Recent content by paryfon

I had an enthusiastic but inexperienced brew buddy giving me a hand during cleanup after my last brew day. For the sake of anonymity, we'll just call her "my wife". At any rate, a whole lot of PBW got dumped in the bottom of an aluminum kettle with about four inches of water in it, where it...

i cleaned them with dish washing liquid to get the shipping lube off. i'll try PBW for a few hours and let you guys know how it goes. thank you very much for the input!

so i picked up some 440C stainless steel ball bearings thinking that they would be good to use to sink a nylon mesh hops bag. the thing is, they smell very metallic to me and now i am paranoid they will make my beer taste like metal. has anyone tried using these for this purpose before? or...

Cool, thanks guys!

Second post has pic

That is yeast sediment clinging to the sides of the carboy

....and the pic

Never had a fermentation look like this. Of course, I usually have it in an opaque container, so I don't get to actually see the bottom much of the time.

Thank you all very much!

my primary is basically a 20 gallon trash can made of food grade plastic. the top is not air tight. there is no water lock or anything, the CO2 just escapes through the gaps in the loose-fitting lid. how long do you think it is safe to leave my beer in there before racking? i know that the...