re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread

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I'd try boiling PBW soak.

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Wouldn't this be akin to scrubbing your cast iron skillet with steel wool, soap n water? You would need to re-season. So in the case of the barrel, pour whiskey in and let it soak into the wood.

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So anything that will strip the barrel of stuff living in the wood is on the table.

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I guess what I was trying to say is why not put a couple of handles of whiskey in and sanitize the barrel as well as give it a new lease on whiskey life.....Kill 2 birds. #Ilovebirds

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I guess what I was trying to say is why not put a couple of handles of whiskey in and sanitize the barrel as well as give it a new lease on whiskey life.....Kill 2 birds

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I am not sure I want the whisky anymore and that is fairly expensive

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What about dosing it with a shite ton of campden tablets.

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This is what I might do first before putting whiskey back in there. Not like I don't have 100 campden tablets sitting around here.

If your beer turned out like vinegar then you probably have an acetobacter infection. Acetobacter eats and breaks apart alcohols so you probably don't want to throw more whiskey on top of it.

I would try to swing the PH of the barrel in succession a few times. Fill with a starsan solution which should be sub 3 PH, then PBW (don't know the PH offhand), then back to starsan.

I would feel more comfortable with this knowing that all the chemicals involved are food/beer/yeast safe.

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then citric acid

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I wonder why they recommend citric acid.. I feel like lactic and phosphoric acid are a lot more common in brewing.

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that is step 3 of the process. First is sodium carbonate, then citric acid, then campden

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I'm just pulling this stuff out of my arse too. I'm a damn genius.


I'd say an extremely hot PBW process. Then a pretty strong starsan solution. Then campden tab overdose.

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What we're shooting for tomorrow.

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Good luck

We need to setup a FBD homebrew competition. Pick a single style for everyone to brew but allow for "interpretations" of the style and not be so worried about style guidelines.

Everyone can send their beer to my place and I'll tell you which one I like best.

Mosaic and citra.

Mmmmmmm mmmmmm

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I'm not a home brewer, but I click on this thread out of curiosity every time in see it on the first page and this is what I feel like after trying to figure out wtf you guys are talking about.

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We speak complexly because we know we are in good company. It can be as simple as cooking a soup. It's really not all that complicated. Homebrewerers make it that way.