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Five days ago I brewed 4 gal of a saison - OG 1.040. I brewed as normal with a normal mash, sparge, boil, etc... After my boil I pitched a 300mL apple juice starter of Lacto, and less then 6 hours later there was a krausen formed and lots of airlock activity. I have been checking the pH...

As I have been unable to brew for a while, I have been using other outlets for my brewing itch. One such outlet has been collecting a bunch of dregs from beers. I have been storing them in 100ml sterile plastic cups. Anyways. Everytime I checked in the Saison Rue dregs, the cup was definitely...

As I have been unable to brew for a while, I have been using other outlets for my brewing itch. One such outlet has been collecting a bunch of dregs from beers. I have been storing them in 100ml sterile plastic cups. Anyways. Everytime I checked in the Saison Rue dregs, the cup was...

I realize there are countless threads on bottling with Brettanomyces and other microbes, but considering the differences in opinion, these things can get confusing. I think it is almost time to bottle. My gravity reading is down to 1.006 after 4 months. My question is - if I bottle without...

So.... I was thinking today that I wanted to try a big barley wine style ale, but I also wanted to make a black wheat ... Then I thought " what if I did both?" henceforth... 2.0 gal batch - all-grain 3lb 8oz American 2-row pale 47% 2lb American white wheat 27% 1lb. Vienna malt...

Last night I made a porter (by using death brewers partial mash sticky I was able to complete my first all-grain batch, thanks to him for the info) and pitched a packet of Nottingham. I went to bed and woke up to the sweet sound of my blow off tube bubbling in a jar of water. When I looking to...

I read (somewhere that I do not recall at present time) that Maris Otter has enough enzymatic converting ability for itself. So if I wanted to use it as a base malt in a partial mash should I use twice as much Maris Otter compared to say 2-row as a base malt? Thanks in advance.

I have some leftover ingredients, and want to work on a partial mash (practice makes perfect?), so I kind of just threw this together. Don't really know what style I would call it, but I guess that's half the fun. This recipe is calculated for a 2.0 gal batch, partial mash. 1.0 lbs. Light...

My LHBS does not sell those fancy auto-siphon clips (those little guys the clip to the side of the bucket/carboy), and I was not about to pay approx $2 + $8 shipping for a piece of plastic. Call me cheap. Anyways, wandering around the store (Le Target) the other day I found these! 12 of...

Is there anyone who has, or does, per-boil additions of DME to their "soon to be" wort? By per-boil I am referring to the time after steeping while the temp is working towards a boil. What are your experiences with this ?

I am preparing to brew an experiment batch of 1 gal. really just to see how this would turn out. Well I also wanted to attempt a dark beer using Light DME as the base. 1.3 lbs Light DME ------------------------- 4.0oz Chocolate (250L) 3.2oz Biscuit (24.5L) 1.6oz Flaked Barley 1.0oz...

While I was thumbing around on this wonderful forum I came across a statement that piqued my interest, or curiosity, whichever, as to what everyone prefers. (said statement is not vital at present time) Using dark DME/LME for darker beers, or using light DME/LME and using specialty grains...

So I have planted three rhizomes (cascade, centennial, and chinook), the three C's I suppose. Anyways, it has been one week since I planted, when today I asked myself how long it actually takes for bines to start showing. Well I didnt have an answer for myself, so now I am asking the wonderful...

I am relatively new home brewer ( approx 4 months now). My first batch was a kit, the second was a recipe I got from this forum. Those were both 5 gal. batches with a partial boil (since I only have a 3 gal pot for boils). Anyways, my third batch, which I just recently boiled, was scaled down to...