I haven't had time to brew an all grain in a couple of months and my pipeline is empty. I brewed a BB APA yesterday and it came with BRY-97. I have read that it is a notoriously slow starter. I have it in my fermentation chamber set at 62. Is that too cool for this yeast?
Thanks!
I purchased a Blichmann burner at the end of June last year. It worked well for about 6 times and then flames shot out of where the hose connects to the burner when I was using it and then started to come out of the oxygen port. Major safety issue!!
I contacted the retailer, who...
So I added 12 oz of honey and 2 cups of tart cherry juice. I heated the cherry juice and mixed in the honey so it was all liquid. i then racked the 3 gallons of cider over the mixture. It was still quite tart and dry. It read 1.014 in the hydrometer. I will let it settle for another day but i...
I will be putting this together tonight
I think I willl add 3/4 pound of honey with 16 ounces of RW Knudsen Organic Just Tart Cherry juice to the 3 gallons fermented apple juice in my keg. I am going to try to warm up the honey (in the bottle) in some warm water and mix it in the cherry juice...
I have had some issues with small floaties in my kegged beer. I cleaned my beer line with BLC for 20 minutes last night and then rinsed. This is a new keg with four pints pulled off of it and still getting the floaties. They are very small.. think grain of sand size or smaller. But the beer...
So I just took a gravity sample of the starter - 1.040... I assume the yeast were dead? The wort tasted a little cidery... gonna pitch in an hour hopefully someone responds.
I have a packet of S-04 or a slurry of denny's favorite.. any thoughts either way
Recipe:
FERMENTABLES:
6 lb -...
I should have started the starter earlier. I have to brew tomorrow as I am leaving on Monday for 2 weeks. I will try the cling wrap now
I tried the cling wrap test and the plastic is pushing out... I guess that means it is viable. yay!