orange peel/hops at the bottom, and i was absolutely sure i got none (or a ridiculously small amount)...

Great thanks for the info guys, ill keep the washed stuff and hope for the best, hopefully if any nasties did get in ill see in the next starter.

hi, i just have a hypothetical situation question about sanatizing and washing yeast. say i washed a batch of american wheat yeast and some bacteria or wild yeast got in there. and then say i made a starter with it down the road... would the bacteria/wild yeast die off when i make the...

i think thats exactly it, you really need to experience the feeling of thinking that you have no options to really appreciate that patience really pays off once your brew gets back on track. Glad it picked up thirdcity

its funny that you mention that, im almost finished reading Papazian's the new complete joy of homebrewing which my dad got back in the early 90's. thanks for the input! honestly i wasnt nervous, or fretting, i have just never been in this situation before and i wasnt really sure if it was the...

i bought a fermenter recently and have used it twice and today i noticed extremely small bubbles around it, but not riddled in bubbles. about the size of the ball on a ball point pen. i guess i cant really give advice but i have lugged it, full, up and down stairs a few times with with no...

unbelievable, i left for work at 4pm and there was no action, and just got home and it is slowly bubbling away 7 hours later! there is about a gallon of thick troub and orange zest at the bottom and i can see with a flashlight massive bubbles coming up from beneath all the troub, no krousen...

Beauty, i hope this works, i got it up to 70F over the last 12 hours and have been agitating the yeast periodically, hopefully this works, ill update when it starts or in a few days if i need to repitch. Thanks!