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Well, I need to get some help with this one. I have a partial mash recipe, with honey malt an white wheat, but mostly light DME. Due to brew day mishaps, an already heavy beer ended up at OG of 1.124! I hadn't checked the gravity before pitching, and added 2 vials of WL 566--saison II. After...

I just saw the Lallemand CBC yeast for cask and bottle conditioning. Has anyone tried this yet? I am very curious as to any feedback, as it sounds like a good possibility for bottle conditioning beers that have been in secondary for a long time, such a sours. Thanks

Well, for once it looks like we have space in the freezer for me to remove a few shelves and possibly cold crash a batch (better bottle). My question is, is it okay to cold crash in a not-temperature-controlled freezer? I still have food in there that SWMBO will not let me move. The...

I added champagne yeast to a stalled Belgian golden fermenter. This is the first time I have has to try this-- should I expect any krausen at all, or will it just work away without the drama? Thanks.

I got inspired by sampling some of Flying Dog's Gose with Old Bay in it. I thought about trying to clone it, but really would like to do something different. Then I got to thinking that I had 2 extra packs of Wyeast Brett B. Is Old Bay in an all-Brett-B a bad idea? Thanks for any feedback.

Getting reacy to do my first brett, and would like to know if it's okay to pitch my brett C directly into my primary, with the trub from the saison still in there. My reasoning is that I have one 5-gallon better bottle carboy with the BB spigot attached. I would prefer to use it for my...

I just picked up a vial of WLP585 Belgian Saison III at the LHBS. Has anyone tried this yet? I understand it is a new platinum strain, so I figure it may not have a lot of play yet. I was drawn to it by the White Labs description, which included "Produces beer with a high fruit ester...

Well, this is odd. I had a bier de garde in the primary for 2 extra weeks while on a work trip, and while I was gone, it went from a hazy golden color to a clear brown. I expected the clearing, but am concerned about the color change. It fermented at about 70 in a water bath with ice and...

Would love your opinions, please: I recently brewed a citra-dry-hopped IPA which was a hit. Now I am heading on a work road trip, and would like to leave something in the fermenter while I am on the road. Since I won't have any way to keep up with my usual temp control method (water bath with...

This might be better for the beginner's forum, but it's related to my pending switch to all grain, so... I want to switch up to a few AG 5 gal batches, on a budget. My electric stove is fine for boiling 2-3 gallons, I just don't think it can handle all 5. I would like to save money (put...

I am looking to brew an ale/IPA with a combination of three hops (just for fun, and my son came up with a fun name for the beer- Tricerahops). Anybody else tried mixing up three hops, or any suggestions on what combinations to try? I've been thinking Amarillo, Columbus, Cascade, or even...

Just got back into brewing a few months ago, after a few years off. With my equipment, mainly trying 1 gallon test batches in all-grain, and 5 gallon extract/partial mash for daily brews (stuck using stove-top for now). Please be advised: my 6-year old son winds up naming most of my beers...