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so I just read in another post that some say PBW not good for plastic equipment. Some have mentioned they have ruined a couple better bottles. I have a fast ferment (plastic) conical that I have been using PBW in for about 3 batches. Normally let it soak with all the parts (hoses, airlock, lid...

I filled my first keg a week ago. Haven't had a chance to fill my c02 tank since I bought the whole system used. I am using it as a fermentor and keggerator. I wanted to build a pipeline while the keg is being drank. So I purged the keg with the little charger c02 adapter, filled with a porter...

I am looking to clear up my ferm chamber for another batch. Is it ok to remove my current brew (new castle clone) out of ferm control and into my house temps (around 71f-73) for the next couple of weeks. I have been fermenting at 66f with wpl001 for 7 days. Have not checked gravity since sealing...

I made a 1 liter starter on Friday night w001 on my stir plate. There has been noticeable krausen on the starter since Saturday morning. Early this Sunday morning I threw it in the fridge. I wanted to decant the wort. There was still a small amount of krausen on top. Did I cold crash too early...

Used whirl flick for the first time and noticed right away the trub drop down to the pot during cooling. I still pour my wort from the kettle into the fermentor with a strainer. I feel like all the work the whirlflock did dropping out the trub just ends up In my strainer as usual. People using...

Just brewed a porter last night and used my brand new wort chiller and addition of cold water after boil (doing partial boils on stove) aerated the wort for 15 min with aquarium pump and threw in my us-05 dry right on top of the foam. I forgot to take a temp reading before pitching and noticed...

Just proud of my new ferm chamber build. Had to show it off.

This morning I went to check on my brew. Left the closet door open in a rush to work and the fermentor was in indirect sunlight all day. It's day 3 into fermentation and the main ferm has finished up on my 1 gal batch. It's a hop heavy beer. Is my beer going to be ok? I heard it can skunk your...

So I bottled a under pitched oatmeal stout (dropped some of my yeast while pitching) and I'm not sure how to explain the "off" flavor. I've read all the info but have never associated it to an actual word. It tastes good going down but has a strong tangy aftertaste. OG finish at 1.020 from a SG...

All my krausen looks like it is hop pellet trub. Fermentation is going normal but I forgot to strain my wort before transferring into the 1gal fermenter. Should I shake it to re suspend all the crushed hops sitting on top? Or let it ride and hope they fall after fermentation has stopped?

I brewed an oatmeal stout that I know I under pitched. Dropped half the pack of us-04 on the ground when pitching. I grabbed two 1gal kit packs of yeast and mixed it with the U.S.-04 to try and make up for what I dropped. I know it was still shy. What would be the cause of a twangy kind of...

May be a dumb question but will star San kill yeast if diluted properly? I spray everything. When I washed my yeast I sprayed a good amount on top of my jar before sealing. It went into the yeast mixture before I closed it up. Am I ok?

Has anyone experienced their airlock pulling back in the sanitizer into the ferm chamber? It's 9 days in fermentation happened great. But today I noticed the water slowly pulling back up into fermentor. Here is a picture. It was much closer to going in but I pulled it out once already tonight...

Just a quick observation. Can I assume the small layer in the middle is yeast? Seems like a lot of trub for straining my wort twice.

I want to practice a yeast starter with my new stir plate. All I have on hand is a 1 gallon Brooklyn brew shop kit. Any suggestions on how much washed yeast to pitch? Not quite sure if it's a valid question? I washed some yeast last night since I lost the yeast packet that came with the kit. I...

Just wanted to show off my newly made stir plate. I'm pretty proud of myself. Haha. Project box Switch Rheostat From radio shake Fan Hard drive magnet Old pc $16 and some change.

Brewed around 4 one gallon AG beers and I usually have been bottling around week 2. Today I came home from work on day 15 and it seams there a full blown second fermentation going on. This is the second time this has happened to me with my last two batches. I usually never get to bottling right...