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Arg, I was thinking the opposite. Want to explain?

Different types of yeats behave in different ways. I reckon its kind of cool how different strains of yeast have different fermenting behaviors! Lager yeasts do not generally ferment as rigorusly as ale yeast and you don't always see a very visible krausen. The other thing is depending on what...

This thread has obviously gone down the wrong path. I just wanted to point out that Screwy was very helpful to me when i first started. Really went out of his way to pass on his knowledge. Other than that manticle, yob and bum are quite helpful in answering questions i ask (usually about a...

My flame out hops are thrown into the cube. I have done this the last few times with good results. I figure its hot enough to break down the pellets, but not hot enough to isomerize them heaps.

I guess this is the answer I am looking for. I hope this is the case.

No i occasionally get them in all of my containers. The last one i got, i did 2 brews at the same time and they were both infected. I didn't use any cleaning agent last time. I thought they were fairly clean so i just gave them a spray and then used starsan. after using sodium percarbonate i...

Hi All, I have had a sodium perc mix (perc & met) in my fermenters for 3 days and I was wondering if its ok to just rinse it out, star-san and then transfer the brew from my no-chill cube. I ask the question because i have had a bit of trouble with infections recently and i read somewhere that...

Yob, I am in melbourne. Sorry I keep meaning to update it in my profile. I think i've sent you Rhizomes before

I hadn't realised sodium perc was so cheap. Is there any benefit in having other ingredients as well, wouldnt they "clean" too? I dont really know how it works but dont some of them activate the active ingredient? I went through the supermarket and sniffed every bloody product, i cant tell the...

Has anyone used 'Earth's Choice Laundry Soaker' for cleaning the fermenters? I know many here use napisan, but this stuff was cheaper than napisan. It has: sodium carbonate, sodium suphate, sodium percabonate, sodium methyl ester sulphonate, Tetraacetylethylenediamine and enzyme(proteasa...

That could be it. I usually soak mine overnight as well. But this time i didn't, because i had been reading online that most people just use the no rinse and that's it. usually I soak, rinse then use star-san. Its very depressing when this happens!! A full days work and money just down the drain.

Thanks for responding screwy, the munich lager 2 was in the other fermenter (my fridge fits 2) which smells and tastes OK (is currently sitting on 1.040). That went in the same day with a 4 Litre starter as well. That's a Wyeast Private collection 2352. The one that I think is infected is a...

No, it was a Nylon pad Iv'e always used these. is there a problem?

I put a dark lager in 7 days ago. scrubbed the fermenter and then used star san. OG: 1059 22 Litres + 4 litre starter (tipped everything in after 20 or so hours). Wyeast 2308 after 7 days its already 1015 I have another one (munich lager II, OG: 1054) that went in there on the same day its...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacetyl Its a butterscotch-like flavor that is a byproduct of fermentation. In a Lager it stands out, whereas it might be OK in an Ale.

Yeah I always do a D rest. i seem to get D sometimes even when the temp is bang on. If its just a bit of that ill be happy, but i am thinking i might have some funky yeast.

I'm not going too well at the moment. I put in the yeast last night (19:30) when i thought the thing was set to 12 (lager - wyeast 2308). I realized at lunch time today that the temp probe was sitting right where the cold air comes out and the temp was playing up it was really about 18/19!! and...

Cheers, Well I have pretty much hit my target SG as well (only about 0.02 off). But i am more worried, i guess, about the possible leaching of off flavours. Yeah, your right about the gas bottles, the one in my barby was flat as well!

Arg! Just when the brew day was going really well, something always has to happen! I ran out of gas (and somehow the spare was empty too) during the second runnings of my Batch sparge. At mash out i drained the second runnings (which was actually a bit low in temp, about 68, i think the temp...

How much diacetyl drops out when lagering? Alright, not exactly what i wanted to hear! Thanks