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A couple of days ago I brewed Allagash Brewing Co.’s Nowaday Blonde Ale clone from a recent BYO magazine article. The recipe specifies a fermentation temperature of 50° for a WLP400 yeast. I pitched an 800ml starter the next day around noon at 50°. Now approximately 30 hours after pitching...

We've been brewing all-grain for a few years now using well water and the beers have been good. Now we're interested in modifying the water (well or RO as necessary) profile to enhance the beer style. We have a profile on our source water but what we haven't found is a good reference...

Two weeks ago I brewed up an Irish Red recipe I've used a few times. Mashed at 156° for 75 minutes and boiled for 75 minutes. I expected an OG of around 1.049 but was surprised when it measured at 1.070. Also noted that the volume was low at only 4G. I pitched White Labs Irish Ale yeast at...

I had a carboy that had a thick crust of super-dried krausen in it that I filled with water to let soak. Life happened and it was a month before I got back to the carboy. Now I had other "things" growing in the carboy but the krausen was pretty soft. So, I drained the carboy and while...