Is this a pellicle or mold? This was a cucumber ferment with dried dill and garlic cloves with a 5.5% brine (I know, that's too strong). If this is mold, how do ya'll keep your herbs from floating to the top?
Here's a run down in case you'd like to make any recommendations: This is only my 3rd batch. Just doing small 1qt batches to practice. This one is about 4 days old so I'm gonna force myself to wait another day or two to have a sample. Temp in house around 68F. Water is cloudy so it's looking...
I have some questions about fermenting cucumbers to make pickles. It's been a while since I've been active in HBT, so I'm trying to relearn the layout of the site and the etiquette regarding posting. I didn't see a pinned thread regarding fermented cucumbers, but I could be overlooking it. I did...
I think comps are a great way to get advice and pointers but you have to take them with a grain of salt since it involves the human element. Someone above stated that sometimes the judges don't even get lunch which reminded me about a report done recently which showed that a prisoner's chance of...
Update: After pitching the vial of Brett on 2/2/14 I didn't see any activity except the pellicle form a few days later. Around mid April I did a taste test and the cider was still sweet and I was thinking about adding in some other type of yeast to complete the job that the brett never started...
Almost a year later and no takers? I'll take a stab at it and assume that stepping up a starter increases cell counts but maybe you want to have the growth happen at a rate that is deemed healthy to avoid lots of petite mutants or maybe some other kinds of negative effects?
What is your reason for wanting to transfer to a secondary? Lots of us don't bother with secondarys since there is not much benefit and you risk infection and/or oxidation. I would leave it for another 8 days or more and then bottle since the OG is a little high, it will give the yeast time to...
Coff, Thanks for the info and nice blog you have there! I dont have an exact OG yet but I plugged 1.055 into Mr. Malty for an estimation and went with lager rates since that is what some people say to go by with 100% Brett. I had also thought about only using the stirplate for the first couple...
Thanks for quick reply, dstar! Maybe I should start smaller like you did. It sounds like you know your stuff so let me ask you a few other questions...I have so many! :)
1) Do you mean you had a 500ml size starter at the end? How big of a batch & what OG will you use it in? Will you chill &...
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I have a vial of Brett C. WLP645 and want to do a 1.25 gallon batch with it. Mr. Malty say I need 96 billion cells and the vial has 1.8-2.7 billion cells in it. How big of a starter do I need to get from 1.8-2.7 to 96? I was thinking of starting with a 500ml starter and...
Try Urban Sunshine in Altamonte Springs http://www.urbansunshine.com/brew-supplies?zenid=aa1394d3d9fe54a94106e55a5eb3c083
They have multiple locations but the Altamonte location has a better selection. Helpful and friendly.