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My last ferment seemed to go normally, except that when I came to bottle I found a kombucha had grown in it, giving it an off smell and taste. I make kombucha tea and beer in the same kitchen, but they don't share fluids or equipment. For beer I clean with PBW, sanitise with starsan and...

The traditional process for making ginger beer is: 1 Maintain a ginger beer starter 2 Steep ginger and citrus zest in warm water 3 Open ferment the zesty water, citrus juice, sugar, ginger and some of the starter 4 Bottle and store in frig when carbed up I found I could not make too much at a...

There is an idea on the internet, attributed to the late George Fix, that one could test for the effects of wort oxidation by brewing two identical batches and trying to oxidise one by splashing & stirring at the wrong time. Has anyone tried this ? Doing this might also promote a mild infection...

Napisan bubbles and feels slippery, which indicates to me it has detergent in it. My mother warned me never to let detergent near homebrew or I would loose my head. With my previous cleaner I rinsed my bottles twice in hot water before sanitising. Do I now need to rinse more to get rid of the...

How do others clean & store their plastic (PVC) siphon tubes ? I use one of two ways and neither seems satisfactory. I rinse after use with hot water, sometimes soak in a cleaner, then: 1 Either store hanging up vertically by a bulldog clip to drip dry; rinse again & sanitise before use. The...