Recent content by Joshua542

This is one thing I've always wondered. If Star San is a no rinse sanitizer how does it sanitize and kill bacteria and not the yeast? The guy at by local beer store said I don't even have to let it dry, I can put the beer in the bottle or fermentor right away after I dump out the Star San? What...

This seems to me like a stupid question, but I'm still curious. Does adding priming sugar and then bottling produce any extra measurable alcohol in the beer over the next 1-2 months in bottles? Considering it is producing CO2 it must procing alcohol, but how much?

Secondaries provide clarity, less sedement in your bottles, and get the beer off the dead yeast which can procude off flavors? Correct?

So, i get the basics. What I'm confused about it this. 14 days on teh primary fermentation, plan on give it another 4-7 days in the secondary. I'm assuming all fermentation has stopped by now but I can't be sure because I haven't done a 3rd gravity reading yet. I will when I bottle after the...

Hello, I am brewing a Strong Belgium Style Ale. It sat in the primary for 14 days. OG 1.063, yesterday I transferred it to a secondary and took at SG readining at 1.016. I know airlock activity cannot be used as a sign of anything!!! However, after tranferring I amnow getting bubbles every 30sec...