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Looks very much like a brett species of yeast. Or a lactic acid bacteria

just get 2L of glycerine from ebay i think i paid 15 quid but it does lots of culture

Murphys is where we get everything for sterilization at work and clearing the beer aswell.

ive learnt my nose and mouth works alot better than any analyse i addedd 300g of malic acid to 150L of juice in december last year

1 up for skimming i skim every brew i make at work after 3 days nice and creamy yeasties are then used in 4 days to pitch in a new brew

Hhahaahah thats hilarious. Yeah i wear every part of protection i can get my hands on now after passing out and nearly knocking my head on the boiler as i went down. Woke up 15 minutes later in the pub back bar (i work in a brew pub so you know) and the owner was looking at me like what the hell...

Mixed with water in a 1:500 ratio. This was at work and i was cleaning out the plate chiller because trust me it gets dirty in them things and im not taking it apart ahahahaah

yeah i use eye protection gloves and a gas mask type thing but with out the eye bit but stupid me went up to sniff the stuff because i was told to NOT DO IT and im the sort of person who is a pleb and do what im told not to do like touching wet paint. on the plus side i cleared my nose out and...

Ive got cider that i was given im dj's that had been sat there in his house for what must have been 2 years he just topped the air locks up.

You guys need to sniff boiling peracetic acid that knocked me out the first time i did it :doh:

just do a wgj or a rgj wine and use it how you would use a white in cooking or a red in cooking

Antiforming (chlorine based) and Persacetic acid are both ones i use at work to sterilize the brewing equipment. Nought wrong with them.

thats what i ment when i siad flowers hahaha thye do produce hops.

it produces flowers so most likely female.

Where can i go and or send a sample of hops to get them tested. Ive found a wild hop plant in a neighbouring village and i have permission to dig it up in the winter. But where can i go to get it tested for AA and to see if it is a good hop. Other thsn of course brewing a pale ale with it and...