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i bought a jiffy box the other day from from jaycar cost $4.50 much cheaper than tupperware, plus a neat finish

To my mind that leaves sanitiser/cleaner residue in the fermenter, contaminants in the dishwasher or lack of carbonation and maturation time, as you say. Did I miss anything?

Hopefully the problem is solved by the heater pad. Please let us know how you get on as I'm very curious about the outcome ...

i have come to realise that my second brew my not have finished carbonation yet even after 2-3 weeks, tried my first brew again and while head retention is poor carbonation is stille there have put my heater pad in cupboard to come on in three hour intervals to help the carbonation along, hope it ...

im aware that head retention would be a problem on my first couple of brews as they were just kit an kilo with no extras, the issues is carbonation, there seems to be only enough carbonation to create the head when first poured and then seems very flat afterwards

yer i use a benchcapper, dont think there is a problem there, i also use headmaster glasses, never washed in soap and and at serving temp, so not a problem there either

my second batch of bottles had no contact with the chlorine but i suppose soap residue from dishwasher is possible, its second hand and it was only the third time i had used it, i only use it for bottles though maybe it needs a few more cycles to flush out, it really saves alot of time bottling

well my first brew i used a chlorine wash from hbs and rinsed, second brew i used dishwasher with no detergent all pop top bottles no screw type, i do get good head when pouring but dissapates quickly and seems to leave no carbonation left

maybe its my headspace, do you use the bottling wand? when using it it seems to be a greater headspace than 20ml

just wondering if any of the other bottlers out there are using carbonation drops with success, i dont seem to be getting enough carbonation from them, although in my first batch i had a bottle bomb, but still felt the beer was a bit flat, i generally use 330 and 650ml bottles and fill as much as ...

cheers guys, think i might just get over it and chuck it, to much hassel and lesson is learnt

do you think it could be possible to add a sachet of yeast anyway and let it ferment out??
would flavouring it with rasberry or something help the outcome??
i really dont wanna tip it out but not sure what to do with it

drsmurto wrote: I wouldn't be bottling this.

regardless or depending on taste????

really not sure about this one, googeling it has just made me more confused i think, not sure what to do, hope someone might have some good ideas on what i should do

will google lambic, fingers crossed on this one.

i think it was maybe 30 - 32 degrees, would kraussen still form without fermentation though??
i also didnt notice any airlock activity the first couple of days.

i put a kit and kilo brew together on sunday, boiled mostof it on the stove with some extra hops and some steeped grain etc, put it all in the fermenter, but it was too hot to add yeast and was gonna wait until monday to add yeast, but havent had a chance to do it, but it seems to be fermenting ...

awesome o rings are now staying in, i like the idea of it being airtight

not retaining head seems quite normal at this stage, im glad its drinkable, my first one didnt work at all

bullfrog wrote: Rip out the o-rings and you'll be right.

will do, cheers

agreed, abit worried bout infection in the one in there at the moment, smells slightly vinegarery, maybe being paranoid though, maybe someone can explain there method for racking and cold conditioning, im pretty sure i have exposed my beer to way to much air.