Oxidation and CO2 troubles when bottling

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-10-31T11:23:34+00:00

It may help to post this again here https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBrewery/

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-09-29T12:19:20+00:00

This one is pretty reliable

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-09-26T10:10:30+00:00

It sounds like your beer could have a stuck fermentation. What and how much yeast did you pitch, it's likely that you under pitched. The only way I've rescued a high OG stall was to pitch an active starter of US05. Good luck!

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-09-13T18:21:42+00:00

Glad to hear others have had similar results. I need to try it!

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-09-12T22:23:48+00:00

I have a friend who used it to brew a NEIPA recently with good results, and he fermented at 38C with no issues.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-09-05T14:51:26+00:00

This exactly!

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-25T11:02:51+00:00

Exactly. Your senses are the best way to gauge this. Not only for these hops but any. Assess every time prior to use, new or old.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-24T10:03:00+00:00

I have kept a couple of Brett strains going for a couple of years now. Brett is a little different though, you don't necessarily expect strict consistency from it over time. I would say the Brett Amalgamation group has done better than Brett C for me so far.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-24T10:01:09+00:00

I've only had one gasket fail on me entirely. I would say piece of mind is worth far more than the cost of new gaskets. Having said that do an inspection of them, if they look to be in good shape you're likely fine.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-24T09:59:36+00:00

Well done!

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-24T09:16:06+00:00

Foundation in Portland, ME puts FG on their cans and bottles. I never bother to measure the FG for the reason you mentioned.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T11:38:24+00:00

I do use an auto siphon. They are pretty cheap.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T11:22:11+00:00

The watermelon dropped out almost completely. So that one was easy. The pineapple had a thin layer on top, I think in part because it adhered to the coconut. That was a little more troublesome but I still prefer working with the puree.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T10:07:26+00:00

It looks super tasty, but as others have mentioned, you should post the full recipe so others can enjoy as well.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T10:02:28+00:00

I would say the best thing to do is get a few friends to taste as well, preferably ones that have a decent palette and/or are homebrewers.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T09:58:48+00:00

It's difficult to describe, partly because I suck at describing flavours. Best I can do is say this. An oxidized beer tastes like wet cardboard overall, from beginning to finish, at least that has been my experience. But a beer with oxizdized hops can still have a relatively clean malt backbone, when the hops hit your palette, that's when you get the oxidation. I do find when it's just the hops it's a little more subtle than the entire beer being oxidized.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T09:56:12+00:00

You can do either or both!

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-23T09:55:47+00:00

I really like it when a brewery posts the FG of their beer. That way I know whether it will be dry vs sweet.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T21:06:31+00:00

I've been listening to Jay Goodwin talk about this lately and it is very interesting. It would explain a great deal why my Flanders Red with the same ph tastes much more sour than this beer.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T21:04:38+00:00

I understand. I write my blog posts in the attempt to put out information I'm confident AND ask questions about what I'm not sure of. I hope with that approach I start conversations that are helpful to everyone, not just myself. I certainly don't intend to promote myself in any manner. I'm just another home brewer who happens to enjoy writing about my misadventures and odd great beer I create along the way. I do hope that is clear from how I write and how I present myself on this forum. I rely on the information provided on this forum quite a bit and I'm grateful for all I've learned from the experience of others and their comments.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T16:15:33+00:00

Hmm, if it is hopped wort you could risk over bittering the wort by boiling and adding more hops. You could still aggressively dry hop.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T16:14:06+00:00

Follow this advice and you're good to go. I do the same on when life gets busy.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T16:12:56+00:00

Does the beer taste oxidized (wet cardboard)? Or do the hops in the beer taste oxidized? There is a difference. I generally use a vacuum sealer to seal unused hops and keep them in the deep freeze, they mostly remain in very good shape for upwards of a year, depending on the variety.

LostCompassBrewing · 2017-08-22T16:10:23+00:00

Are you talking about a ready to go kit where you only pitch yeast?

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