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So what I have picked up from the replies so far is: -If I do a sour it pretty much ruins all my equipment for further non sour beers? -It will be better for me to buy a kit that is for souring due to ph issues and hops? Is this all correct?

I am wanting to do a sour brown but am very inexperienced in sours but love them!! I still do extract brewing and was just going to purchase a simple brown kit from northern brewer and instead of using the regular suggested yeast I was going to try a sour blend.... SO, Is this gona work? What...

I am wanting to do a sour brown as well but am very inexperienced in sours but love them!! I still do extract brewing and was just going to purchase a simple brown kit from northern brewer and instead of using the regular suggested yeast I was going to try a sour blend.... SO, Is this gona...

Thanks for all the input everyone! Beer FG was right in between the predicted values and tasted wonderful, full of citra and amarillo!! bottled up and will be great in 2 weeks!

I appreciate all the help and advice as it has greatly decreased my beer anxiety!! Hopefully it turns out awesome, it smells unreal!

I was worried about stalled fermentation but I had a aggressive and steady one for 3-4 days... I have kept the temperature between 67-70 degrees F as well so nothing has changed from 4 weeks ago.... Honestly I don't even know what reading to expect if I take one, I followed a furious clone...

I will def start doing that. Is there anything I can do now for this beer?? Should I take a reading ( I have a hydrometer, and a auto siphon I could use to suck some beer out.... seems like a hassle). My general feeling is that I had a good fermentation in primary for 2 weeks, and now it's...

I did an extract IPA with wyeast 1335 4 weeks ago. It took 2 days for fermentation to begin but then was very aggressive for about 3-4 days. I have since transferred to secondary and Thursday 6/19 it will have been in the secondary for 2 weeks a total of 4 weeks all together. I never take...