Recent content by VJmotion

I'm make sodas as well and was recently asked to put them in a box for sales at a local bar. I'm trying to figure out how to do this and a quick internet search hasn't come up with any clear answers. Anyone have any experiences with this? Or perhaps a direction to send me? I'm looking into...

I'm finding carbonation to be a very tricky process. Currently, my soda is so carbonated that when I open the tap the soda shoots out like a jet, hits the bottom of the glass and goes flying all over my shift and the rest of the room. Then I'm left with a glass of foam... that incidentally...

I let my keg age another week or two outside of the refrigerator and it lost all of it's sweetness. But now I've moved on to force carbonation, which method I like more.

Some great suggestions everyone. Thank you. I've got 2 batches going right now. The overly sweet one with priming sugar which I pulled out of the fridge for a couple more weeks of aging. The second batch I just dumped into a keg and am force carbonated with 30lbs of pressure added. I'll...

It's hard to tell, but it may be the pellicle. It's a thin white layer that floats at the top of sour beers. It usually breaks and falls apart in the liquid at a later time.

I was in the same situation about 2 months ago. I kept my sours in their original glass carboy. Made sure the air lock was tight, wrapped them in a towel and made sure they wouldn't tip over. They taste fine and I'm starting to think about tapping them in the next month or so.

Hello fellow brewers! I'm not sure what I've changed in my brewing habits (probably patience)... but for my recent brews I do the following: rack from primary to secondary after about 1 week. I leave the contents of the cake at the bottom in the primary fermentor. I let the beer continue...