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Good to hear I'm not crazy. Well I might still be. The one that doesn't want to carbonate is a month on CO2 and the other only a week. Same yeast, ABV roughly, FG. The hops are the same amount but different hops. Maybe that has something to do with it?

I have two similar cream ales in the fridge on the same CO2 pressure and the one with German Pilsner just doesn't seem to want to carbonate. The Great Western two row brew is almost over carbonated. It's really bizarre. Has anyone else noticed this?

It works great.

I finally figured out that I can tie my brew bag to my Corona mill using a wire tie and just mill right into it. Maybe one can use just rice hulls when using a all in one.

Imagine if the kits were from China? "For to make happiest drinking beer......ad some the ingredient for proper cook. Find good flavor. Make happy brain. "

Seems like it's very rare to have a bad beer with US 05? I've never had one. I wonder how it works at say 75.

The price for CO2 in the US has gone up due to shortage. I used to pay 30 and now it's 38 for 5 pounds at the convenient local beer distributor.

When I used it twice it made bad beer really fast that got less bad with time but never good. A split batch cream ale with 05 the 05 was clear as a bell and delicious and the Lutra was hazy and gross. Both fined with gelatin. I wish all who use it better luck than I had. Maybe I got a bad...

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That could be and/or as I suggested above, the yeast isn't a consistent strain. It might be mutating around. I know this is why one should not repitch a harvested yeast too many times. Whether this could happen at the commercial scale I don't know. I suppose if QC gets lax that it could.

I used one 1/2 pack of Lutra for the 2.5 gals which according to some is over-pitching and I always oxygenate with the shake method and both finished at the same low 1006 FG. I did not use any extra nutrients. Even now, the Lutra is just barely drinkable. I'm drinking some old Miller Light...

Thank you. Maybe I should have researched it before going on my rant. I thought I sort of knew what it meant, but it wasn't that. That changes everything. Now it's cool. What a difference a little knowledge can make huh? Makes me feel a little more dumb now. :)

Well one month later the Lutra one is drinkable. It has to be since the US05 one is gone. I nearly cried when it ran dry. This was a new recipe beer style for me and I was surprised how much I can like a clean crisp fresh low IBU pilsner/cream ale. And at about 6.7% ABV I was surprised at...

I can't decide whether I like cloudy Neipas better than clear West Coast IPA better than cream ales better than Kolschs etc ect, so I just drink them all as much as possible. I hope I never decide.

I'm going to start a "Poutube" channel ( good one McMullan ) and tell folks that can't ferment cool not to worry and that they too can make beer. Cruddy funky beer. You know, level with them. Just give the bad news. Tough love. Call it the "Get Real" channel. I'm sure I will get at least...

As promised, a follow up. Three weeks from brew day start. Both were fined with gelatin. Both went from 1058 to 1006 SG. 10lbs pilsner 1 lb corn 2 oz centennial at flameout. Looking for a simple and blank slate to judge the yeasts. Did PH and gypsum CaCl additions for a cream ale profile...

To prevent line taste, I don't use lines. I use this flow controller. https://www.williamsbrewing.com/Home-Brewing-Equipment/Kegging-Equipment/Ball-Lock-Keg-Connectors/-KegLand-Stainless-Flow-Control-Ball-Lock-Threaded

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https://beermaverick.com/hops/tag/ describes the hops

Yeah I will. I'm patiently letting them sit in their kegs while I get rid of the Lutra Neipa that is in the other keg. I'm drinking it but it's not great. It does seem to be improving though. But if I have to wait a month for the Lutra brew to get close to the cleanness of the US 05 which...