I think I finally figured out why my beer turned out oxidized during the competition. I racked my brain about what could have possibly gone wrong, and the only possible explanation is that I did not purge my Blichmann beer gun before filling up my bottles for competition. This could have caused...
After sparge I had 7 gallons of wort to boil. The excess is to account for boil loss and trub loss during transfer from primary to secondary. I have never tried to 'top up' during an all-grain brew.
Let me know how it turns out.
Just wanted to do a quick follow up. The carbonated water turned out great, even if it was right from the faucet. I may use spring water next time. 30psi of CO2 worked great for getting it into solution. I dialed it down to about 14psi and my picnic tap has no problem with the pressure. My wife...
Thank you for the tips. I will get started on chilling down my keg tonight. If I have any problems/questions, I will bring them up here. You guys are great. Thanks for the help.
My wife has been hounding me to get some soda water started. So far, this thread has been the most useful. I am going to be using a 5gal keg of de-chlorinated water. From what I am reading here, I will need to chill the keg (as I would for a keg of beer) and then carbonate at 25-30PSI for about...