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with straight CO2 from the old 10kg bottle in under 2 days it was force carbonated

may try shaking her a bit, cheers

hey all,

I finally got around to buying my own CO2 tank (gave up renting from supagas), decided to follow the assistants expertise and bought a nitrogen/CO2 mix,
well after 4 days at around 50psi my force carbonation of a 5 malt amber ale fresh wort has very little bubble in the body, yet head is ...

ok, overcarbonated a fresh wort pilsner by at least 2 days by accident recently, with 40psi for 4 days got her pretty frothy to say the least,

but gave the beer a far superior head retention, and finer, smoother bubble/head after treatment

to remove over carbonation I did this:
left in keg at 40 ...

yeah cheers dr, i undertsand what you have said about the fatyak, i am not trying to replicate it with a pilsner, just want a little more hop

the fresh worts are good, just lacking that killer punch

will have to try gelatine, the cloudyness is hurting my beers

IMO you should never dry hop a pilsner.

You are after a subtle aroma.......

And why are you fermenting a pilsner at 18C? What yeast are you using?

safale yeast, long story short I cant use my fridge tempmate at the moment, so cant get to 11 degC, so 18-22 degC under the house through summer ...

Shine wrote:Yes, I am using a tap and hose to rack. Is this bad?

nope, probably the only way when I think of it.

shake the keg, burp, leave, come back 2 hours later, shake, burp, until she runs sweet as a golden river of goodness!

yeah I will add after head of wort clears of any bubbles and let sit for another week at least, apparently it hardens the trub a bit with its clearing technique so dont want to add to keg and push through poppets etc.

cheers

hey whats the fan for over the hops/yeast? just air circulation in the unit or something more scientific?

jello wrote:This may help. Might not.

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=2840

yeah thats where I bought it from and called Ross today, but he couldnt give me an exact answer so asked the brains trust, THIS forum!!!!

thanks jello

sorry to sabotage this thread, BUT....

I usually do fresh worts now, (all grain only 6 months away), but with the pilsner from St Peters I find a little light on aroma/and hop flavour, so was going to dry hop with some saaz (say 6.6%), I usually leave for 3 weeks in the carboy at 18 degC, should I ...

i used to rack into fermenter no2 like yourself, but didnt add water to dilute sugar, just dissolve in a little of the wort from ferm no1, say 2 litres, stir around a bit, then add some more, stir arround, then just add all of it and bottle. (no thrashing of the spoon to bring oxygen mind you ...

hey all, tried a search but got nothing. long time listener, first time caller it seems

I bought some cryofine to reduce yeast haze in my keg beers. it only takes .5-1 gram per 25 litres.

Asking around a few home brew shops i have no real answer as to when to add to wort in fermenter or in keg ...

filter, racking to second fermenter, cold conditioning, a mate puts in gelatin with some water into the keg first, pours in brew, mixes and leaves for a week or so, he reckons it clears it up. not many other options really

is it worth it, if its sooo drinkable it doenst matter does it

WSC wrote:....brew for 'christmas presents'!!!! for some reason that justifies it???

I dont know what justifies brewing more than drinking

drinking 2 litres at a time, now thats certain need for a keg or 3

get a second fermenter as well, camping shops oe a hardware store have 25 litre drums with screw lids, just add an airlock, sometimes cheaper than the HB shop

use gas rated thread tape as well, not water rated

pretty normal if you may have not racked to a second fermenter during fermentation stage
racking to a second fermenter will give a clearer beer and less sediment
hint, when you finished pouring the beer to glass, rinse bottle 2-3 times with hot water, this will clean sufficiently enough till you ...

totally agree with everything you have said

I brew mainly in glass carboys for this reason, far cleaner, I rack to kegs so it is easy to syphon from carboy to keg

cleaning with hard bristle brushes is a no no as well it can score the plastic and thus giving more surface area for the germs to form

must be a leak somewhere, I have had a 10kg bottle for a 2.5 years now, only half gone and many kegs drank inbetween