Hi,
Looking for some Yeasty advice. I'm going have atrial run with a Mangrove Jacks Pre-Soured Berliner Wiesse kit however i'm not a huge fan of banana esters (I know why brew a BW if you don't like the flavours right?) Anyway i was wondering if anyone has any recommendation for a substitute...
Thanks for the replies all. The advice is much appreciated. I know with the StarSan when sanitising equipment were told to not fear the foam! Does the foam have any detrimental effect on the finished object of foam or residue is left in the bottle?
Ok! Getting a few mixed messages from other forums. So far I've been rinsing my glass bottles after use with hot water, bottle brush and washing up liquid followed by a cold water rinse and then swilling with StarSan before use. However I've been told that this isn't sufficient to ensure the...
Sorry meant to add at 48 hours I took the picture and the Krausen had gone. Just left the ring around it. I also did have a slight leak on the tap of the fermenter which only lasted a couple.of hours before I fixed it up.
So I've managed to brew several batches without an infection. This time something different is going on.
After 24 hours there was a decent amount of Krausen but I noticed there were no bubbles in the airlock. After 48 hours still the same. The gravity has dropped from the OG from about 1040 to...