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It is a little fuselly, but not too bad. It will take some serious time to mellow out, but is nearing completion of fermentation now. It will get a nice long chance to sit in the primary, and even longer to condition in the bottle, so it should end up being a great brew.

1.5L starter, 15% sugar. The other factor was the yeast was in the fridge for over a year, so it might have also been some grumpy yeast. It did seem to start up quickly in the starter.

If it was just the last 10% I wouldn't have been worried, when it only fermented 40% before stalling I started to worry. It is fermenting away nicely in the mid 70's now.

It is a Belgian Tripel, so fruity is perfectly acceptable to me. The OG was 1.085, I am thinking it was likely an aeration issue. I was just quite shocked to see it drop out of suspension. Before warming it, the beer wasn't evenly overly cloudy when taking the sample, and had no bubble...

Hello; I am currently fermenting with WLP 530, but I'm confused about the correct temperature to ferment at. Looking at White Labs the ideal temp is 66-72f Looking at Wyeast the ideal temp is 64-78f I was under the impression that these yeasts are the same. The reason I ask is that...

Well this is my new keggerator. I just finished putting the first beer in. Time to brew the second!

So is it safe to drill through the top of the fridge? Thanks

I guess my fear is the co2 tank being that close to the chiller. Also, does anyone have any info on whether or not it is safe to drill through the top? Thanks

Hello; So I'm just starting my conversion of a Danby413 fridge, with built in freezer. So far I have managed to remove the door panel, and bend the freezer component down. I have two questions though; 1) Does anyone know if there are any refrigerant lines in the top of the fridge? 2)...

So today I was brewing a very large Belgian style beer, BIAB style. I had ~17lb of grain. This is my 5th batch using BIAB. The first two I got 70% efficiency, and the second two I got 60% efficiency. This time I got a grain mill and ground the grain finer than the previous two times. I...

Hello; So I am making a whiskey oak stout, and tonight I plan on transferring it into a secondary to age on the oak chips. However, to make things more complicated I would like to bottle a 6 pack, just to see how it changes during the aging. What would be the best way to do this? I am...

Well I think I am the only one with bad experiences with DME. The only supplier I can get it from admits that it is less fermentable, and is darker. Avoid United Canadian Malt DME.

This is the response i got from the company: There most definitely is a difference between Liquid Malt Extract and Dried – particularly with the Brewer’s Pale and our dried malt extract. DME is manufactured first as an Extract of Malted Barley that is non-diastatic and with our standard LME...

The brand was United Canadian Malt. First time I pitched 1 vial of WLP-001, with a starter, although the starter didn't take off too quickly, but did start up. Second time I pitched 2 packs of Coopers Ale. No temp control, but apartment is usually low 70's, and I haven't had problems before.

Actually, I am starting to believe it was a bad batch of DME. I made a starter on Monday, it activated quickly, but barely dropped in gravity. What really sucks in this case is the face that I bought enough DME for two batches. I will be calling the HBS that I got the DME from, to see if...