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• Posted in thread: I found some brewing ingredients. on 05-18-2013 at 06:40 PM
  DFH made a brew like the stuff Montezuma drank by the potfull. I forget the name. but you might
  find a recipe for it.Theobroma? That's actually a pale colored beer though.

• Posted in thread: Extremely Fast Sour? on 04-24-2013 at 04:30 PM
  How long did you ferment? I've never read about anyone picking up sourness that quickly without
  growing lacto in a hot environment. Maybe the snow somehow already had a ton of lacto on it.
  This sounds...

• Posted in thread: Berliner weisse with rye malt on 04-22-2013 at 08:45 PM
  brewed this ale with around 40% rye as a base malt and let our sour yeast and bacteria eat
  away at it in oak barrels for over a year creating a sour ale with a complex character of rye
  spice, oak an...

• Posted in thread: rehydrate yeast or make starter? on 04-22-2013 at 12:16 PM
  So if my recipe says use a starter I can just use a smack pack..I am only on my first batch
  dont really want to get into making yeast yet....:)Make a starter if it's a relatively high
  gravity beer. If...

• Posted in thread: Berliner weisse with rye malt on 04-22-2013 at 03:19 AM
  Sounds like a potentially great idea! After having tried Sour in the Rye and Rugbrod from The
  Bruery (I loved both of those beers), I've been thinking about trying rye with a lot of
  different styles a...

• Posted in thread: Caribou Slobber Kit - Harsh Bitterness on 04-21-2013 at 03:44 PM
  For instance "Place fermentation vessel in a WARM, dark place till fermentation begins"...what
  is warm? I think most people would interpret this as putting it in the warmest place in your
  home - the e...

• Posted in thread: Caribou Slobber Kit - Harsh Bitterness on 04-20-2013 at 06:22 AM
  It's not star san. Star san leaves no taste

• Posted in thread: Berliner Weiss, many ways on 04-18-2013 at 08:56 PM
  Small beachfront hippie-type town about 15 min from my house is closing off their main street
  and hosting a Berlinner Bash with about 15 breweries and 30+ Berlinners. The only drawback is
  it's a bit p...

• Posted in thread: Berliner Weiss, many ways on 04-18-2013 at 01:33 AM
  I've asked a couple times already and no one has answered me, so I will ask again and see if
  anyone knows.Is the lacto from a base grain used to make a sour wort homo or heterofermentive?

• Posted in thread: Berliner Weiss, many ways on 04-16-2013 at 08:04 PM
  What about lacto straight from grain? Will it produce any alcohol?