Recent content by lazyguitarist

If anyone's still reading this thread... I bottled the infected beer three weeks ago. The pellicle reformed in the bottles, but if you gently swish them around, it dissolves. I chilled a couple of beers and poured them into a glass. No ugly pellicle, and the beer tastes GREAT! It's lightly...

I started off with Wyeast 3725 (Belgian Saison). I swung by the LHBS today and showed them a picture of the brew, and they agree that it's an infection--possibly Lactobacillus. I am a psycho about sanitizing everything, so my best guess is this got into the beer when I opened the bucket to...

Thanks for the replies so far. With these mixed opinions, I did a little Google-Fu on what's happening. I found out that this pellicle that bierhaus15 is talking about sometimes appears if a wild yeast starts fermenting in your beer. With saisons, this sometimes happens, and some brewers like...

Hi Everyone, I've been brewing for about a year, and I just tried my first saison. Thanks to the heatwave, I've been able to ferment this beer in the upper 90's/low 100's for several days straight, and I was pleased to get it down from 1.050 to 1.008 in just a couple of weeks. However...

Sounds very potent, and similar to barleywines I've brewed! I've only been brewing for about a year, but I've learned quite a bit from the mistakes I've made, especially with big beers. My first barleywine was a disaster...had a fermenter explode (sorry, didn't get pics), and I used molasses...

I've only been brewing for 9 months, but here's a problem I bet some of the more experienced brewers haven't heard of. Or maybe you have. Here goes... I've been fermenting a high gravity brew that has been in the carboy for a few months, 5 gal. batch. Fermentation was so aggressive in the...

Actually, the utility room is part of the house. It's next to the kitchen and has a door and vent like any other room. So, no wild temperature swings to worry about. I think I'm going to play it safe on this one. I'm going to keep the door on the chiller covered, and I have carefully placed...

Long time lurker, first time poster, so here we go! I have a wine chiller with removable racks that works perfectly as a lagering cabinet. I keep it in my utility room, which only has a small window in it. It's on the north side of the house and direct sunlight never shines through it. The...