Recent content by DukeWashterbuckle

So I have this hefeweizen that's been fermenting for maybe a week and a half. When I took a taste sample of it, my mouth had a slight burning/tingling sensation and it seemed to cause a mild asthmatic reaction. The only thing I know of that does this to me is sulphites. The gravity is pretty low...

I knew a girl who would refuse to drink any kind of beer because she thinks she has a yeast sensitivity. Even after explaining to her that most beer is pasteurized, which kills the yeast, and that she's more likely to be exposed to yeast by walking into her kitchen, she still didn't believe me.

I'm going to be making a recipe very similar to this one in a month or two that uses Victory specialty grains. I'll let you know how it goes. If you finish your brew before I do, feel free to post how it turned out, because I can't find anything about the Victory malt.

Hi, I have a batch of cider that's currently aging in an old food grade pickle bucket. I made sure to get rid of the pickle smell before aging in it, of course. I started fermenting 12/20/2013 and I transfered it to the bucket no more than a month ago after it finished secondary fermentation. I...

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So, after making a handful of batches based on other people's recipes, I decided to embark on making my own. I'm shooting for something in the bitter/pale ale category. I just want to check with someone who's familiar with these ingredients to see if they would have good synergy. So far, I have...

In the interest of keeping it more or less historically accurate, it might benefit from using hops that would only be available in the area at the time. To quote Wikipedia: Please exclude some of the superfluous information in the quote, but it needed to be presented in its full context to make...

I've heard that some craft breweries dillute their beer after it's done fermenting with pretty good results, but what I'm wondering is if there are any reasons not to dillute beer during the fermentation.

Hi. I recently started brewing an marzen from a kit from Northern Brewer. My OG read approximately 1.068 at the start, whereas the intended OG is supposed to be 1.058. I checked the fermenter and instead of having 5 gallons of beer in it, it has about 4.25. My SG reading right now is...

I recently ordered a märzen kit from Northern Brewer (which hasn't arrived yet) and will be making my first attempt at a lager. I decided that making a starter would probably be a Good Thing due to the need for lower ester production. Unfortunately, I didn't order any DME apart from the kit. So...

Hello, longtime lurker here. I've been using this forum as one of my primary sources of information, and you guys are typically spot-on, so I figured I should join. Thanks a lot!