I was feeling ambitions one winter and built the peltier cooler shown below. It took me a few cheap coolers to realize you get what you pay for. The cheap coolers did not draw enough amps to drop the temperature in a reasonable amount of time. I ended up buying a more expensive cooler, it pulled...
I did a sour experiment about a year ago comparing Lacto propagated from 2-row to L. Plantarum. I added 1 L. Plantarum capsule to a gallon starter kept it at 115°F for three days. After boiling and cooling, I blended the L. Plantarum wort with an oatmeal stout (50/50 blend) and bottled...
I brewed a blonde using US 05 and fermented it in the low 60s. The profile was very clean and it tasted great.
I just kegged an Amber I brewed a few weeks later using US 05 as well. The flavor profile is bordering on a Belgian! This batch was fermented warmer between 68 and 70 and may have...