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Just following up on my original post in case someone looks into something similar in the future, plus I appreciate when people actually follow up on their posts. I brewed the 1.092 imperial Porter last Thursday, 11/11, and took a gravity reading and sample today on 11/17. It's already down to...

1: Genny Cream Ale (go to daily sipper) 2: 90 Minute IPA (never disappoints or gets old. Also has a special place between my wife and I) 3: Guinness/Murphy's 4: Victory Golden Monkey

Hey everyone. I was wondering what the shortest any of you let an imperial stout/Porter condition before consuming? In advance, I keg my beers so not concerned about bottle conditioning. I tend to brew against tradition and tap most beers within two weeks, but those tend to be 5-7% abv beers...

So I've been brewing for ages using my municipal water which has always been pretty good but about a year ago I moved to a new house with well water that runs through a water softener. All of my water, including my outdoor spigots, runs through the softener. I've read that softened water is no...

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately I used all of the concentrate already and I added the concentrate as fermentation started to slow down on the wort so I don't have an initial OG incorporating the cherry concentrate. I took brix and fg readings before kegging as I read there is some way to...

Hey guys, I added a 32oz bottle of this stuff to my Christmas ale. Turned out awesome but I'm curious about its effect on my abv and I'm not 100% sure I got my original numbers right. I came out around 1.165 ppg, but obviously its 32oz over 5.5g so I'm not sure what it did. This is the bottle...

So I've got christmas ale fermenting and was going to add 1 32oz bottle of R.W. Knudsen Just Tart cherry juice as fermentation slows down. Does anyone have experience with these juices? Its going into a Scottish ale base that's a bit stronger, og 1.068. Will 1 bottle give enough cherry flavor...

I think so...if what I think are fusels actually are fusels. I learned about fuesels from two botched beers, one early on in my brewing life where I had no temp control (and no idea what I was doing) and it easily fermented in the 90's. And once where I got lazy on a brew during a summer heat...

Hey guys, So I brewed a witbier using WLP400 last Sunday before Memorial Day and everything went well. I pitched a single pack of very fresh WLP400 (no starter) into the beer around 72 degrees and then left it to chill in my basement overnight. By morning it was at 68 with no signs of...

Hey guys, Brewing a NE APA this weekend and usually use wlp007 but want to switch things up. I know Giga yeasts Vermont Ale is Conan but I also have access to Imperial yeast and was toying with using their Juice strain. Anyone have experience with both, or at least the Imperial strain...

Just a suggestion but I would love the Warning to the very beginning. Idiots like me don't read thoroughly enough and just dive right in. I didn't see the warning until the system was already moving to developer mode and I lost some important files. Nothing I can't get back but it'll just be a...

Yeah I'm hoping that's the case. It definitely tastes and smells like fusels, which I learned very clearly from my first brew ever when I didn't understand the importance of fermentation temps. I left the beer in my closet in the middle of summer and barely used the AC. Easily in the...

OG was 1.051 with an FG of 1.013. I wish I knew the temp but I always ferment in my basement laundry room which has an ambient temp of roughly 70 during the summer. I never had this occur down there. Overall I was kind of surprised. Although I couldn't cool past 80 the night I brewed, I let it...

Thanks for the reply. What do you guys think if I just pull it out of the fridge and let the keg sit warm in the garage for a month or so then try again. Do you think there will be enough yeast left after the gelatin to work on those fusels?

I haven't run into fusel alcohols in years, ever since I got my brewing practice down to a science. But a couple weeks ago I brewed a 5% blonde ale with Wlp007 and when I was cooling I struggled to get the wort down below 80 due to really warm ground water. Rather than pitching yeast I let the...

Hey everyone, Every year I brew a pumpkin ale with great success. This year I decided to get cute and use WB06 for a twist on it. I wanted to get a bit more clove than banana so I fermented it low (wet shirt with a fan blowing on it). Well I certainly got my clove with no banana. It's a lot...

Also forgot to mention that it was not kegged and flat when I sampled, if you think that would have an effect.

Hey guys, I recently brewed an oktoberfest and pitched wlp080 cream ale yeast blend because I had a good amount of slurry lying around. I kept reading how it can be clean and crisp (aka lagerish) so I figured, why not. Anyway, I've been cold conditioning for a few days and sampled it last...

Hey guys, In all the years I've been brewing I've only used pellet hops until last night when I decided to use whole leaf hops in a pilsner. The part I loved the most was how crystal clear the wort was coming out due to the hops staying behind and not forming a sludge, and how they filtered...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a O2 aeration system after years of just shaking. I've now used it three times but have trouble determining when it is really going, especially in an ale pale. The first time I used it, it was in a glass carboy so it was a tad easier as I could see the bubbles...