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    New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. Help!

    Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Was the bucket sealed with a airlock? Is the bucket new? Plastic easily gets scratched and those are essentially nucleation sites for infection. Why not just ferment in the carboy and eliminate the bucket as a possible source of...
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    New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. Help!

    Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He What are you fermenting in? Bucket? Carboy? Using an airlock? As mentioned above, 72f ambient means 79-80f peak fermentation temps which is not ideal. That is one issue, but sounds like there's more than one issue involved. Is this...
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    New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. Help!

    Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He What you're describing here is called fusel alcohols and they are a direct result of an overly warm fermentation. Now, this might not be the ONLY problem, so returning to a sanitation first mindset is still warranted. What yeast are...
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    Hazing

    Does it look clear until it's cold and then it turns hazy or is it just cloudy all the time?
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    Keg sediment

    I'll pile on the confirmations. You'll never get all of the sediment out, even if you fine with gelatin. First couple of brews will clear out a small area surrounding the dip tube. Once you disturb the keg, that cleared out area is now refilled with sediment, so avoid that. If you fine with...
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    Cornelius keg question

    I'm not sure I would convert it back for foodstuffs, but this is totally a personal call. The way I see it, stainless has many many surface imperfections where previously stored things can accumulate and become very difficult to remove. It's not like a blade or a tool passing through your food...
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    Odd behavior for S-04...

    I think that is exactly what is going on here. Cheers.
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    Gravity Question

    Boil losses have been very hard (impractical) for me to nail down. First, if you're using gas, how can you ensure the same flow from brew to brew? With a heating element that has a thermostat, maybe more practical, but ambient conditions will still effect your losses. At some point, unless...
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    Measuring and Adjusting Mash Ph

    hmm. I figured since I was going for a citra-grapefruit ipa it might work. I guess it's even more tart than I expected.
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    Using Slurry

    Would be fine but I would reheat that wort and re-cool to pitch temp to reduce the possibility of contamination.
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    Secondary headspace

    2l of headspace is not a lot. Also, if it's still cloudy I am guessing it's a relatively recent fermentation and you still have quite a bit of yeast activity. That will help prevent oxidation and that 2l of headspace will probably become CO2 rich inside of a few hours to a day, even if it...
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    Measuring and Adjusting Mash Ph

    Citric Acid Has anyone tried to lower pH using Citric acid? I am thinking about giving this a shot in some grapefruit IPA.
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    Gurgling tap handle

    I usually do a bit of a rolling force carbonate when I keg from the fermenter (at room temperature) just to ensure a good seal on my keg. That probably gets me a little head-start when I put it into the kegerator.
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    Gurgling tap handle

    What temp do you serve at? I serve at 34F. Some people serve 40+... :?
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    Gurgling tap handle

    Totally trial and error and preference. I have a friend that tells me my beer is always under-carbonated. I point out the many bubbles working their way up the glass while he says this. ;)
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    Gurgling tap handle

    The cooler the beer is the more CO2 it will "hold" at a given psi. That's why when you open a warm bottle of soda so much gas is released, because the liquid at that temp will not hold as much CO2. There could be plenty of CO2 being held in suspension, but once it gets a chance it rushes out...
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    Hop amounts, leaf vs. pellet

    I have a similar cache of stuff that has fallen out of use over the years. I would say that I could have saved about half of my investment, dollars-wise, to end up with the process I have now. I could probably cobble together an entire brewing set with things I don't want to bother with anymore...
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    Hop amounts, leaf vs. pellet

    As an aside, inside my kettle I fashioned a bazooka filter with an internal bit of silicone hose (going about an inch into the filter). It acts as a dip tube/hop filter. No trub to the carboy since. It does get a little clogged nearing the end (for IPAs mostly) but you can run a mash paddle...
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    Gurgling tap handle

    Then it sounds like there is some sort of leak. Like when you drink through a straw but the straw has a hole in it. Hard to troubleshoot that one without physically being there. What is your serving pressure? How long is the serving line? Longer line --> more psi. If it's a picknic tap you...
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    Gurgling tap handle

    I agree sounds like you overfilled.. one problem that can certainly be solved by drinking. :D It shouldn't, but to be clear (and I'm sure you know this but I'll say it anyway for anyone else who reads this) you can't serve from that keg while you're not connected to the gas. :? You'll get...

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