Recent content by Infantree

Janx, yours is a really interesting thought! I've tried sprinkling the yeast with 2 batches and got poor results and then frenzied stiring of the yeast with better results (gurgling being the result) on my next 4 batches. Do you recommend the sprinkling for both dry and liquid yeast? I'm...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll definitely check out the Iodophor. Your comment about its connection to Iodine reminded me of when I used to sterilize creek water with it while backpacking. (I finally broke down and bought a purifier about 7 years ago). I do remember the warnings about it...

So I've made 4 batches now and I'm starting to feel the pinch when it comes to buying sanitizing powder from the beer supply store. I used Oxyclean on my equipment during the last batch, which seemed to work well based on sips I took while bottling (ie. nothing smelled/tasted foul). That...

Hey, I'm pretty new too and I've had this same problem a couple of times. My buddy (I think he's going by River Rat on this site) came up with the idea to swirl the bejeebas out of the bucket a day after one of our batches just sat without any activity. It started bubbling within 1/2 an...