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The beer was exposed to the air while cooling initially, and once after about 2 weeks where I opened the 5 gallon Keg up to and took a sample to check the gravity. I made a 1/2 gallon starter from a smack pack 3 days before pitching. There was a krausen in the starter, but I didn't notice much...

So while brewing a Baltic porter I used a 1/2 gallon starter of California Lager yeast. After 2 weeks at 60 Degrees the Gravity hadn't dropped. I didn't have a chance to go buy more yeast and I needed to Cold Crash another beer so I just took my Porter out and left it at room temp (83 degrees)...

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So this is has happened with every beer I've brewed. (I've only done 4 batches and I have sanitized all the carboys and equipment when siphoning). I can best describe it as a little oil slick that develops on the top. I didn't dry hop so shouldn't be hop oil. This developed in the secondary...

This may be a little bit of a hijack, but seem relevant. I'm thinking about filtering an IPA, because I tend to get little bits of hops in the beer when racking it after dry hopping, but I'm concerned that I may strip the essential oils from the beer. Thoughts?

Just bottled it. No more laxative effect, but it is still way to floral and almost soapy. My advice is don't use 1oz lavender in the secondary. WAY to much. maybe 1/3 -1/2.

I did drink the last cup of beer in the primary. So maybe it was in close proximity to the lavender. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Also, I was a little off on my measurement and ended up with 4.5 gallons.

I recently brewed a Lavender Blonde ale following a recipe I found online. It called for 1oz lavender. I put it in the primary after fermentation and after 6 days siphoned it off to a secondary. I tasted the beer and WOW it was very heavy on the lavender. Way to much so. MAYBE TMI- I drank a...