Recent content by JonC555

So I've probably made 5 or 6 batches of beer in the past month. I made a traditional ale (on the last few bottles now) and noticed the first few I opened had an explosion of fizz come out when the cap came off. I did this about a week after bottling because I'm impatient, wanted to sample one...

From my understanding campden tablets only work on wild yeast and other bacteria. I can't imagine it would really effect your beer any differently than it would effect your wine. Regardless I wouldn't toss it out I'd proceed with bottling and worst case scenario you just have a crappy beer you...

I'm gonna add something here too, I used to have one of those Mr. Beer kits and if I'm corrrect that there is a little tap on your fermenter for bottling? Make sure you clean out that tap really good too, it's possible you could have missed it in your cleanings and it built up bacteria and...

I'm 24, I've been brewing since I was 19 (18 is the legal drinking age in Alberta, Canada). I actually started out because my parents bought me a Mr. Beer kit. Made some half decent beer and ended up taking some of it to my college with me to share with friends. Brewed off and on with some...

Not too sure about your first question there, I'm not an expert on beer science but I don't think you'll have an issue. Really the only thing you have to worry about is whether you find it drinkable or not. Even dudes with contaminated beer still get a drinkable product. As for your second...

Yeah I double checked and 1.04 was the measurement I got from it yesterday, I think it might because I added sugar to it the day before I took the measurement and the yeast are still fermenting. I'm going to take another measurement next Tuesday to see if that changes at all. I tried to find...

So an update if anyone is still following this, I took a hydrometer reading. Took me a little bit to figure it out. Unfortunately I don't have an OG reading because I didn't have one before, but right now its reading about 1.04. I imagine that means the yeast are doing their job because I...

I actually went out and bought a hydrometer last week, but it turned out the guy at the homebrew store sold me the one meant for spirits and not beer, so until I get out to the store again I can't really get any accurate readings. The reason I've been adding sugar incrementally is because I've...

Hello everyone, new here. I usually just google everything because 99% of all questions have already been asked and I don't like wasting people's time. However I cannot find anything on this and have been searching for days so I thought I'd ask the experts. I'm not too sure if this is really a...