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This is what I use. I think it goes great with some coriander.

bigdawg86, I brewed something similar without the fruit. I did mainly Pilsen, Rye and a bit of Carapils, hops were Sorachi Ace to about 25IBU, I did use the Belle Saison Yeast that I really like. I think your grainbill looks good, Saaz is tasty. Some observations I would make in your...

I’ve experimented with two batches of spruce beer. I used a basic pale ale grain bill. Bittered with hops at 60 minutes and then added 1oz at 10 min an 1oz at flameout. Interesting flavors. I used fresh cut spruce tips. You can research biere d’epin or d’epinette. There is quite a bit of info.

I built a simple keezer with a wood collar and added two old computer fans to recirculate air continiously. Those two fans started to make a lot of noise, even my neighbor made a comment. I live in an apartment. He didn't complain, otherwise he would not get any of my homebrew!!! But the...

I have a bench capper and half way through bottling day it broke. I finished capping all the bottles by unscrewing the capper bell, I used a hammer to tap the caps to the bottle. At the end of the day I got pretty good at it. Perfect seal in all the bottles. This is just a suggestion that...

Welcome to the forum and welcome to the hobby!!! All that excitement and nervousness is what makes brewing fun. Just brew it!!! Most likely you will make plenty of mistakes the first time, and few more, but it is part of the learning curve. The good thing is that, if you keep everything...

I've done three kettle sours and they have been ok. I still need to improve recipe and process. Things that I would recommend: 1) Boil the wort for 10 - 15 minutes after mashing. This kills almost all bugs. 2) Preacidify to 4.5 using lactic acid. This will prevent contamination 3) Purge all O2...

I had a foam problem using Perlick Flow Control faucets, I understand that the design is similar to Intertap. I found that hop particles or other stuff would get stuck in the flow control mechanism, that would cause turbulence and foam, lots of foam. I checked everything that others above have...

I like this idea. I'm also getting tired of beers that need a 300 page list to be able to fit all the ingredients. I guess I'm enjoying simple beers that have one or two delicate flavors that stand out. My stout recipe is basically Yooper's Stout with a few percentages altered, not by much.

I had a similar experience also using Nottingham. As others have responded it had nothing to do with yeast or poor fermentation. I had a leak in the blowoff tube in my conical. I would not worry, and would not replace the lid this time. Next time you ferment in the bucket just make sure the...

Thanks for the responses. I didn't dump the yeast when fermentation was done because of ignorance. I know that is the advantage of a conical... but I'm still thinking of my glass carboys. I'll definitely look into dumping the yeast on my next batch. And regarding the Notty aroma, I've brewed...

Hombrew rye saisson that just carbonated. Refreshing and Tasty

I'm starting to brew on a new equipment BrewHa, 15 gal batches. I had an aroma problem with my fourth batch that I can't figure out where it's coming from. Hoppy Red Ale. 45% pale malt, 45% maris otter, 5% caramel 60, 4% caramel 120 and 1% black malt (% are aprox, just writing what I...

I've used the Plantarum from Swanson (bought through Amazon). I rehydrated 6 pills and pitched them into wort at 100F (adjusted PH to 4.5). I did not get any PH drop for 48 hrs, but got some kraussen. Then I dumped the contents of 10 pills in the wort and in 48 hrs PH had dropped to 3.6, I...

Interested in reading more. I'm drinking a Berliner Weiss kettle soured with Swanson's Lacto Plantarum. Would like to try the yougurth method to compare