Beavdowg
Well-Known Member
Well I brewed Saturday... First in the morning I cleaned everything really well... PBWed everything.... and rinsed it out... I cleaned it a lot... and then cleaned everything some more...
So I brewed my Normal Denny Conn batch sparge method... nothing really suprising except that I can out with too much wort and ended with 5.5 gals of wort... I adjusted in Beer Smith and showed an efficiency of 65%
The yeast kicked in within the first 24 hours. So we will see... I will give it a few (4 at least) weeks... and rack it to the secondary... and then go from there. I just hope that I don't have any issues...
BLACKWATER - what is hot side Aeration... and what could the problem be... what is causing it?? What happens when you have hot side aeration??
You mentioned that you cleaned everything with PBW and cleaned again and again. That's great but you didn't mention that you SANITIZED anything. There's a huge difference between cleaning your equipment and sanitizing it. PBW and Oxyclean clean very well but they are NOT a sanitizing agent. You need to be using Starsan, or Iodophore, or bleach to sanitize any equipment that is coming into contact with your wort after the boil, this includes any hoses, carboys, airlocks, etc. If you're not sanitizing your equipment this could be the source of your problems.
If you already know this or are already doing this and just didn't mention it than I take it all back. I just saw an obvious possible culprit for your problem.
Good luck!