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by Radler
Thu May 18, 2006 6:05 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: sanitizing water use
Replies: 1
Views: 3971

sanitizing water use

How is it that everybody gets gravity readings? Everytime I brew I mix up some Sanstar and have a bucket of it for everything but to just sanitize the stuff to get a gravity reading it seems a horrible waste of water. Is there any other method to sanitizing just the tube etc. for sucking some out to...
by Radler
Wed May 17, 2006 2:39 pm
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Still bubbling
Replies: 1
Views: 5679

Still bubbling

I made a wit with Wyeast's wit yeast. It's been in secondary for 2.5 weeks now and there is still a healthy head in there with tiny bubbles coming up from all over non stop. When should this stop? Is it a sign of something bad? Most importantly, so I need to wait for it to stop before I try bottling...
by Radler
Sat May 06, 2006 11:39 pm
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Why won't it stop bubbling?
Replies: 3
Views: 8329

Why won't it stop bubbling?

I brewed a very straightforward Wit beer recipe about two weeks ago. I left it in the primary for about 1.5 weeks which is quite a bit longer than I have ever in the past but I was away and had no choice. When I got back it was still bubbling away, slower of course but pretty conssitent once every 3...
by Radler
Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:48 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: Can't wait wit
Replies: 1
Views: 4729

Can't wait wit

I've just brewed a wit on Saturday and it's going along pretty well in the primary but I need to go away for a while and would like to leave tomorrow though it could wait till Wednesday. The question is this: if it's still got krausen and airlock activity is it a sin to transfer to secondary? I woul...
by Radler
Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: yeast at bottling?
Replies: 1
Views: 5296

yeast at bottling?

I posted a short while ago asking about a beer that came out much stronger than anticipated and it's lack of activity in the secondary. Some people responded that I should give a dose of yeast at bottling because due to high abv. my yeast are pretty much done. My question is how is that done? Wouldn...
by Radler
Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:37 am
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Too much alcohol?
Replies: 3
Views: 7760

back to Billy

Thanks for the info. When you say it's "done" does that mean entirely and I should bottle it? It's only been in secondary for four days. Or are you just referring to the yeast having done all it should and I should condition for a while longer? Going off the answer for that question, how a...
by Radler
Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:14 am
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Too much alcohol?
Replies: 3
Views: 7760

Too much alcohol?

I've just put something from primary into secondary which had a SG much higher than I expected (1.130). I dry hopped the secondary but aside from watching them settle down there is no other activity in there (it's been three days). The gravity at racking was 1.040 which depending on how you calculat...
by Radler
Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:09 am
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: recipe too small
Replies: 2
Views: 5690

OG was actually too high

my intended OG was 1.101 and what it actually came to was 1.130 (I'm not so good at this eh?), so I think I could deal with a half gallon dilution. It's a 3 gallon batch.
by Radler
Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:47 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: Help with starters
Replies: 3
Views: 8352

starter

what I do for starters is to boil 1 cup of water and cool it to around 95, then add the yeast, put it in a sanitized jar (I use a grolwer). Let it sit for about 15 mins. While it's sitting you should be boiling 1/2 teaspoon of DME in about a 1/2 cup of water. Boil for at least 10 minutes then cool a...
by Radler
Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:38 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: recipe too small
Replies: 2
Views: 5690

recipe too small

I've just brewed a batch which has come out a bit short and I think there is enough stuff in there now that once it settles I will lose even more volume. Can anyone tell me if they have ever put some boiled and cooled water into the secondary so as to bring the volume back up. I have had this happen...
by Radler
Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:22 pm
Forum: Techniques, Methods, Tips & How To
Topic: I want to bottle but...
Replies: 1
Views: 4698

I want to bottle but...

So a very anticipated beer has been in Primary (1 week), secondary (2.5 weeks) and I would love to botle no cause I'll be leaving soon for 4 weeks. Problem is I didn't check gravities for numerous reasons. My guess is that it's gotta be okay, it should have been 1.059 OG so it wasn't anything super ...
by Radler
Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: too much star san?
Replies: 1
Views: 4866

too much star san?

After brewing two weeks ago, I could not clean everything up right away and left hoses and spoons in star san solution. Upon taking them out yeterday I noticed the spoon (previously white) was now almost green where it had ben in solution. The hose has a bit of a cloudy color inside. Have I destroye...
by Radler
Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:44 am
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Less than perfect smell
Replies: 2
Views: 6832

aging

No, I'm one of those beergeeks who has no ability in describing beers, it's pretty unfortunate, so I can't really say what's wrong with it, only that it did not taste like something I wanted to drink a bunch of bottles of. The smaller batch, as I said, was better. In addition to it being conditioned...
by Radler
Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:08 pm
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: Less than perfect smell
Replies: 2
Views: 6832

Less than perfect smell

I've just gotten back to where my beer has been in the secondary for 3 weeks without me around to dicover that the temperature is about 10 degrees warmer than when I left (it is now 72 degrees). I had split the batch and the other part was in a cooler room and smelled and tasted fine during bottling...
by Radler
Tue May 10, 2005 9:26 pm
Forum: Brewing Problems, Emergencies, Help!
Topic: too much junk?
Replies: 1
Views: 5377

too much junk?

Ok, so pretend that I was stupid for a few minutes on brewday and in the confusion of how to get one thing from the brewpot into the carboy I forgot that I wanted to keep a lot of other things out (grain, hop rests, chocolate bits, etc.) How much will having pretty much everything that was in the br...