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I've asked this before with little interest shown but maybe the growth of wild brewers will change that this time around. I currently have two medal winners bottled. One is a 14% Barrel aged Sour RIS and the other is a French oak aged Amber. Anyone? Looking for all brett/sour and anything in...

Planning a Flanders red type recipe with a clean 1056 primary and pitching Brett l and French oak in secondary. Really looking to experiment with each Brett strain. Anyone have any input as to the character I might expect from it?

So I've got this Jim beam bourbon barrel project going with a couple buddies. Average og in of our RIS was 1.120 and it was fermented clean then added to the barrel all together same day with an average fg of 1.026 after 2 month primaries. It's been in the barrel now for 6 months and we went to...

This is from the City of muskegon (Pere Marquette) water which is directly on Lake Michigan. Any quick insight as to how it looks? I'm getting ready to learn about water composition :D PH 7.8 Total Dissolved Solids ppm 259 Electrical Conductivity 0.43 Cations/Anions 3.8/4.4 Sodium Na 16...

I keg in sankes and I can't find anyone that sells an accesory kit without the liquid ball lock. I'm trying to figure out if I really need to get the kit or if I can just source the parts myself. The only real concern is it looks like the gun itself is threaded on the bottom for the Co2 in...

Is this a direct sign that it was bottled too soon? I left in on the brett for 3 months and in that time it.... 1. Grew a pellicle within 2 days. 2. took the gravity from 1.010 to 1.001 (checked with 2 hydrometers) 3. Dropped the pellicle after 2 months. Its now 2 weeks in the bottle and...

I bought this a year ago for $175 just looking to get $125 for it. Comes with the stand that I bought seperately. Works perfect, although it usually has a small frost build up around 6 months usage at the half mark setting (could be set lower, the beers are probably too cold at this setting). At...

I brewed a low hop Imperial Stout and used the dregs from the Trinity BRewings WIld growth to help my white labs california ale yeast ferment it in Primary. I'll make a little time line so you get a better idea. Jan 29th OG- 1.090 Feb 26th Secondaried on oak cubes w/gravity at 1.022...

This is what I ordered for grains.... 10.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (1.0 SRM) Grain 58.82 % 4.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 23.53 % 1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 8.82 % 0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.94 % 0.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2.94...

This is my plan. Anything you'd suggest changing? I'm up in the air about the yeast. I have wlp001 and wlp011. I'm thinking maybe the cal ale yeast might be better because the honey malt should give a natural sweetness regardless of the attentuation. 20.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)...

Look at your last 10-15 batches. Where do you fall typically with your beer? I am at about 8% with a high of 13 and low of 5.5.

So I just left there and I've never been let down by this place or a single beer they have produced. The limited taproom only beer selection is phenomenal and the food is first rate. The regular beers are better than when bottled and the one offs keep me coming back. I wish all of you had the...

Some of these beers I've had some I have not. Just curious if the more experienced folk could shed some light onto which would be the wisest choice. Here are the bottles I have. Trinity Brewing sell sheet here. http://www.trinitybrew.com/salessheet.php Old Growth. I was browsing beeradvocate to...

http://www.porterhouseproductions.com/2011/01/03/2nd-annual-traverse-city-winter-microbrew-music-festival/ Who's going? Awesome Michigan Beer and Steppin in it plays some mean bluegrass. I am heading up Friday am to do some wine tasting, Jolly Pumpkin, and Right Brain Brewery. Then Saturday...

One of my favorite beers I've brewed to date so I thought I'd throw it up here. Overall, I'm very impressed with the outcome. If you can't find Black Prinze use Carafa III or debittered black. I also did a "Yin" to the Yang here. Instead of the black prinze and chocolate malt it uses rye but...

Just brewed this up today. What do you think? Anything I should look at changing for next time? I'm anxious to get this one finished. Type: All Grain Date: 11/22/2010 Batch Size: 10.00 gal Brewer: Chris & Eric Boil Size: 12.00 gal Asst Brewer: Eric Boil Time: 60 min Equipment...

So beers with dark roasted grains are supposed to age longer but hoppy beers are supposed to be drank fairly fresh.... Where is the happy medium here? After have Founders 2010 Nemesis (12% 100+IBU Black Barley Wine) I am thinking about making an "imperial cascadian ipa". Looking at 9-10% and 100...

More or less I was too busy all summer to make a wort chiller and I didn't want to pay the high commercial prices for one. I found a 15ft pre-chiller on ebay for $20 shipped. I knew it was going to make a minimal decrease to my cool time but it should be better than just an ice bath in the sink...

Solely for this reason. Founders Breakfast Stout is back on shelves and it's easily one of my top 10 beers to drink. One of the best Stouts around. Then they also release Nemesis a once ever brewed recipe. Last year was an awesome Wheat Wine and this year its a 100+ IBU 12% Black Barley Wine...

Are animals. The yeast cake is from a 1.055 Oktoberfest Ale. I just pitched a 1.088 Chocolate stout on it @67 degrees and I literally have a ton of airlock activity 45 minutes later. I've never seen anything like this. I've pitched onto wlp001 and 1028 yeast cakes before and it took them at...