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I’ve only used it in Randy Mosher’s oatmeal cookie ale. Like the OP I have searched around about it but have not found much, which is possibly a clue? That said I like this beer so far and will try it again. To me it is landing somewhere between Munich and MO. The dextrins are definitely...

Not quite OP but still I think relevant to discussion in re water permeability to oxygen. I do the FV connected to keg full of starsan to purge thing. I saw blowoff coming so took that line off keg and dropped it into bucket with water. From point above are you saying it could begin to absorb O2...

In re the cold crash/suckback questions. I have the space(usually) to put both my Fermonster and the attached keg in a fridge. Has anyone tried using that keg in the same way as some use the balloons full of CO2? I would disconnect the liquid out post. Figure fermonster would be ok it’s the keg...

I suspect I know what folks response will be but I’ll ask anyway. Been using this method with great sucess(borat voice), managing to avoid blowoffs even with high gravity raw ales fermented with kviek. Alas what got me was a brown ale with WY Yorkshire, and now I even have the blowoff going...

That makes sense. Anecdotally have heard the same when trying to do IBU on big beers that will be aging a while.

Brewed my first raw ale today, Kornol. Made a juniper infusion too, my kitchen smelled like a Christmas tree. Could definitely pick up the juniper in the sample I’m excited to see how it turns out.

I agree with @CKuhns. Also recommend checking out denard brewings page, he makes starters in a number of his recipes. https://denardbrewing.com/ On the flip side I just bottled a mead on Sunday that I used Lutra slurry from a pseudo lager. Tastes good and actually over attenuated from what I...

My primary reasoning is I prime my kegs naturally, just wondering how much I need to cool the solution down(boil water add sugar etc). For me this is going into a co2 purged keg then I’d transfer beer on top. I think there are some prior posts where people referenced injecting hot gelato...

For those using this method using “still Hot” liquid, how hot you going? Mostly concerned about syringe integrity I’m using plastic ones similar to those in other pictures in this thread. I’m thinking <100f but curious to see what y’all do?

Still had nothing last night around 8, so started focusing on the gas post. Occurred to me I was using brand new disconnect so I lubed up the post, and voila. Woke up with four gallons of star San in my bucket, thanks again everyone!

Thanks everyone for the replies! This was purely me being cheap/lazy I plan to do the method as described in OP eventually. @Dgallo thanks for the response, I went ahead and switched the bung. It’s been like that for about 1.5 hr nothing yet, we’ll see. The only other leak I can think of is at...

Hey everyone, So I made my attempt at this with the equipment I have on hand, so instead of drilling a solid top I ran a line from my airlock to the keg. I am about 24-36hrs into visible fermentation, only about 1.5gals have been pushed out of the keg so far. I’m sure this varies but how long is...

I have re used dry yeast without issue plenty of times using the below threads methods. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/simple-yeast-storage-procedure-with-photos.579350/

A local spot here does a nice sour with plums. But the Berliner or dubbel both sound good. Maybe caramelize them before adding to dubbel?

At least with Brett L I have had good results, nice cherry pie character from the Wyeast version. I found over time my last batch got a little acetic which is why I’m looking at delaying the lacto. Though it might have also been due to some oxygen exposure. Btw I am stealing some of the...