Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He I'm near Selinsgrove, PA. About an hour and 15 minutes from you. I used to deliver to the Redner's in Palmyra. I'm hoping this batch tastes ok. I'll taste it when I rack to the keg tomorrow and see if it's ok.

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Oh yeah, where abouts? Cold crashing right now. I'll know tomorrow.

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He LOL. I should be fine now that I'm getting all this info from all of you in this great community! I'm brewing Friday on my screened in porch/ with a cement floor, and I'm cleaning with PBW and sanitizing with Star San. As long as...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Nope. I'm gonna keep everything the same. I do feel like I'm getting a good process, I just need to CLEAN with PBW and thenot I'll use Star San to sanitize if I can find out how to correctly use it in terms of need to dry or use...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Uh Oh......I got a Blichmann burner and it says you have to be outside. I have been brewing under my screened in porch and there is retaining walls on 2 sides also. It's basically the entryway to my walkout basement. Admittedly...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Yes, I certainly try to follow the directions on diluting it. I just want to make sure I'm sanitizing properly, and not affect the taste of the beer. Although at this point, a little off flavor would be better than bacteria.... :(

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He I had heard about the bubbles and that's fine. Not worried so much about that as whether you need to leave Star San dry before using the sanitized equipment? It says on the label to allow to air dry. To me that sounds like not...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Can you clarify something for me? You need to let stuff dry after sanitizing with Star San, correct? That is the way it seems to read on the label. If you're supposed to leave everything dry then, would it stay sanitized if you...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Yeah, I was aware of that. Read somewhere and heard the same from the local homebrew expert at the LHBS that One Step did actually sanitize though. Something about getting it certified as a sanitizer would be much more expensive?

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Yeah, I've been curious every time I use the siphon if running One Step through it is sufficient to clean it. I'll use bleach or PBW to clean from now on. I've been pretty crushed about basically wasting the time and money for...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Thanks guys. I only have one bucket with a spigot, and I only used it for my first batch since I got an auto-siphon. I actually think the auto-siphon might be the culprit of the bacteria. I'm chucking it and got a new one. I'm...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Yeah, thanks. Just got back from talking to the local homebrew expert at the homebrew store and he said the beer I had him test went nuts after I left. It was bacteria.....I am going to clean beginning to end with bleach and rinse...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He I was reading a little about trub giving off flavors and realized I have been dumping my boil kettle into the fermenter to pitch the yeast. Please tell me I'm an idiot and caused the off flavors by transferring ALL the trub...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Not a chance! A little tricky though, my Dad's a Browns fan and father in law is a Steelers fan. Lol. Our home terminal is in Claysburg. I just want to start making some good beer. 20 years, I'd say your an expert.

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He So where do you live? I'm wondering if it's somewhere in the Midwest, as Brewers Best is in my state, Ohio. If you live anywhere near Dayton, we'll have to brew together some time! Sorry, I live in central PA. Wish I could brew...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He That was the air temp at 72 degrees. Like some have mentioned, I guess ferment temps could have been considerably higher. I've since got some stick on thermometers for the buckets and carboy and converted my freezer into a...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Yes, the buckets were all sealed with airlocks. I might have only done 2 batches in the bucket at most since it's only my 4th batch and I got extra buckets for fermenting and cleaning and sanitizing in. Yes, they have all been...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He I'm fermenting in a bucket and Ive been racking to a glass carboy. Last batch I didn't use a secondary as some people have said that just introduces more chance for oxidation. They have all been Brewers Best kits and I've been...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He Uh oh. I was really hoping that was the issue, because now I have no idea whats happening. I really try to sanitize well before anything touches the wort and during racking and kegging. I gotta figure this out or its gonna drive me...

Re: New Brewer dove in head first and landed on my head. He That could be it. Thanks. So, that batch was fermented at room temperature and it was about 72 degrees in the room. Is that where I picked up the off flavor, too warm? I've converted my upright freezer and am now fermenting my...