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Hello. I was looking at info on pressure fermenting and serving from the same vessel via a floating dip tube. I originally was looking at the Fermzilla, but it's a space hog and would pretty much dominate the 4.4 cu ft fridge I plan to buy, so I decided to try kegs as I've seen that 2 cornies...

Thanks everyone. Looks like the beer turned out fine. I was just a little surprised as it was my first time adding frozen fruit. Bottled it right away. Looking forward to drinking it.

No, it does not smell bad. Smells like strawberries. Tastes like strawberries. I suspected it was yeast as that's what it looks like, but I also wasn't sure if yeast buildup on top of floating fruit was normal. Thanks for the input. I'll probably proceed with plastics just to be safe.

I started a wheat beer about a month ago. I wanted to try adding fruit for the first time. After researching I decided to take a few pounds of frozen strawberries, thaw and refreeze it a couple times, then dump them in. No secondary; fermented for 2 weeks then added the strawberries and let it...

I started with brewing 2.5 gallon batches. I halved the extract kits and brewed it twice back-to-back (adding flavors/bourbon/oak cubes to one). However, I found it much easier and less time-consuming to just do 5 gallon batches. If you have the space and the bottles, jumping right into 5...

There's not much of a point to this post beyond wanting get back into the homebrewing; I just felt like writing something down to keep my motivation and excitement up. I haven't brewed in about a year. I wanted to, but circumstances leave me in a position where I can be called away from what...

I remember seeing lucky charms stout recipe kit at my local brew shop years ago, so I guess it's not such an obscure idea.

I think tap water us generally fine. If it tastes good it will probably brew good beer. Make a batch with it and see if you like it. It's also worth checking the water report on your city's website. I use a Brita pitcher, which takes forever (pour, fill, wait, pour...), and I'm not even sure if...

I'd clean it out, first, of course. I only use my dishwasher for it's sanitation cycle (because it's easier than using starsan on all those bottles). I'm just trying to figure out what put in there and what I shouldn't chance. I'll put in and try. Even if I ruin it, I'll know for future...

121c is sterilization temperature. I'm not looking to perform surgery. Dishwashers are definitely able to reach sanitization temps, that's not what I'm asking. What I want to know is if a bottling wand can handle those temps (we're talking 150-180F, not C)

Hmmm... Hard to say. Hot enough that the glass bottles are too hot to handle when it's finished. Also this dishwasher was already here when I moved in so I don't have any documentation

I recently bought some high-temp tubing for bottling so I could sanitize it in the dishwasher, but I was curious if your basic plastic bottling wand would be able to handle sanitization temps, and I can't find any info any of the sellers' pages. I'm fine with sanitizing it with starsan, but if...

Yeah, I shouldn't have left them in. I thought it would be okay since I boiled them, but they've been floating there exposed the whole time, which, along with me opening the bucket, made plenty of opportunities for something to grow. I'll keep that in mind for next time.

That would be a great opportunity to experiment... If I had the space. I'm very limited, and I can't really afford keep a bucket sitting around for months. Doing this would effectively make me unable to brew anything else for quite awhile.

Thanks for the advice. I guess I dump it, then. Too bad...

I brewed a witbier about 3 weeks ago. 2 weeks in I lugged my fermenter to the kitchen to check it out and bottle it if it was good. Everything seemed okay, but it was ever so slightly carbonated and foamy, so I decided to put it back and let it sit. About a week later I check the fermenter and...

The muslin bag has the orange peel that I added to the boil, so the bag's been boiled, too. I wanted to leave it in the fermenter, but I didn't want it to clog the spigot when I bottled (happened before, and it wasn't fun), so I thought I'd put them in a muslin bag from the start. Bad idea I...

Okay, I think I got one. Witbier, 3 weeks in fermenter (don't mind the muslin bag). Checked on it to find a white film on the surface. Can't really tell. My big issue is that this is a plastic bucket, so if it is an infection, how should I best clean/sanitize it to kill of all the bacteria?

I did that for my witbier, and that seems to be the standard practice, I was just wondering about how adding it to the fermenter later affects the flavor in comparison.

Haha! I remember that! Yeah, I think I will give them a call. I don't know the kid's name, but they will probably know who it is.