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I know we have a warm fermented lager thread that goes into various areas of warm fermentation, but what I have not seen is a list or chart of Saccharomyces pastorianus that are available at the homebrewers level that have been tried out by members in that 60+ Fahrenheit or 16+C range. I mean...

When using pre-canned wort for starters like proper & such the directions say to dilute with distilled water. How clean is distilled water from a jug? Doesn’t need to be boil d prior to mixing with wort?

I mentioned in another post I have almost been exclusively using a w-strain for my yeast, but I guess I’m getting adventurous as I will be trying L28 Urkel for the first time soon. Another yeast I have been curious about for a long time is Charlie’s yeast Wlp1983 Cry Havoc / Fist Bump. Have...

I ordered up some L28 Urkel today on a whim and not sure what it likes. I’ve been using dry w-strains direct pitch no starter. I usually chill wort until 58f, pitch yeast, & set chamber to 58 and hold until airlock gets active then drop the controller to 56. My OGs are usually at or south of...

I used S – 23 yeast many many years ago I don’t really remember how I used it as far as fermentation schedule goes and that old notebook got lost in a move. I see some seem to have a strong dislike for the yeast. It appears S-23, maybe closely related to the Urquell strain. For those of you...

I had been planning my next brew to be a Kolsch. I haven’t done Kolsch in years due to mail order of liquid cultures are kinda dicey sometimes in Texas, but I had been seeing guys rave about the Lallamend Koln. Sadly I discovered yesterday it been discontinued. I’ve considered K-97 but I see...

I recently acquired basically a factory second Stainless Steel fermenter that the seem didn’t get dressed properly. I figured I might try to make use of it in some capacity if I can polish up the seem. My question is what abrasives are best in this application?

Got a new Fermenter in the mail today but it’s got a seam. What would you think if you were me?

I was strolling through my lhbs today to pickup a few things along with a sack of 2 row. Usually when I shop for anything not just beer stuff I look the selection over gravitate towards the particular item I had in mind and if several are available I pick the one that looks like it’s in best...

I have always used regular old white Teflon/PTFE tape on my brew kettle fittings, but I ran out and I had a new role of blue monster PTFE thread, tape. Any reason not to use it that you know of? I really think this is the same thing as the white tape just thicker. I looked at their site and I...

I currently use a single infusion biab method. I have used adjuncts only in the form of flakes so it’s pretty easy. But I’m thinking of trying regular non flaked rice. Got a couple questions about how others are doing it. 1. How do I calculate strike water with something cooked separate and...

Been thinking of trying my hand at some low abv lagers in the 1.5%-2% range. I’m wanting something light, beerish, & semi hydrating for after my runs. You know something that I can have a few pints of without getting tipsy. Most low or no abv beers kinda suck or the good stuff is usually...

I was reading through some stuff on the Briess site and read a little bit about cold extraction. Looks interesting and thought it might be a cool project for a super low abv beer. Anyone tried this? If so, I would be interested to know what you did, how you did it, and what you thought about it.

Last winter I decided to run a water line on the other side of my shop using pvc. I use this supply for brewing water supply also. The clearest path was to run it over head a few inches of the tin roof. The tin / corrugated is my point of concern because it gets hot in summer in the south...

Recently picked up a super sucker antigravity siphon pump, and it works pretty good with water, cleaner, and sanitizer but as soon as I started sucking beer with it to move it from the fermenter to the keg I get foam on the discharge. Prior I ran cleaner, water, & Starsan through without issue...

Might not be a bad alternative to flaked corn or cereal mashing corn meal in CAP & such, but maybe not. What do you think?

I’ve been reading up on Cali Common recently and after reading a couple articles & post, I’ve started wondering how close our modern versions & guidelines come to the ordinals in regards to ingredients. Please share your opinions & info.

So I went to my local hbs and picked up my usual 55 lbs of GW Pils malt then took it home and broke it down into 10 lbs as usual. By the way for those who may not know 1 gallon ziplock bags will hold 5lbs of malt and 2 gallons will comfortably hold 10. Anyway I noticed on the bag when I went...

Decide to go back to a plate chiller so I got a new one from Duda Diesel. I’m thinking I would feel better using it for the first time if I pressure test it or leak tested it. One of a few reasons I would like to do this is because it shows some strange circular & oval marks on the bottom...

I have a 5lbs bag of flaked maize in a big ziplock that developed a small hole large enough to leak a handful of flakes in the cardboard box it was stored in. I don’t think it been this way long, maybe a week. This got me thinking how or is there a way to determine if flaked grains like rice...