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I always have sanitized dog hairs in my buckets, and have never had problems.

I have to go to great lengths to cool my wort on the summer, my tap water is 89.8 in June.

Make yourself a counter flow chiller with a pond pump. Use the immersion chiller you have as a post chiller in an ice bath. 1. Connect pot to counter flow or pot to pump to counter flow. 2. Connect submersible pump to the CF water imput on bottom and put pump in bucket. 3. Connect the beer...

I agree, do what works for you:)

Wow, a bright is not a fermentation vessel. A secondary is a fermentation vessel, because the temp is the same as the primary. My beer , of course is not finished fermenting because it's only been half the fermentation time. I finish fermentation in my secondary. When I want my yeast to fall out...

I always get activity after I rack to secondary. I leave it on primary for 7 to ten days, then rack. When I mention secondary people get mad, I don't know why. Try that try it the other way and see what works for you.

Someone said above that secondary will not affect FG. That is absolutely untrue. It is called a secondary fermentation, fermentation will alter FG. When I rack to secondary, and I do, fermentation usually starts up again. This is why I always do a secondary.

You should be fine, your more likely to have problems with the bleach than with the turd:)

I did not read all of the replies, but some lab glass is not smooth and can be sanitized. It can be easily cleaned even if it's not smooth. The biofilm that most people miss is often on smooth surfaces, not always scratches.

I make fruit beers all of the time for my girlfriend. A nice plain pale ale will work. You want to emphasize the fruit. For 5 gal like 8 lbs 2 row 1 lb crystal ( I like to split it up 25 and 60 or 90) oh, and a half pound of wheat malt for fun. Before you rack to secondary. Cut the offending...

Don't listen to that anti-secondary propaganda. Rack to the secondary and it will be fine.

1. Chill your beer super cold 2. Set tank to 30 3. Tip keg on side on a towel with gas side down 4. Roll small quarter turns for 8 min 5. Let sit for an hour or a few minutes. 6. Drink beer 7. Fall down 8. Don't blow yourself up with 60 psi

PVH may be on to something!

Sorry, on my phone. Where your off tastes may be coming from.

7 days in primary. I have tried both ways. That may be your off taste is coming from.

If you are doing all of these things as stated above, you may consider other points of view. What I mean by this is that a lot of the things you mentioned are hotly contested on this site. Try different things despite the people who swear up and down they have the answer ie. no secondary.

Why extended primary? I'm on the other side of the great debate.

I agree with the last post about infection, but I always laugh when people bad mouth 5.2. My water is an 8ish. I put 5.2 into the water I strike and sparge with, and it's perfect 5.2 every time. Try using oxyclean to remove all biofilm that may resist starsan, that should help if there is an...

Take some beer and boil it and add the lactos to the beer. Use lactos at end of fermentation to improve body. I add it to my keg after carbonation to so I can see how much I need. If you do this close it fast cause it will bubble a lot.

Don't get me wrong, I love this site. There is a lot of good info here, but there is a huge difference between people saying they know what they are talking about and pros actually knowing what they are talking about. If I had the time and money I would do it.