My original recipe that I based my batches on says to clean with soap and water and then sanitise. I will look for the alkaline brewers wash instead. I have never heard of it. Good information. Thanks, again.
Yes, I do diligently clean the work surfaces and devices with soap and water and rinse thoroughly. I do not set anything down once I’ve sanitised it. If I check the cooling temperature, for example, I re-clean and sanitise the thermometer. I am pretty careful about that. I never had a...
Okay, thank you for the information. That’s two folks now that said that so I have gone out and picked up
StarSan and new tubing. On the bottle of potassium metabisulphite it says to sanitise use 1 tablespoon per litre of water. It’s not working for me though, so StarSan it is! Thanks.
I definitely will. I will also buy a new type of sanitiser such as Starsan (I think I’ve seen it written on this forum). I now have a renewed interest to start again on the beer making. I was enjoying it so much but then got fed up with the botched batches. My paranoid hat will be firmly on...
Thank you for that detailed information! Okay, I think I can figure out my culprit. The plastic tubing that I have is about 6 years old and ut is, indeed, looking rough. I use glass for fermentation and potassium metabisulphite for sanitation. I sanitise diligently both before use and after...
I have made 30 5 gallon batches of different made up recipes. I started out all right and enjoyed my brews. Then, the last 5 batches keep turning out sour. I can’t stand the taste so I have been dumping them out and trying again. Also, they were over carbonated despite using the calculator...
Good to know and a great suggestion to get an inkling of what it smells like so I know what to be looking for. Very helpful. I will write down your helpful suggestions in my notes. Thanks for your time and for sharing your knowledge. Also, I’ll go through Amazon. I like to support my small...
You’re a wealth of information! Thanks. Another thing that I didn’t know about. I went yesterday to the small brew supply place in town, but it didn’t have pH strips or a reader. So, now that I know it’s my lack of understanding and not the metre, I’ll follow up with learning to regularly...