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I have 6lbs of a frozen mixed berry medley. Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries , and Raspberries. I’d like to use them in a sour ,but I never see ppl post recipes with a medley of fruit. Usually just one fruit. I’m thinking maybe because blueberries and strawberries take longer to...

So I'm going for a espresso milk stout. My recipe is: 11 # pale ale malt 1.5# Kilted coffee malt 1 # pale chocolate malt. 8 oz. biscuit malt. 8 oz flaked barley 1# lactose. I was researching milk stout and noticed most have at least a 1/2 # of crystal malt. It got me thinking maybe I...

I usually direct pitch my slurrys from my last batch of brew within 2-3 weeks of harvesting from the fermenter. I try not to make starters if I don't have too. Mine are approaching 4 weeks from harvesting. I'll be over pitching a bit. Im thinking they might be slow to start but won't have...

I'm planning on maintaining a Brett culture in a 1/2 gallon growler. I plan on using a stopper and airlock on it and feeding it every few months to keep it going. I was just wondering how much headspace I should leave in the growler. Should I fill it to the top or will it not matter because...

I know there's a lot of threads with ppl having too short of lines and foaming. I'm having the opposite problem. I started off with 12' lines and my kegs are in a fridge. The height of the tap to the center of the kegs is very little. I can't seem to get a good head on my beer. ( I know...

So I kegged my first beer and dry hopped it in the keg after a lot of reading on keg hopping. It was all simcoe hopped pale ale. 1oz dry hopped in fermenter and 1oz into the keg. Turned out great. My second beer I kegged was an ipa. 3 week primary. Tasted great going into the keg...

My LHBS sells all their tubing for .69 cents a foot. I'm looking for co2 hose. 3/16 preferably. Anyone know of a online vendor cheap tubing and shipping. My tank is outside and I have 6 kegs so I'm prob looking to get 50ft or more

My LHBS sell all their tubing for .69 a ft. Birdman brewing sell the accu flex tubing for $39 with free shipping. I like to use the john guest fittings with this tubing since it's a lot easier to use, but I don't know if they are good at holding pressure though. They are also cheaper than a...

I just received 4 pin locks in great condition. I have new gaskets for the posts, lid and dip tubes. Forgot about the poppet orings. The aren't leaking. Should I replace them anyway? They were used for soda. Will I get a soda taste from them?

I brewed a dead guy clone and wondering what category I should enter it into. Here's the recipe 10lbs 2row 3lbs munich 10L .75lbs crystal 10L .75lbs crystal 20L 1.75oz. Perle 8.5%AA @60 .25oz perle 8.5%AA @5 .25 oz saaz 3%AA @5 2oz saaz 3%AA @1 I know it's not a true maibock because it...

Does anyone know what o rings the posts and diptubes are. Some ppl have good luck with interchanging the ball and pin o ring post thinking they are the same size and others don't. Just looking for McMaster Carr part #'s to replace all o rings in my pin lock kegs. Thank you for your help. (I...

wondering what water profile to use for a dead guy clone. was thinking Munich boiled but it seems very low in in sulfates and chloride. i haven't had this beer in a while so i'm not to sure what to shoot for more sulfates or chloride heavy.

So I know the usual topic is getting the krausen rings off. I can get that off easily. It seems all of my better bottles have a stain on the center bottom of the bottle. I've soaked them in very strong pbw solution with hot water. Also tied a soft sided sponge to the end of a broom handle and...

I was browsing the forums about vacuum sealing hops and someone chimed in and said vacuum sealing sucks out the aroma of hops. I've never heard this before. He went on to say that flushing with nitrogen or co2 like in a mason jar would be better. I usually split my hops up and vacuum seal...

So I cultured some bells yeast from Oberon and TH. I had 9 bottles and made a starter with it. 500ml at 1.025. Then 1L at 1.037. I used a stirplate but didn't see much happening. I didn't really watch either though. The yeast is a brown color. Kind of like a peanut butter color. I've never...

I know rouge uses pacman in hazelnut brown. I had it before but can't remember what it tastes like from memory. I'm wondering if this is a good yeast choice for a moose drool clone. Or would it attenuate to much? I'm thinking if I mash higher it might be alright. Should I try a diffrent brown...

M brewing a porter with a lot of crystal and roasted malt. I've been using brewing water to get a ball park estimate of my mash ph. I can usually get my light beers in range with a little acidulated malt. But have trouble with dark beers. My grist is as follows. 11lbs 2 row 1 lb crystal 120...

I built a 3l starter (1.037) from about 30ml of yeast. Its been sitting for a week. I might have under estimated my initial yeast count. I Prob should have stepped it up from a one liter. I'd like to step it up one more time to make sure I have enough yeast but how would I do that when I started...

I brewed a triple 13 abv two months ago looking to bottle it tonite. Was going to add some yeast at bottling but I don't have a belgian strain on hand. Maybe I don't even need to add yeast since it hasn't been secondaring too long. I do have US-05 and s-04 on hand but would rather use a belgian...

I have a few kegs sitting around while I'm gathering the rest of my kegging equipment. I'd like to secondary bigger beers in my kegs then bottle. If I transfer the beer to kegs do I need co2 to seal the lid or can I just put the lid on and let natural co2 build up. I would then age the beer a...