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I recently bottled a saison that had some white film on top before bottling. I did a lot of research online and determined that it probably wasn't pellicle, but I wasn't sure. Well, I just checked the bottles and there's a thin film on the top, and appears to be some larger pellicle-like bubbles...

Ok. I'll check the gravity again this weekend and bottle if everything looks square. Thanks

I've brewed 8 different batches so far, but never made a hefeweizen before. I pitched WLP300 in a dunkelweizen last Friday (72 hours ago) with an OG of 1.041. It's fermented pretty strongly, but nothing over the top. I took a gravity sample just now and it's at my target FG of 1.010! Is it...

I'm planning on harvesting some yeast from a case of Jack's Abby I have, but don't have the equipment to properly ferment at lager temps. If I were to go the route of a steam beer/Cali common, what sort of fermentation time/temps would I need to shoot for? I've done several ales near 70*, and...

Bumping this thread to say I'm gonna give this a shot. I've got some Amarillo and cascade on the way Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I don't know what the best method is for coffee, but I do know you could do vodka instead of bourbon for the whole batch, then switch to bourbon for the bourbon half. The vodka should be flavorless and keep the vanilla flavor through the java half.

That's my thought. I don't have much to lose by doing it, as I've since brewed a couple good AG batches.

Weird question: So my first batch (Cowboy Lager + American Blonde kits combined) has been brewed for a couple months now. I've had 4 of the 8 1L bottles, and the other 4 are just sitting in my cellar/closet. It's an incredibly mediocre, boring beer. Here's my question: what would happen if I...

Stone's Dayman IPA was really, really good. Even though it wasn't a black IPA, I don't see why you couldn't make it work. Balance is key though.

So this black ale with vanilla and WR...any way we could inspect the recipe further? You know...for research purposes...

It won't carbonate due to the airlock lid. Any carbonation that would occur is inhibited by the air constantly being released. Put plainly, your beer would already be carbonated if it weren't for the airlock lid.

I did one batch with the supplied ingredients (2 different HMEs actually...haha) and now I'm doing BIAB. I'll only do it this way from now on. Almost ready to bottle!

Ok. I actually used White Labs 568 (Belgian Saison Blend), but I've heard similar things about it. I only had 75% attenuation factored in, so I'll give it another week.

So I brewed this up last weekend and got an OG of about 1.055 (my efficiency was low since it was my first BIAB, and I know what I did wrong). I plugged it into brewtoad to see what my numbers should be and my FG should be 1.013. Well 6 days after brewing it's at 1.014! My question is this...

Any updates funkstrman?