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I usually shake carb at least a bit to give it a head start. This is the first time I've ever set it and forget it.

Drinking outta keg, still good but no lacing after head fizzled like soda. Due to pellicle or just not fully carbed yet? Been about 12 days at 11 psi.

Well 3 outa 6 bottles have the film. Just pulled a sample from the keg, tastes like a good smoked porter to me. Gonna keep and drink her.

Drinkable? Hydro sample tasted fine going into keg/bottle.

Beer was fine I primary about 3 weeks. Fine in secondary untill around the two week mark after I moved it into the garage for a ghetto cold crash. I racked from underneath the film/skum and pretty much kept it on top of the beer all the way till the end. There wasn't much of it, it looked like...

I have what looks like dried paint chips in my secondary of a smoked porter. I kegged and bottled anyway because it tasted fine. One of the six bottles has the paint looking stuff floating at the top of the bottle, the others are fine. Any thoughts? Not sure how to post a pix on my phone.

Just asking because just had a Weihenstephaner and prefer it to Franziskaner.

Ferment low?

Im not sure, was kinda a reaction that I better look into it. I found it and still don't know what it was. Kinda looked like a burnt corn flake but thicker. I'll drink it, I've dumped a batch before that I didn't need to. Except this time it was an all grain brew day in 90+ heat, wasn't just...

Thanks guys, it started going. I pitched a fresh pack of S05 just in case the slurry wasn't up to the challenge.

Ale, IPA. Slurry was S05, pitched about a pints worth. OG of current brew was 1.074. Wort temp was around 68/70 when pitched. Yeast was chilled for a couple hours in fridge just to float off old beer. Gonna pick up some S05 after work, maybe fresh yeast will wake it up. How long does wort need...

I'll take that recipe. World Wide clone?

Blowoffs rule, they give you piece of mind while you're at work all day. Get a 6 gallon better bottle carboy and blowoff hose. In my experience my Krausen's have been minimal with dry yeast compared to liquid. My current RIS started at 1.083 and is down to 1.028 in just over a week, 2 packs of S05.

After seeing something go into my carboy I thought suspicious I decided to to re-rack my wort into another carboy. Being that it was in the fridge chilling down it dropped out all the break material, I tranfered without sucking any of this up. I pitched a slurry from the bottom of a finished...

I could do the ice water/tub thing I guess. More less wondering if the flavor and flocculating profile of the S-04 would be ok. I'm too dumb to know if German and European is the same thing.

Anyone do it? I have a pack and this time of year best I can do for fermentation is low 70's.

Just pulled a sample of my Hefe after 7 days in primary fermenting with the WL300 at 70-73. Balanced, not too much banana or clove really. 1.053-1.016, probably keg in a couple days and shake carb so I have it for the Holiday weekend. Will the carb bring out more flavor or aroma?

Bastard! I knew I'd run into one of you from the hockey thread. But thanks. As the weather gets warmer cooling my wort is gonna be a problem. I use a 50ft immersion chiller so I can only get it down so far because of rising ground water temps.

Just did a Hefe last night and a Wit about a month ago. I did a secondary on the Wit and I believe it was a mistake, taste is just ok but it looks terrible. I think it dropped too much yeast while it sat conditioning. I'm going to the keg after 10 days on the Hefe, not gonna crash for fear of...

Just made a Hefe last night, pitched with WLP300. my wort temp is 70 at best, am I in trouble? I have a wet pillow case on the carboy with a fan on it to try to keep things under control.