Recent content by brew4allMI

Yeah I will take all of the suggestions in my next brewing adventure... Been pretty helpful

Yea you have a valid point. I will be goin thru a few practice runs with the new tubing. I have never had something like this happen in 2 yrs of brewing.

Yeah unfortunately.. Just another excuse to brew again. We to the hardware store and picked up 5/16 tubing... Fits very tight, like my previous tubing.

Yeh that's was my concern with all of the air. But I think I contaminated the tubing and I moved the bucket of beer around a bit stirring up a bunch of yeast... Bottled 12 beers out of and and lost siphon again... Botched batch #3... Still learning...thanks for your advice

I am getting air bubbles where tubing connects to cane.. Not air tight I think that's my problem... Fermenter on counter bottling bucket on floor...

No sure what u mean by an inverted cup on the end of the racking cane tho

Thanks for the info! I will try to use your suggestion...

My auto siphon failed half way thru primary to bottling bucket. Set up was normal for siphoning. I did get new tubing and a bottling wand that fit my old wand so it would fit my auto siphon. The siphoning was a little weak at the start and then tapered off a bit and the. Stopped working I...

any suggestions of using melanoidin malt for color and malt flavor instead of munich? Using 8lb DME and steeping 10 oz crystal 10 with possibly 8oz munich or melanoidin malts. hop sched 1oz citra 60 min 1 oz citra 15 .5 oz citra 10 .5 oz...

I did buy some new tubing and a new plasting bottling wand. I am bottling tomorrow so my theory will be tested with a crackin of a bottle next week... thanks for the help and suggestions!

Ok. I always clean my bottles in soapy water, then in the dishwasher with just the hot water and then sanitize. In the past I used iodine, but am using starsan for the first time. we shall see how it goes.... I am bottling a Am. pale ale monday

Ok thanks for the reply. about 5% of munich with some crystal 10 or 20?

I am an extract specialty grains type of brewer still and I am looking to brew a single hop IPA with citra... any suggestions on what malts/specialty grains to use for an orange hue in the final product?

I have recently botched two batches (IPA's). all steps went very well until bottling I tasted the beer from a hydrometer flask after testing the FG and both were great!. after bottling i let the beer age a week in the bottles and off flavors were very prevelant andincreased carbonation...

Its been 4 bottles now. I used an auto siphon, cleaned and sanitized all tubing, but how often should tubing be replaced? Mine is two years old and have made 10 beers. maybe time to get new tubing? any suggestions on post brewing cleaning of tubing? I have heard of ppl using oxiclean free